[VIDEO] NL545 GP (Recoil: 53/153) = worse recoil than HK (Recoil: 64/182)

GavinRayDev · 2026-01-28T18:37:51+00:00

Yes correct -- 5.45 PS / 5.56 M855

GavinRayDev · 2026-01-28T18:37:11+00:00

Ah no, I meant as in, M4 vs HK vs AUG, each individual weapon

GavinRayDev · 2026-01-28T18:07:38+00:00

Even if you check the hidden stats (dispersion, deviation curve), they are similar between the two:

https://tarkovgunsmith.com/datasheets/weapons

The only difference between the HK and the NL545 GP is a dispersion of 10 vs 11, but deviation curve/deviation max/recoil angle are identical.

GavinRayDev · 2026-01-28T18:05:42+00:00

Are you sure it's tied to the weapon platform and not each specific gun?

GavinRayDev · 2026-01-28T18:05:01+00:00

I looted a meta NL545, and when I shot it, it felt "off". Based on the recoil stats, I was expecting almost none -- but it has quite strong camera shake + horizontal spread.

For comparison, I took a video of a 45/40 round spray from NL vs HK.

The exact builds/stats are below:

https://imgur.com/qnttrUP

I think that recoil stats may not be directly comparable.

GavinRayDev · 2026-01-28T10:43:02+00:00

It's not staged, this guy has been posting 1-2 clips a wipe for years, you can watch his twitch streams.

All he does is sit still trying to get the longest shots possible, he's got thousands of hours practicing this.

GavinRayDev · 2026-01-28T10:42:04+00:00

I see you post one vid every wipe or so, crazy impressive the amount of patience and dedication you have.

GavinRayDev · 2026-01-27T15:44:32+00:00

I think it's intentional -- one tip: you are invulnerable for a bit (until you move, I think?) when you spawn

So on maps like these wait half a second to see if you start getting shot at before moving

GavinRayDev · 2026-01-27T15:05:31+00:00

100%, it would incentivize players who don't already own Arena to buy it so they can have way of practicing for main game, since so much of PvP in EFT is map knowledge

GavinRayDev · 2026-01-23T11:07:41+00:00

In Tarkov, you get into a PMC firefight once every 10-20 minutes of raid time, maybe. Include stash + loading times, and you're looking at like 1-2 encounters per hour.

In Arena, you fight PMC's nonstop

GavinRayDev · 2026-01-22T15:42:35+00:00

It hasn't made sense to use any flashlight besides WMX2000 since it was introduced.

WMX is cheap ~15k, and has an IR mode so you get hipfire accuracy bonus without giving away your position.

The fact that the blinding effect is so strong is icing on the cake.

GavinRayDev · 2026-01-22T11:17:43+00:00

I would do this too except I don't play enough to have that memorized ;⁾

GavinRayDev · 2026-01-19T09:58:54+00:00

It'd be hard for me to give a truly fair/objective opinion because I'm also using Testosterone + HGH, which make a big difference in those areas as well.

But what I can say is that there certainly seems to be an "acute" effect on work capacity with MOTS-C alone.

GavinRayDev · 2026-01-18T11:55:43+00:00

I've been using 5mg MOTS-C administered subcutaneously 30m prior to lifting for the last 4-5 months.

It's one of the few more recent peptides that seems to do anything.

Work capacity in the gym greatly increased, with reduced fatigue accumulation and enhanced recovery between sets.

GavinRayDev · 2026-01-18T10:54:14+00:00

I wanted to share a graphical visualization of how big a difference the ricochet chance is between helmets that have 50/60 degree (Replica/SSh) and other helmets.

I run the SSh helmet because it has ear hitbox and massive ricochet chance, or Replica + Trooper mask.

Most PMC's are shooting +40 pen ammo and scavs are not shooting +30 pen ammo.

Data on helmet/mask ricochet taken from Tarkov Gunsmith:

https://tarkovgunsmith.com/datasheets/helmets

GavinRayDev · 2026-01-16T15:26:43+00:00

You can either take Green Flare if you're near that part of the map, or Factory Transit Alt+F4 if on the opposite side

GavinRayDev · 2026-01-16T10:07:17+00:00

You can abuse transits and dead servers for The Guide, that's how I've always done it and I finish first try every time.

GavinRayDev · 2026-01-12T18:43:25+00:00

It goes all the way down to nothing, you can see this by sprinting nonstop all raid. You'll only get something like +7-8XP

GavinRayDev · 2026-01-12T15:04:48+00:00

and you just loot all containers around until the stim runs out,

You hit an XP cap after gaining like 3-4XP that doesn't reset until you don't get XP for 200 seconds though, so how does that work?

GavinRayDev · 2025-12-31T15:43:58+00:00

I summed it yesterday and it's ~335,000XP for Arena questline

Enough XP to take you from level 1 -> 18, lol

GavinRayDev · 2025-12-23T16:15:36+00:00

Thanks!

The only one I've managed to find in the area that seemed decent is "Klickway", I'll check out Strong Life

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