EU Questions & Answers

Snib, on 02 February 2012 - 05:05 AM, said: Overlord, we've done some testing regarding the aiming circle and would appreciate if you could confirm our findings. Is it true that:
Shots are normally distributed around the center of the reticle (wherever the server thinks it is).
The accuracy at 100m value given in the gun descriptions actually describes the standard deviation σ from the center of the reticle, i.e. only 68.27% of all shots will land land within this area.
If 2. is correct, it seems the outer edge of the aiming circle is set at ~ 2.5 σ, i.e. 98.76% of all shots will land within this area.
At close range, the reticle shrinks down to 25% of its original size. Is this just a UI feature or does it mean that shot deviation at close range is reduced by the same factor?
Thanks.