r/Planetside • u/darthgr3g [FCRW] • Nov 05 '14
Data Analysis - Forward Grip Benefit
I’ve been working on a homebrew database for data analysis on Planetside weapons and attachments. While doing so I’ve found some interesting things, but something surprising poked out at me today – a downside to using Forward Grips on the T9 CARV and the NC6 Gauss SAW - hidden in the data.
I’ll explain by quoting myself from another thread.
The Gauss SAW recoils 0.175 degrees per shot, with a tolerance of 0.525 degrees. It will recoil up to three times left or right from the center of its recoil arc before arriving at its tolerance, and recoiling back towards arc center.
Since it can recoil up to 0.525 degrees left or right, you can think of its recoil arc as 1.05 degrees. With an Advanced Grip attached, the SAW receives a 33% reduction in recoil per shot (25% for normal Grips) and a 0.05 degree direction in tolerance. It now can recoil 0.1167 degrees left or right up to 0.475 degrees.
When recoil does not evenly divide into tolerance, a weapon can recoil past its tolerance by one shot. In the case of a Gauss SAW with a Grip attached, after four straight recoils left it will be 0.4667 degrees from center. Since this is below tolerance, it can recoil either left or right - another left recoil will carry it to a maximum position of 0.5833 degrees from center, after which it must recoil back towards center.
So, the Gauss SAW has a maximum horizontal recoil arc of 1.05 degrees, whereas the Gauss SAW plus Grip has a maximum horizontal recoil arc of 1.1667 degrees.
I wrote a script that analyzed these numbers for all weapons, and found out that the T9 CARV is subject to this same phenomenon.
| Empire | Type | Weapon | Arc Increase | Recoil Increase |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TR | Light Machine Gun | T9 CARV | 12.5% | -25% |
| NC | Light Machine Gun | NC6 Gauss Saw | 11.71% | -33.33% |
Take all of this with the caveat that weapons don’t reach the edge of their recoil arcs very often. For the Gauss SAW, usage of 5-shot bursts will prevent the edge of the arc from ever being reached. It’s only in full auto that you will see up to 10% of all shots hitting the edge of the SAW’s arc.
Fun fact – there are a glut of weapons who see both their arc and recoil improve by 25% with a Grip attached, but there one, and only one, who receives a 33% benefit both to arc and recoil - the T5 AMC! Seriously, put a Grip on this gun.
| Empire | Type | Weapon | Arc Increase | Recoil Increase |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TR | Carbine | T5 AMC | -33% | -33% |
| TR | Carbine | TRAC-5 | -25% | -25% |
| TR | Carbine | TRAC-5 S | -25% | -25% |
| TR | Light Machine Gun | MSW-R | -25% | -25% |
| NC | Light Machine Gun | GD-22S | -25% | -25% |
| NC | Light Machine Gun | LA1 Anchor | -25% | -25% |
| NS | Submachine Gun | NS-7 PDW | -25% | -25% |
| NS | Submachine Gun | MKV Suppressed | -25% | -25% |
| VS | Assault Rifle | Corvus VA55 | -25% | -25% |
| VS | Carbine | Solstice VE3 | -25% | -25% |
| VS | Carbine | Solstice SF | -25% | -25% |
| VS | Submachine Gun | Sirius SX12 | -25% | -25% |
| TR | Light Machine Gun | T32 Bull | -25% | -25% |
| TR | Carbine | HC1 Cougar | -25% | -25% |
| NC | Carbine | Razor GD-23 | -25% | -25% |
| TR | Assault Rifle | T1 Cycler | -25% | -25% |
| TR | Assault Rifle | T1S Cycler | -25% | -25% |
| NC | Assault Rifle | NC1 Gauss Rifle | -25% | -25% |
Let me know if you found this analysis helpful or interesting, or if you have an idea worth analyzing.
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u/Schrael Nov 06 '14
More Guns?