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Adam Rook

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I'm starting this thread to get the conversation rolling and to start the guessing game we all love so well.

Jarred slipped up and hinted at the possibility of a new Epic coming soon.

So... let the games begin.

I'll begin with a post of mine discussing resolution guess from a different thread.

It seems to me Epic-W needs to have better resolution than Epic-D just to keep things moving forward. It doesn't make sense for Epic-W to have lower resolution that Epic-D. My guess is:
#1 we need to start a new thread for this
#2. Epic-W will be 7K resolution to sit between Scarlet and Weapon. Or at least 6.5K and obviously DSMC2
 
Maybe Weapon 6K is just re-branded to be Epic-W with a new trade in program.

Or, yeah, maybe it's a new trade in program for MX and Dragon owners
 
i think an epic dragon specs with just new processing a better data rates and new dsmc2 body will be it.
 
jordan levy said:
i think an epic dragon specs with just new processing a better data rates and new dsmc2 body will be it.
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That route should in theory cost more to upgrade to than those that went from epic dragon to weapon 6K. More than likely it is an upgrade route like Adam mentioned that doesn't leave Epic MX owners behind and gives them option to go to weapon 6K for a higher price than those that made jump from epic dragon. Also higher resolution for Epic-W would not put it between scarlet and dragon weapon and would piss a lot of people off so that's not going to happen.
 
sam windell said:
That route should in theory cost more to upgrade to than those that went from epic dragon to weapon 6K. More than likely it is an upgrade route like Adam mentioned that doesn't leave Epic MX owners behind and gives them option to go to weapon 6K for a higher price than those that made jump from epic dragon.
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+1. The Weapon range is already getting a bit crowded. Why yet another model?
 
From Red's perspective I have to think part of the reason for an MX to Weapon path is just firmware commonality. If everyone -- or nearly everyone -- is on a common DSMC2 hardware platform then the sustaining firmware job becomes easier. I could see this upgrade being no more than an electronics upgrade -- a new system PCBA. That gives MX users some of the new system niceties at what should be a pretty low cost. I mean anyone who is still on MX -- like me -- is probably too cheap to pay for a major upgrade anyway. If I could get some of the system stuff for a sub-$5k cost I would probably do it. A larger upgrade -- like sensor or packaging -- would probably be more $$ than I am willing to spend.
 
Adam Rook said:
Jarred slipped up and hinted at the possibility of a new Epic coming soon.
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Where was this mentioned? I'm still hopeful RED finds a way to get us DRAGON owners to a better place without having to spend all the money we'd need to go to the high-end weapon line.
 
Isn't Epic-W supposed to be 6k and basically just Epic-D in a DSMC2 Alu Body -- a "Weapon-Alu" as it were, and priced accordingly (~$17.5). It's not going to kick Weapon off the top spot. That's what Jarred was interested in exploring back when everyone was complaining about the price gap of between Epic-D and Weapon-MG -- saying it was twice the price of an Epic-D with essentially the same specs.

To keep Weapon owners happy, they'll probably have reasonably affordable 8K upgrades available to all Weapons (MG, CF, WF), where as Epic-W will have to go through two stages (Epic-W>Weapon>Weapon8K).

Nikhil Kamkolkar said:
Where was this mentioned? I'm still hopeful RED finds a way to get us DRAGON owners to a better place without having to spend all the money we'd need to go to the high-end weapon line.
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In one of the "Resale Prices Are Crazy" threads...
 
For $19K, I'm in. I think they're going to call my number for the S-W first, but I think it would definitely be worth the extra $10,000.

Buy the best tools you can afford, right?
 
Jarred Land said:
I'm saying I don't want anyone that owns an Epic MX to feel like they missed the bus and have been left behind.

Brent will beat the crap out of me if I say anything more.
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This is the quote from Jarred. Not sure if there was something else referencing Dragon specifically, but this one refers to MX. Hope this helps.
 
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