User blog comment:AntiScootaTwo/Advanced Warfare patch for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 released today/@comment-402843-20141204222710/@comment-3967954-20141205155925

@DremYolLok

"most likely you're referring to gun kick, the moving of the sights relative to the screen, unlike view kick which is moving the screen/your view itself"

That's what visual recoil is. So yes, pretty much every gun in AW has visual recoil except the EM1.

"The stock EM1 has very moderate recoil"

I didn't deny that. I just said it's very easy to control, which it is. Anyone who has any experience with the EM1 can still drop enemies across-map with it, you just need to spam short bursts.

In regards to the firing range, I don't know about the EM1, but when you put rapid fire on the XMGs and shoot down the range, the computer thingy can't actually keep up with the fire rate and doesn't register half the shots. I suspect the same thing might happen with the EM1 but I'm not sure. I'm fairly certain the EM1's fire rate is a lot faster than the XMG's.

The point is that it's too easy to use and it didn't need a buff in the first place. A very minor buff would've sufficed, but Sledgehammer felt the need to up the damage dramatically for some reason. People are exploiting this (and I'm not the only person who's noticed this).