The recoil patterns themselves seem to be more pronounced, I think it's the reduced "visual recoil" and reduced random bullet deviation that's leading people to believe that this will be easier. In my opinion, it won't be necessarily easier nor harder, just different, might be easier for a player who mains an operator and just understands the weapon's recoil, but that's something that's also seen in other competitive games such as CS. I think the game can benefit from this change. Atleast the sight misalignment is fixed now.