There is no spread!

It doesn't matter what range the enemy is at, you must have the tiny dot of the reticule on target or you do zero damage.

Hey, I just remembered I can hide all your posts
One less kid I have to deal with :)
P.s. I'm hiding your posts because your not trying to argue, your just throwing insults around

Sooo, why exactly are you "trying to argu"? Is it just for the sake of arguing?

You should probably seek help for that.

HMG has spread while moving. It's not hard to understand.

HMG has spread while moving. It's not hard to understand.

If it doesn't have spread while standing still, what makes you think it does while you move.

Ohhhh I see! So, where is the "Accuracy Rating while Moving" Stat listed again?

Dude, the Accuracy of the weapon doesn't change just because you move. It simply means that you are dealing damage across a horizontal line because you are moving.

Dude, the Accuracy of
Dude, really. Moving does nothing to the Dispersion of the weapon itself.

Moving in and of itself Disperses your DPS across a horizontal line because you are moving!

Take the AR for instance. When an enemy is running, and I begin firing at his side, I can stay perfectly on target as long as I strafe and keep him in my sight. My accuracy is not effected at all. I lose no DPS.

Bullets do not simply disperse more because I'm moving. Bullets do, however, disperse more the longer I hold the trigger down with the AR. This is, of course, opposite of the HMG. As you fire, the HMG becomes even more accurate.

Dude, the Accuracy of
Dude, really. Moving does nothing to the Dispersion of the weapon itself.

Moving in and of itself Disperses your DPS across a horizontal line because you are moving!

Take the AR for instance. When an enemy is running, and I begin firing at his side, I can stay perfectly on target as long as I strafe and keep him in my sight. My accuracy is not effected at all. I lose no DPS.

Bullets do not simply disperse more because I'm moving. Bullets do, however, disperse more the longer I hold the trigger down with the AR. This is, of course, opposite of the HMG. As you fire, the HMG becomes even more accurate.

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We'll I don't know what to say. I've tested it and it has spread only while moving. If you don't believe me that's fine.

Dude, the Accuracy of
Dude, really. Moving does nothing to the Dispersion of the weapon itself.

Moving in and of itself Disperses your DPS across a horizontal line because you are moving!

Take the AR for instance. When an enemy is running, and I begin firing at his side, I can stay perfectly on target as long as I strafe and keep him in my sight. My accuracy is not effected at all. I lose no DPS.

Bullets do not simply disperse more because I'm moving. Bullets do, however, disperse more the longer I hold the trigger down with the AR. This is, of course, opposite of the HMG. As you fire, the HMG becomes even more accurate.

No one believes you cause your wrong! But thanks for bumping the thread

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We'll I don't know what to say. I've tested it and it has spread only while moving. If you don't believe me that's fine.

Have you tested spread while moving? If not then don't bother talking.

What you are seeing is the latancy of where you were firing your bullets a second ago while moving, same thing happens when shooting from a tank but is much more noticeable.

Standing still or moving is not going to change the actuall hit scan of the weapon it is the same standing still or moving.

I tested it moving forward and backwards so the small dot never touched the enemy but I still killed him

Let me rephrase: is there a way to test whether crouching actually increases DPS, or whether the effect of the reticule "tightening" after firing for a second has a confirmable and/or significant effect on DPS?

This is all given the fact that you need the center dot on target to do any damage whatsoever.


ED: For more clarification: My theory is that CCP is simulating dispersion by mathematically reducing damage based on the fraction of the aiming reticule filled by the target. You need to have it centered to do any damage at all, yes, but I'm curious if applied DPS increases the more the target fills the reticule.

I've had this theory for a while now, but can't really figure out a way to test it. I don't believe HMG DPS is reduced simply by a range-to-target calculation the same way the AR gets treated. I believe another factor is involved.

Crouching just reduces the the large spread (circle) giving a sense of more accuracy. What makes it more accurate is that the gun's kick isn't throwing your gun off target. At least that's what tests have shown me.

The close range footage is exactly how it would work when crouched. Your damage is still centered and not affected by how much "spread" the gun has.

nice video. I like that the little white pixel = the hit point of the HMG...no wonder I thought the dispersion was crap hahaha

"BUT HE WAS IN MY CONE OF FIRE!!" - No, he was out of your pixel of fire