Spread Control or Recoil Control? Which one is better?

[Bocchi-chan]

Spread Control or Recoil Control? Which one is better?

[Afangun]

depends on what you need
spread control reduces the spread of your bullets and is good for shoulder aim
recoil reduces recoil when you shoot ads or shoulder

personally I use recoil if the character has such upgrade

[Afangun]

if you control guns well or most often your fights are no further than 30 meters then it’s better to take spread

[Waryth]

It depends on the gun's performance but the rule of thumb is:

• If you aim down sight (ADS) a lot then go for recoil.
  
• If you usually like hip firing during 1-0.5 meters engagement then go for spread control.

SMG's best upgrades are spread control for spraying & praying, run & gunning play style. Others would prefer other ones also depends on the map. ADS is usually meant to shoot farther areas with accuracy but role of SMGs are close quarters.

I'd like to add misconception about SPREAD CONTROL is that it does NOT decrease SPREAD but prevents it from expanding. If you rarely hipfire it's not advisable to use it.

For Assault Rifle, Recoil Control is better to compete against Snipers and Assault Rifles in medium to long range distances. You'll lose to an SMG still in an equal setting due to their rate of fire so spread control isn't ideal.

Shotguns would have to rely on spread control a lot compared to sprint speed. Majority of the enemies are together so going sprint speed isn't ideal unless there's a Fragans on your team boosting everyone's Movement Speed + your Sprint Speed making a huge different on everything.

Weapon	Upgdade
Shotgun	Spread Control
SMG	Spread Control
Assault Rifle	Recoil Control

Don't use SPREAD CONTROL if you have a crosshair that disables DYNAMIC CROSSHAIR (showing spread indicator) since it'll just be useless and you can't utilize it to the fullest.

Don't use RECOIL CONTROL if you rarely go AIM DOWN SIGHT. Shoulder Firing still has spread and is NOT the same as ADS.

None if it is better if you don't understand any of the upgrades if you don't know how to use them in any situation.

[Afangun]

where is this wrong if you said the same thing in other words
your scope spreads less with this upgrade which shows that the bullets spread less

[Afangun]

recoil works just as well even for smg

[Waryth]

Originally posted by Afangun:

where is this wrong if you said the same thing in other words
your scope spreads less with this upgrade which shows that the bullets spread less

There's 2 ways spread reduction applies in-games.

1. It reduces the DEFAULT base spread cone area making it accurate.
   
2. It PREVENTS it from EXPANDING faster at the MAX spread cone for precise shots.

In Strinova, they used the 2nd and NOT the first. This is the misconception I speak off. They're NOT the same. I wasn't arguing with your post but in fact clarify the game mechanics in my own post.

[Afangun]

ok got it
I saw that you often argue in other discussions

[Afangun]

It was funny to read a discussion with that person who wants to quit the game because he was unlucky in gacha

[Aimee]

It heavly depends on the weapon and your playstyle.
Something important to note is that Spread control does not always reduce the spread in ADS mode, for a lot of weapons it only applies to shoulder aim.
Recoil always works, but has the most notable impact when in ADS.

Check out the weapon where spread control applies and how strong the recoil control is to determine what works for your playstyle.
If you hipfire accurate, then spread control is almost always the way to go. If you ADS most of the time it matters on how well you can control the recoil to make consistent head/body shots.

[Flariz]

80% of the time I ADS what is better for me

[Afangun]

Originally posted by Flariz:

80% of the time I ADS what is better for me

for ads you need recoil

[Afangun]

but for example if you play flavia then better take spread even if you use ads

[Afangun]

just ads > shoot > turn paper > ads > shoot > turn paper
this is how i shoot as flavia long range

[Nepnep]

Spread control is normally better unless you are "ADS character". (like Nobunaga)

[dukci]

I generally take spread control and adopt the "git gud" mindset for controlling recoil when in ads. I mostly play ming too who kinda needs the mobility from shoulder fire despite having arguably the most difficult recoil pattern, i find the consistency of shoulder firing in fast paced entry frag situations far more important. Michelle on defense already has easy recoil so having my shoulder fire have a higher effective range seems more flexible too.