2.6.1 (2.7 beta 1)

[DeltaStrikeOp]

So I've been thinking over and over again about the stats of the Mk. 12 SPR. I think I've finally reached a reasonable real-world reasoning as to why the Mk. 12 will have higher "perceived" recoil.

Imagine you are holding a laser pen. Now, imagine you are ever so slightly angling it up. Maybe you only angled it up by 1 degree. However, that translates to .5 cm of elevation over a horizontal distance of 30 cm (30xsin(1)=.52cm, sorry if math is off, i'm not too confident with trig after my current situation in calc).

The current M4A1 (yeah, the model is actually a M4A1, might wanna update that next release) has very controllable recoil. When you add a magnified optic to it, it will seem to be of very high recoil because, like the laser analogy, you are looking farther away (and zoomed up) compared to the standard very very small amount of zoom when you ADS (Can we even call it .1x magnification?). This would justify the ramped up recoil of the Mk 12, even if it's considerably higher than what we wanted on paper.

So we can go back to the original plan of increasing recoil to a relatively high level if we wanted to, as long as its still relatively controllable.

Rate of fire can be reduced since the gas system is longer and takes more time to cycle the bolt.

Damage can be increased and it would still be balanced due to rate of fire being nerfed and high recoil coupled with very low aimfire accuracy.

Someone correct me if my points are invalid. I always dream up of elaborate stuff, but can't seem to say it correctly. =/