Talk:NC6 Gauss SAW/@comment-108.84.77.227-20170225045042

This is primarily a long-range oriented weapon. Very high vertical recoil and slow recoil decrease combined  means this weapon you have to make use of good accuracy, or die missing. At longer ranges, this characteristic is not an issue since the weapon has superior horizontal recoil matched only by the Pulsar C, and that's all. It has a 0 cone of fire with a moderate-to-high bloom per shot. It's default horizontal tolerance of .525 is very common for controllable LMGs of this type, but it has access to advance forward grip. It has a steep learning curve at longer ranges, but once the player learns to control the vertical recoil, it's a very effective weapon at longer ranges,

At close ranges, the weapon suffers from bad moving cone of fire, slow recoil decrease combined with very high vertical recoil, and a very long short reload. It's also slow firing meaning the enemy can literally streak across your screen and your rounds can miss big time. If the enemy is using a lot of movement to throw off your aim, slow firing weapons are more detrimental than low damage fast firing weapons. Everything about this weapon suggests a long-range oriented LMG. It has some point holding abilities thanks to it's total damage it gets from it's large magazine size, but really it's real strength is at range. Muzzle velocity is little lacking. If this weapon had the muzzle velocity of the Godsaw, it would be extremely powerful weapon at long ranges.

Weapons with lower vertical recoil going to be more reliable at close and medium ranges regardless if you can compensate for vertical recoil. Recoil decrease speed is a real characteristic that effects actual game-play. For a medium range weapon, I think the EM6 and NC6S Gauss SAW S are better. Not as accurate at the extreme ranges, but at medium ranges, those weapons have a lower vertical and comparable TTK. They're going to be more forgiving for missing shots, and fire a little faster.