@MrGreenWithAGunI didn't mean to imply that bloom (or recoil) serve no legitimate purpose. In the case of bloom I honestly believe it was designed to hide flaws in netcode and the then dodgier nature of the internet. In the case of recoil, it serves to make the weapon harder to use and, so the developer believes, rewards players who put in more time learning to compensate. In both cases I think the logic is flawed, but the rationales remain.
All that said, I'm on record many times having said that gun skills shouldn't be the only critical success factor in a shooter, but most especially in a battle royale shooter. The simpler the weapons are to use the more we can all focus on other aspects of the game. Trouble is that most players to this day don't believe that there ARE any other aspects of the game. At least none that are as easy to deal with by cheating.
