Part 8

Explore Battlefield Hardline's weapon mechanics in Part 8. Learn about accuracy, spread, recoil, and how attachments affect your aim for better combat performance.

This section delves into the intricate weapon statistics of Battlefield Hardline, focusing on accuracy, spread, and recoil. Understanding these mechanics is crucial for improving your combat effectiveness.

Accuracy Factors:

Your accuracy in Battlefield Hardline is influenced by several factors, including movement, stance, and the weapon itself. Stationary aiming generally yields better accuracy than hip-firing. Your stance—standing, crouching, or prone—also affects hipfire spread, with lower stances offering less spread. While most guns maintain consistent stationary aimed accuracy across stances, some may have variations.

The size of your crosshairs visually represents the effect of stance and movement on hipfire spread. Additionally, attachments like laser sights can reduce hipfire spread, while firing long bursts on automatic can increase it.

Spread Increase Per Shot (SIPS):

SIPS refers to the amount by which the weapon's spread radius increases with each successive shot. For example, assault rifles typically have a SIPS of around 0.1°. This means that for long-range engagements, using short bursts or single shots is more effective, as the spread gradually increases up to the weapon's maximum spread limit.

Spread Recovery:

Spread recovery, or spread decrease per second, dictates how quickly your weapon's accuracy resets after firing. The standard value for most firearms is 15. The interplay between recoil and spread is visualized in accuracy plots, showing how muzzle rise and spread increase with each shot, creating unique firing characteristics for each weapon.

Bullpup Weapons:

Weapons with a bullpup design (where the firing mechanism is behind the trigger) often provide better hipfire and moving accuracy but may have slightly worse stationary aimed accuracy and longer reload times.

Attachment Effects on Spread:

• Laser Sight: Reduces hipfire spread by 25% (or 33% when standing and moving).
• Compensator: Increases SIPS by 30% (potentially excluding ADS when standing and moving).
• Heavy Barrel: Reduces ADS spread by 50% and ADS max spread by 20% when stationary. Increases ADS/hipfire spread by 50% when moving.
• Muzzle Brake: Reduces spread recovery rate by 50%.
• Vertical Grip: Reduces ADS/hipfire spread penalty by 50% when moving and hipfire spread penalty by 25% when stationary.
• Stubby Grip: Reduces ADS spread increase by 50%, hipfire spread increase by 15%, and ADS max spread by 50%.
• .338 Magnum sniper ammo: Reduces ADS/hipfire spread by 50% when stationary.

Suppression Mechanic:

Although modified from previous Battlefield titles, the suppression mechanic in Hardline still applies when firing near an enemy. This can cause a visual effect for the target and may increase their weapon's recoil. Scoring a kill on a suppressed enemy grants a Suppression Assist, worth 25 points in Hardline.

Weapons Overview:

Primary weapons in Battlefield Hardline are categorized and tied to the four playable classes:

• Operator: Carbines, Assault Rifles
• Mechanic: Submachineguns
• Enforcer: Shotguns, Battle Rifles
• Professional: Bolt-Action Sniper Rifles, Semi-Auto Sniper Rifles

Unlike previous titles, Hardline initially lacked universal weapon categories, though some individual guns have since been added that any class can use. Sidearms are also class-specific.