AR operation says it adds kick, not reduces it. Unless I'm misunderstanding you.

Do you have a link from a dev stating that that is a bug? I don't think it's a bug.

When you fire from the hip, it's difficult to control the gun. That's why hipfire is inaccurate. So when you try to ADS from hipfire without letting go of the trigger, there is no way to magically make all that recoil disappear.

You have to let go of the trigger before you aim down the sights.

I just had my roommate test this. I'm still not convinced that this is a bug.

Here is what we observed: When you ADS directly after hip firing 2-5 rounds into your clip, the amount of recoil is comparable to if you had pure ADS fired 20 to 30 rounds of your clip. The important thing is though, when you ADS directly after hip firing 30 rounds or greater, your recoil increases dramatically when compared to when you just hip fired 2-5 rounds.

This is because the "recoil ceiling" is much high for hip fire than it is for ADS fire. This is why you see two "different" recoil patterns. I put the word "different" in quotes because the recoil is exactly the same, the only variable that changes is the magnitude of recoil.

So here are the rules dictating recoil:

The longer you fire your weapon, the greater your weapon builds recoil.
Hip firing your weapon builds recoil faster than ADS firing, and with a higher potential for maximum recoil.
ADS firing your weapon builds recoil slower than hip firing, and with a lower potential for maximum recoil.

It's actually kind of cool because when you ADS after hip firing half your clip, you can actually intimately see how your gun is behaving besides the widening reticle on your HUD. This is because the recoil accumulated by hip fire will directly transfer over to your ADS fire mode should you choose to not cease fire before aiming down your sight.

Dust 514 apparently, calling it bug just because you've never seen it happen in another game doesn't make it a bug. Just stop firing for a second, it's not that hard

Then you have no understanding of common sense action/reaction interplay.

This so called bug is actually a game mechanic and is working as it should. Something many would understand if they ever had access to full auto weaponry.

@TheMarkOf22

Okay, lets say we have it your way and all the amount of recoil accumulated automatically resets to zero when ADSing. The major probably I see with that is a possible exploit where players in CQC/hipfire range battles quickly tap the L1 to reset their recoil, essentially giving players sustained, accurate hip fire.

This game mechanic that you want is less desirable than what we have now.

You keep saying that it has 3 different bullet patterns. I'm not seeing it.

Could you please describe these different bullet patterns you are seeing?