Fix recoil?

(Kurnuttaja) #1

As I have played Brink for couple of dozen hours with mainly assault rifles, I noticed that the recoil acts rather weirdly and I dont like it at all. This is probably one of the reasons why everyone seems to just pick-up a SMG over ARs. Tracking moving targets is incredibly hard and you need many bullets to take one guy down.

So, the case is that the recoil happens almost randomly and whenever it happens I lost all control of the gun and have to wait or spray’n’pray.

Question 1: Why does the recoil kick the weapon left and right aswell and not only upwards like usually in other games?

Question 2: Why am I able to shoot with absolutely no recoil at all when using 1-2 shot bursts? Okay I know bursts are the way to shoot with ARs but not like this.

Here is a video to demonstrate a bit better:


“For some odd reason Youtube wanted to add nice black borders around the video”

Do you guys think the recoil should only kick upwards on every shot and not that much?

(SphereCow) #2

Dunno why you’re trying to full auto with an AR. Good luck to you.

(prophett) #3

reduce recoil & reduce spread!

(Kurnuttaja) #4

I am not, the recoil control is easily lost randomly even when trying to shoot with “controlled” bursts and when that happens its rather annoying. The video just demonstrates the ridiculous amount and randomness of it.

Shooting only one shot at a time with AR > not enough damage.

(Butcher Rabbit) #5

Yay, the Gerund! Oh, wait, you’re complaining about it, aren’t you? Well, that is the AR I use. All the time. With a grenade launcher attachment, hi cap mags, coga/greeneye scope, and suppressor. I kill pretty decently with it, by doing 3 things.

Mid to Long Range Shooting. Stick to it, love it, worship it. If their whole body doesn’t fit in the scope’s sight, it’s probably best to switch to an SMG or Pistol (I prefer Bulpdaun because the Carb makes me sad, the kross is a bit slow on the take down; Pistol wise, I favor a Sea Eagle with hi cap mags).

3 round burst. With a Gerund recoil isn’t much of an issue with 3 rounds, you conserve ammo, and those 3 rounds pack a punch.

ADS. Pinpoint accuracy, all burst, every burst.

But then again, these are the rules I use for the Gerund. They may not work for all people (or anyone else), people may not favor this style of shooting, and it just might seem counter-intuitive given the sometimes claustrophobic feel of the maps.

Personally, I would like to see an increase in Carb9 hip fire spread/recoil. And maybe make the heavy guns a bit “punchier”.

Overall, I kinda like the recoil and spread in this game. Makes it so you have to figure out the best way to use a weapon. In my opinion, of course.

(Dormamu) #6

Q1: :smiley: to stop us from pointing the crosshair at the feet of the enemy and use the upwards recoil to do a full hit on the legs->torso->head.
I will try today with different muzzle breakers to see if the recoil is modified by those upward/side/6 muzzle breakers.

(sirius89) #7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyXRn9b-P4Y&feature=related <- i found something amazing!

Maybe they could make a Recoil Shock Addon?That would be kinda nice but you have to sacrifise another addon for it so the AR’s don’t get super duper uber overpowered.

It’s like shooting a softair with this Recoil Shock thingy. xD

LOL THIS IS A SOFTAIR!I FAIL HARD! xD

But that’s no excuse to not make such a weapon addon. xD

oh gawd duckandhide

(Rubbaduren) #8

From the recoil video: You can burst-fire alot faster than you do here. You can probably add some shots to the round aswell :slight_smile: