What is Bloom ?

[helios]

Its good to know

[fatalslink]

pretty much its how crazy the weapon jumps around when you shoot it lol

[Galactimus]

pretty much its how crazy the weapon jumps around when you shoot it lol

That's Recoil. Notice when you activate Overcharge recoil becomes zero. Your cross-hairs don't jump around anymore; they stay on target. Bloom is how your cross-hairs increase in size when you hold down a weapons trigger. You reset your bloom by letting go of the trigger for a second.

[fatalslink]

That's Recoil. Notice when you activate Overcharge recoil becomes zero. Your cross-hairs don't jump around anymore; they stay on target. Bloom is how your cross-hairs increase in size when you hold down a weapons trigger. You reset your bloom by letting go of the trigger for a second.

good call, making me feel like a dumb a55 haha

[Whippersnapper]

Yes I notice my SAW veers to the right the longer i shoot.

[Daergar]

Yes I notice my SAW veers to the right the longer i shoot.

I actually found that to be weapon specific, or even manufacturer specific. I think I noticed it with a automatic pistol the first time, the recoil simply veered the bullets in a straight 45 degrees (from center to right corner) whenever fired. No variation what so ever.

Other weapons, much more random. The locked directoins seem like errors in the code to be honest.

[Chev]

hmmm well anyway soon your 6 shots are spread all over the side of a barn and a raider is standing there looking at you with your empty magazine and holes everywhere but his head.

I LOL'd sooooo hard. You, sir, just made my day.

[Malachi]

And there i always thought "hit box" is part of players model. What exactly it has to do with crosshair?

That's why they said "kind of " like a hitbox. You were right about it being on players and other targets. They just used it as a comparison.


But like others have said - Bloom is the rate at which your "Spread" expands as your fire.

[fgbrooks]

During the Alpha testing phase, Trion's Gary Stelmack, Senior Combat Designer, provided the following definitions:

"Accuracy is how big your reticle is. Bloom is how much it grows when you take a shot. Recoil is how much your reticle moves when you take a shot. Falloff is how quickly the rounds start losing damage in terms of range."

It was discussed during Alpha that -0.30 Accuracy is actually Good (or Better if you will), as it makes for a SMALLER reticle. Bloom and Recoil are very important as well, especially in a weapon like a SAW or an AR. You want minimum Bloom and minimum Recoil. All the Accuracy in the world won't help much if the weapon has a high Bloom and Recoil. After your first few rounds, the gun will be spraying all over the place.