Recoil (no ontology)
From Mazeworld
The basic premise of the recoil system is to simulate the increasing spread and loss of accuracy as one fires more rounds. It is primarily intended to be a balancing mechanic, to avoid the phenomenon of "lucky mag dumps" which has been observed in the past (and has been universally admitted to sound ridiculous especially with high-capacity firearms).
NOTE: This mechanic evidently does NOT affect melee weapons, certain special weapons (Golden Gun...) due to their nature, or heavy weapons such as grenade launchers and rocket launchers; only conventional personal firearms. It also will not apply to the equipment used by certain enemies despite they are firearms as their users are non-human (or less-than-human), such as the Failed, the various drones, etc. (a notable exception being the Duplica Bot, naturally).
The recoil system
After one has decided the weapon, fire mode, amount of shots and target, then made their attack roll, the score is observed, and depending on the caliber fired and the fire mode chosen, as well as certain equipped accessories, the amount of shots that hit may be different from the amount of shots intended.
Statistically speaking, depending on the fire mode used and the amounts of shots fired, the dice score is affected by a dropoff after every Xth amount of shots; for every theshold of X shots passed, the score is considered to be decreased by 1.
- Example with Normal recoil (see below for Recoil Levels)
- For a score = A ; Shots 1-4: Score is considered to be A. Shots 5-8: A-1. Shots 9-12: A-2. Shots 13-16: A-3, and so on.
Five different Recoil Levels (RLs) will be observed, in which the concerned firearm calibers are classed into; while most affect full-auto and burst fire, the heaviest of recoil levels also have an impact on semi-automatic fire.
- Heavy recoil: Full-auto dropoff at every 3rd shot / Burst dropoff at every 2nd burst (FA: 1-2, 3-4... / B: B1-B2, B3-B4, B5)
- Normal recoil: Full-auto dropoff at every 5th shot / Burst dropoff at every 3rd burst (FA: 1-4, 5-8... / B: B1-B2-B3, B4-B5)
- Light recoil: Full-auto dropoff at every 7th shot / Burst dropoff at every 4th burst (FA: 1-6, 7-12... / B: B1-B2-B3-B4, B5)
And additionally:
- Punishing recoil is similar to Heavy, but adds drop-off at every 3rd shot fired in Semi-auto. (1-2, 3-4...)
- No recoil is similar to Light, but Full-auto dropoff is at every 14th shot, and there no dropoff for bursts at all. (FA: 1-13, 14-26...)
Furthermore, regardless of the weapon's recoil level, for every dropoff that occurs, shots will hit a random @bodyaim rather than the intended target.
- Example: Using a full-auto weapon which fires 5.56x45mm NATO (Recoil level 3), a shooter fires 11 rounds and rolls 9, while aiming at a target's chest.
- Shots 1-4: 9, which all hit the chest.
- Shots 5-8: 8, which hit a random @bodyaim - the shooter rolled "Right arm", thus four more rounds hit the target, but in the arm.
- Shots 9-11: 7, which hit another random @bodyaim - the shooter rolls "Lower body", and as such, the last three rounds hit the target in the lower body.
Example
One example: Weapons chambered in 5.56x45mm NATO are considered to have a RL 3 (Normal).
- The user has a weapon that fires this round
- This weapon is capable of fully-automatic fire, and is used in that mode
- The user attempts firing 11 shots.
- The user is aiming at the upper body of a target, which is an area that causes no penalty to accuracy, and nothing is further affecting the user's accuracy (no accessories, no meds, etc.)
- The user rolls their attack dice, and rolls a 7.
Then, the following happens:
- Shots 1-4 = Score is considered to be 7. Shots 1-4 hit the intended target: the upper body.
- Shots 5-8 = Score is considered to be 6. Shots 5-8 hit a random other body part, for example the lower body.
- Shots 9-11 = Score is considered to be 5. Shots 9-11 simply miss.
Table of recoil levels
| Recoil | None | Light | Normal | Heavy | Punishing |
| Level | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Accessories and recoil
New accessory types have been introduced in Mazeworld 2.3 alongside the very recoil system, to help contestants fight recoil and allowing more, or better-controlled shots. These are bipods, foregrips and muzzle brakes. All of those accessories are passive; when one is equipped, its effects are always applied. Please check the Weapon accessory page for more information on these accessories.
