[Ricochet]

Bottom line, field/game organizers can restrict any way they want and they do.

Any serious reinact based games usually ban the use of all, or most things not in-tune with the main game dynamic.

Should Tech be restricted on the basis of advantage or individual budget? In my opinion, that's a hard "NO". I'll tell you why; For starters, Airsoft has ALWAYS been a game of gear and tech advantage. It's an important part of how the evolution of the game happens. Would you regulate players who have better guns, disruptive camo, training, comms? A well prepared team with reliable guns and good comms will annihilate other groups, even much larger ones. Just a few years back before flat hops and polar-stars, the difference between extremely high end guns and everything else was hugely stark. To this day my gun solidly out shoots many guns, even by 100 feet or more at times and with lower FPS/joules. Teams that bought and learned comms and practiced or even professionally trained working together have the largest advantage on the field by far. It's not reasonable to try and break them up and/or restrict comms in most cases, so who cares about one dude with NVGs? So as long as there is no inherent safety risk, like over powered IR lasers, then why take away something someone worked hard for and purchased? Everyone's budget is their own problem for many reasons, but think about this; I have kids, a wife, other expenses and yet there are people out there with less expenses and less responsibility who spend less on their gear, because maybe their priority is parting hard on Saturdays. So now I can't use my gear because they chose to spend it elsewhere? Your job, your schooling, your life, your responsibility.

I myself have no NV or thermal, YET, but run high end gear and noise attenuation and communication equipment. I've been outgunned many times by players who all had NV during a night game and managed to push through. I enjoy the challenge and I like how each step forces other players to step up or fall. Airsoft is very much a tactical game, just like real combat to point. If your enemy has you outgunned, you need to use your brains and athleticism to push through.