I understand how to give a weapon a fair trial. 1. After years of playing shooter games, I know how to control recoil...and I'm only concerned about the pattern if I'm considering using it for PvP. The only time a recoil pattern is a disqualifier for PVE play is if it is random, or otherwise unpredictable. 2. Sability AND recoil pattern are key to the accuracy with which a gun can be fired. 3. Prior to activating----and choosing----all the performance-related perks you are not giving a weapon a fair trial. At best you are making an educated GUESS as to how the weapon will ultimately perform. You may want to limit yourself to playing the game that way. I DON"T. I've seen too many weapons in this game----especially exotics----fundamentally become different weapons once a major performance perk was purchased. I dont want to play the game that way....and I didn't have to until this most recent set of changes to the economy, because weapon parts were not a rare resource....and there is no damn good reason why they have to be.