I for one don't really understand the frustration.
My Impact and my Crown AND my Dreamline all give excellent accuracy as far as I have shot them (100 yards). I have not really taken them apart as many people seem to do, just changed barrels/calibers on the Impact and played around with different settings on all three (Transfer Port size, Power Wheel setting, Hammer Spring tension - on the Impact & Dreamline Tac.). So far they have been outstanding and definitely exceeded my expectations.
I have no doubt that other guns could be just as accurate but it's hard to see how they could be more accurate, at least in my hands. Sub 1 inch groups at 100 yards is simply hard to beat. I also hear lots of complaints about the price, but frankly they don't seem so out of line when compared to the RAWs, Daystates, Brococks, AGTs, etc.
Now, my Marauders (.22, .25 and SAM) and my AirForce Condor SS cost a lot less, and are pretty darn accurate too, at least to 50 yards. But frankly, since I have purchased my FXs (first the Crown in April, The Impact in July and the Dreamline Tactical used last month) the only one I have touched is the Semi-Auto Marauder and that was brand new two weeks ago. Some will say that I drank the FX Kool Aid, but if so then I drank it and love it, and I'm still alive and liking it.
Chris
Did you drink any comparable Kool Aide elsewhere to compare? Like some Daystates, Edguns, Crickets, Taipans, etc.?
Not that this is happening here or that your feelings and observations aren't completely legit. I'm just hinting at a general trend -- people tend to purchase something and justify their purchase, sometimes against all odds. Half the reviews I see are probably people either justifying their purchases or denying that they can't figure out how to use a good product because they didn't think it through or use it right or buy it for its intended purpose, etc.
Just being a devil's advocate here. I believe people often believe what they say, but less so that they say what they believe. Not saying I'm any different, either.
I understand your points, and they are quite possibly correct. However I don't think that it is that simple, at least not for me

I bought my first FX in April, after doing lots of reading etc. I ended up with a Crown Continuum. I was simply very happy with the outcome. I loved it so much (based on experience, not on wishes) that when i decided to get another gun in a different caliber I went with the Impact. Again, I was both satisfied and amazed at the flexibility of the gun, despite all the haters and naysayers. I ended up buying a .30 cal kit off the Classifieds and this absolutely cemented my appreciation for the flexibility of the FX approach. When i saw a used Dreamline Tactical come up at a good price in late August I jumped on it, and again have been very happy. So I think that experience rather than self justification has been guiding me.
Unfortunately there is almost nowhere, especially during Covid-19, that one can get to try out a number of airguns. For sure I have Daystate and Raw (and possibly the Uragan or a Leshiy 2) on my potential list. However the Daystates are even more expensive than the FXs, and have less flexibility with regard to changing calibers, from tube to bottle, etc., and with the RAWs I struggle to see what they offer over the FX Impact.
The only thing that really has me intrigued at the moment are the semi-auto guns, like the LCS or Huebens. The Semi Automatic Marauder that I got last month is a great deal of fun (and would be more so with a bigger magazine or more mags than the one that came with the gun).
Anyway, the beauty of this sport is that there are many roads to satisfaction, and we don't all have to take the same one. It just makes me really scratch my head when i see people beating on any one brand, or gun, especially when many of them don't even own one. I am happy with my FXs, just as i am with my Marauders. That doesn't mean that I have to beat on Edguns, or Daystates, or anything else, especially when I have no real experience with them. My liking FXs doesn't make those others bad, and the reverse is also true.
Chris