I can only speak for myself and a few friends who have had bad experiences with this in the past but we feel that sideways movement is too fast when firing.
When I say this it means we’ve looked at it from both sides. Four of us equipped various mercs who all had different weapons and played two days of either trying to kill others when WE are moving sideways for trying to kill another person when THEY are moving sideways. In both cases we felt that some mercs, especially the ones with SMGs can strafe far too quickly and the unpredictable direction change makes for a near guaranteed win in these situations, so much to the point that were were getting kill streaks of 15 and upwards whilst being in very open situations. And while that performance was great it made the rounds seem very unfair and we didn’t want to continue playing like that.
But quickly before you answer please make sure you understand that me and my friends KNOW how dodging bullets and rapid movement are a key part of the game, I feel it is completely fair for one player to sprint toward another player whilst dodging fire and killing them in anyway they see fit. What I am talking about here is the playstyle which is bringing characters like Aura and Sawbonez into very close situations and moving sideways in an unpredictable manner to prevent an enemy player from getting a fair chance.
A side note on the poll, not necessary to read
I took to the Steam forums for Dirty Bimb to ask for an opinion on this matter as it was a place that was easy to access but it was met to a lot of negative comments aimed more as abuse toward us and had nothing to do with gameplay at all. A quick look in the rest of the discussions showed me that everyone on there can be personified as a screaming 12 yr old child. So after a quick look at the official forums for the game I decided to ask here hoping for some more civilized answers, in fact one comment told me to prepare to get **** on. So please keep the discussion to the point.