Talk:XK-8 Tactical/@comment-184.66.156.196-20131029030030/@comment-12.233.147.42-20131128022528

Barrel customization does not INCREASE recoil, it IMPROVES recoil by altering the pattern. Duh.

Level 3 piston customization turns this from a 3-4 HK to a solid 3. Level 3 barrel reduces the erratic side-to-side recoil, but not enough to counter the wide spread and slowish spread recovery. It's still not a pinch sniper like other ARs with big scopes, but the improved recoil pattern is more or less straight up for the first 3-4 shots before it starts dancing around.

I never customize trigger, so I have no opinion there. I would imagine that would make it useful for CQC only and make it ineffective at medium range.