[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] chickenlittle In every other game, it is called recoil.[/quote] So then what do you call the effect where, in Halo 2, the SMG reticle crawls upward as you fire it? Let's not replace specific words with vague words. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] MisguidedDrake4 The CE Assault Rifle has spread. Not bloom. I find the thing utterly useless for everything but popcorn.[/quote] The accuracy of automatic weapons in Halo 1 does, in fact, degrade if you hold the trigger. Granted, the system doesn't behave [i]exactly[/i] like Reachs; bloom increases based on trigger-holding, not the actual shots being fired, so tapping your shots rather than holding the trigger does give you better accuracy for the same rate of fire. However, for all realistic intents and purposes, firing the AR in short, controlled bursts (or stacatto-shooting it) yields vastly superior accuracy.