what is recoil?

[zayaid]

I thought deviation was recoil :(

[McFuzz]

It's how fast you can shoot.

It's less to doo with your aiming and more to do with an animation that occurs at higher recoils. If you have an ammunition that has high recoil, your character will stop after firing to hold the gun steady. If you have an ammunition that has low or medium recoil, you don't stop moving. But low shoots much faster.

[Saber]

I'm new to bowguns but I think it's like this.
Recoil is the knockback of each shot. Low recoils means you can move/reload on the move.
Deviation is what normal FPS games would call recoil.

[Smug Kot]

Recoil = RoF

Higher Recoil = Lower RoF.

[Cat_Heads]

recoil determines the speed between shots. a weapon with low recoil can shoot quickly, and a weapon with higher recoil may even stop movement upon firing. deviation is merely how much the crosshairs move upon firing