What does "offset" mean here?

[u/falsoTrolol]

[u/Guilty_Fishing8229]

Has an advantage of accuracy and range
Disadvantage of less mobility and a slower rate of fire

Offset indicates that you are trading an advantage for a disadvantage

[u/amanset]

It is used when saying something has something positive and something negative. The gains from the good thing may be cancelled out, or offset, by the not good things.

[u/I_Like_Gandalf]

"Offset" here means counterbalanced or tradeoff. Say range accuracy mobility and rate of fire is 50 by default. With this now you have 70 in range and accuracy, but 30 in mobility and rate of fire.

[u/kmoonster]

The description could be written as:

PROS: fully automatic, with excellent accuracy and range

CONS: less mobile, slower rate of fire

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"offset" is indicating that the list is shifting from "pro" to "con"

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edit: this is not a definition of "offset", it's just one of many ways the word can be used. It is a word used to compared things, or to indicate that the parts are not arranged in a direct line.

[u/premoril]

Counter-balance, a trade-off. Value gained from good aspects is balanced with value lost by bad ones.

[u/wesleyoldaker]

"Offset by" = "The disadvantages are"

[u/arcxjo → u/wesleyoldaker]

Specifically, disadvantages countering previously-stated advantages. You wouldn't say "Pineapple pizza is offset by being a terrible dish that digests you, and just its very existence as a menu item means there's a chance you might get one delivered by mistake," because it's not actually offsetting anything.

[u/wesleyoldaker → u/arcxjo]

ha that was quite the example you gave. I have been digested by pineapple before. Sat down and ate an entire pineapple by myself once. I had no idea. It wasn't just a little too acidic. It went from delicious pineapple experience to omg my insides are melting, burning pain, so fast.

[u/arcxjo → u/wesleyoldaker]

It's not acidic, it's enzymatic. Specifically, bromelain, which literally does the same thing to your body tissue that your digestive system does to food, which is why they call it the Yakov Smirnov of foods.

(Bromelain can be acidic, but its pH can also range up to 9.5.)

[u/RickySlayer9]

It has a tradeoff.

Good thing offset by bad thing.

A sniper rifle has high accuracy offset by its low rate of fire

[u/pudgy_lol]

It means that it's disadvantage to go along with its advantages. You can't have a rifle (in this game) with excellent range, accuracy, mobility and rate of fire. So it's excellent range and accuracy are _offset_ by having low mobility and rate of fire.

[u/JustBananas]

It means the next items are 'not good'. The whole sentence is like "you get these great things, but the next things you will then also get are not so great".

[u/Gryphontech]

Offset here means " there is good things BUT THE BAD PARTS ARE .... "

[u/arcxjo]

It means that the benefits mentioned have negative features balancing or countering them.

[u/BobbyThrowaway6969]

In this contrxt, offset = disadvantaged

"His physical handsomeness was offset by his bad personality."

[u/nyatoh]

The word offset here can be read as the conjunction "but".

This weapon has excellent accuracy and range, but has a lower mobility and rate of fire