Talk:Back Scatter

Legitimacy of Relative Bullet Spread

Since the Back Scatter's description states that it is 20% less accurate, shouldn't the ratio of distance to target to diameter of spread be 24:1, relative to the Stock Scattergun's 30:1? Is it an issue of a non–indicative description (meaning that an accurate description would be '16.7% less'), or an issue of error while testing this weapon? Green5 (talk) 02:01, 25 November 2014 (PST)

20% more spread (less accuracy) of the source spread number translates to 25:1 in the function times table. The Back Scatter in items_game.txt has Item_Class tf_weapon_scattergun.ctx which has Spread: 0.0675; and spread penalty: mult_spread_scale=1.20; so spread=0.081; round(1/tan(spread/2))=25; See Shotgun Discussion page. rotatcepS (talk) 15:34, 25 February 2023 (UTC)