How does accuracy work in borderlands

This is an indicator of the angle of the cone in which the gun fires projectiles. The aperture angle of the firing cone is equal to the weapon value "Spread" in degrees , from which the Accuracy percentage is derived.

You can convert the spread aperture to an "area" solid angle that bullets fire into using the equation. Internally, Borderlands keeps track of a weapon's accuracy using a metric called "Spread. The "back-and-forth" formula is:. Each weapon category has a "Base Spread" as described in the below table.

From there, this base spread can be modified by the parts that make up the weapon, according to the Borderlands stat modifiers mechanics. When sighted, all weapons will receive a Spread bonus from their Scope: They will literally be more accurate! Shotguns and Mashers will fire in a tighter pattern when sighted. The accuracy bonus is quite substantial. What is very interesting to note is that this bonus is not stacked additively to the other Spread Bonuses in other parts: It is applied multiplicative afterwards, as its own stand alone field.

The table below also shows the resulting Spread compared to the weapon's unsighted Spread. Boards Borderlands 2 How does Weapon Accuracy work?

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User Info: demaka. However note that aiming down the scope will introduce a second effect; random weapon sway. All weapons particularly Hyperion weapons sway a bit when aiming. The amount of stability is a weapon stat not directly related to accuracy. Note that firing a Hyperion weapon decreases weapon sway, firing other weapons increases it.