Bloom?

[SumMischief]

Good freaking question , I like to know the answer to both of those too.

[ViciousTwist]

I thought Bloom was Recoil.. but on my weapon it says:

Stock Mod:
x0.95 Bloom
x0.95 Recoil

Bloom: 0.22

does anybody know what is going on here? I know how to do math, but the game doesn't give us all of the numbers to do the math with.. or maybe I'm missing something.

I THINK recoil is how your weapon bounces upwards while shooting and bloom like others have stated is the grouping box.

I could be wrong though, as that's just a guess.

that makes sense, thanks for the reply!

does anyone know if the Bloom and Recoil are always the same number, or is this just a coincidence on my weapon?

[TheNeoReaper]

Bloom is how much your crosshair spreads as your firing.

[Pipermhor]

that makes sense, thanks for the reply!

does anyone know if the Bloom and Recoil are always the same number, or is this just a coincidence on my weapon?

Your Bloom/Recoil are probably the same due to having a stock that adds a 5% reduction (x0.95) to both bloom and recoil. They both affect accuracy. Recoil is how far your weapon jumps with each shot, which affects the ability to reacquire a site picture, or, to put the crosshairs back on the target. Shotguns and sniper rifles have pretty significant recoil; smaller caliber weapons have less.

I shoot IRL and haven't heard the term "Bloom" used but I'd assume it refers to grouping, or what some call Minute Of Angle IRL.

IIRC, scatterguns don't have bloom ratings, just recoil? I'm not near the game so don't remember.

It'd be nice if the developers could clarify this, but that might take all the fun out of it.

[Viryu]

Sigh, I wish the game itself was better explained. There are moments when I play this game that I feel like this:

[EvilOps]

Another poster got it with drop off. Drop Off allows you to hit harder from farther away.


Bloom, mostly has been explained. If you stand a little ways away from..say a knot on a tree, then hit full auto, the less the bloom, the more of the shots will hit the exact same spot. The greater the bloom, the more they will spread around.

Recoil, in this game, is how often and much you weapon raises up off the target when firing auto.

in both cases, the lower the better.

[ViciousTwist]

yeah....I don't like how the Recoil stat doesn't show up for all weapons... You can attach a Mod to a weapon without a Recoil stat and it will say you've done something to your Recoil. We really have no way of knowing what we've done to our recoil if we can't see the base stat.