Epic have finally changed shooting mechanics and made an attempt at addressing bloom / cone of fire. Right on! As of the Fortnite 3.4 patch some weapons will benefit from first shot accuracy. Epic ran shooting test 1 a few months ago and were planning on running a second test. Apparently there was much discussion internally and they appear to have skipped the second test and gone straight to live. The weapons that now have first shot accuracy are : Suppressed Submachine Gun (silenced smg), Tactical Submachine Gun (smg), Pistol (semi auto piston), Suppressed Pistol (Silenced pistol), Revolver, Hand Cannon (Deagle), Assault Rifle (AR / colt / m16), Burst Assault Rifle. This is the majority of the hitscan, single bullet weapons. Shotguns are not impacted by the first shot accuracy change.
When a player aims down sights and does not move the crosshair will "snap" in on the center point. When this occurs the crosshair arms become transparent in order to give the player greater visibility on their target. It is very simple. Currently all weapons appear to have the same amount of time to full accuracy and this does not change between standing or crouching. Tap firing and waiting for crosshair to reset between shots will yield superior accuracy.
To balance this out Epic have added damage fall off in order to limit engagement range. This changes between weapon "types".
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