Myself I would houserule you get recoil compensation on both, could fire two long bursts (one from each weapon); however uncompensated recoil would carry over.

Related Question:

What would suppressive fire with a HV sub-mac in each hand look like? Maybe the best way to use two HV weapons is to NOT aim.

The -6 Recoil Modifier is in the case of the weapon being used with a long burst as the second simple action that round. I would be inclined to interpret the ruling in the same way as Fortune and others have mentioned.

You can't suppressive fire with 2 guns, as its a complex action to do it with one.

Yes, you can. You just split your dice pool as normal for two-weapon combat.

No, you can't. That is a simple action to attack with two weapons at once by splitting your pool. It is a complex action to use suppressive fire. You can't make a simple action and a complex action in one turn, so you can't do it.

[...]Let's say they have RC 3.

First pool 1st gun: -2
First pool 2nd gun: -2
Second pool 2nd gun: -9
Second pool 2nd gun: -9

-4 on both of the first pools; uncompensated recoil from each weapon affects both guns.
-16 on both of the second pools. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/eek.gif)

Firing two long bursts? p.143 BBB

Long Bursts
Long bursts use up 6 bullets each. Firing a long burst imposes a -5 dice pool modifier if it is the first burst fried that action phase, -6 if its the second. I'm not sure where you're getting your numbers if the recoil is -5 and you have 3 RC wouldn't it be -2. Unless you're counting the off weapon thing. Are you talking about full bursts? I'm not trying to be contrary but I don't understand.

Top of p142 BBB. "Additionally, any uncompensated recoil modifiers applicable to one weapon apply to the other weapon."

That section refers to splitting your dice pool to fire two weapons in the same Simple Action.

FrankTrollman wrote:
In any case, to answer your question "as intended" or whatever is long beyond my powers. What I can do is tell you what the basic book actually says on the issue. The book normally assumes that you will either be attempting to fire your guns together in the same Simple Action or that you will fir only one gun during an action phase.

Recoil: As you've doubtless noticed, the rules on page 142 explicitly state that recoil penalties accumulate for one weapon. There is an additional rule that if you combine shots into a single SA that your uncompensated recoil from both weapons adds together (this rule is on page 141). Since you are not dong that, this is not a problem. Recoil from the left gun in the first SA does not apply to a shot with the right gun in the second SA. Meaning that it counts as a "first shot" from your second gun.

Bursts: The FN 5-7C is not normally capable of firing a long burst, because Long Bursts are a subset of "Full Auto Mode" (page 143). Assuming for the moment that you actually intended to use a Steyr TMP or that your sweet mods included a FA conversion, then we're golden. The limitations on using Long Bursts within an action phase are vague as to whether they apply to just a single weapon or to the character generally (unsurprising as most weapons capable of long bursts are two handed). However, I believe that the implication is that it applies to just the weapon (as few people would seriously suggest preventing you from long bursting with two weapons in a single SA using the "fire two weapons together" option from page 141.

Altogether, it seems that with some hefty but affordable recoil comp you could very plausibly fire a long burst from one machine pistol and then a long burst from the second machine pistol as your two SAs with no penalties - and you'd still be able to get the benefits of a Smart Link or laser sight while doing it (because the huge penalties for using both in the same SA don't kick in). That's pretty impressive. But remember that if your second burst targets a second enemy that you suffer a -2 penalty for attacking a second enemy.

Good luck,

-Frank


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Dear Frank,

i hope you can help with some questions we discuss at the dumpshock-forum at the moment. This situation have risen in our last gaming session and we couldnt find a concret answer in the rules or in the FAQ's. The search on dumpshock didnt help eather. And there i am asking for your help.

I have following situation: my new street-samurai character has ambidexterity and wants to use two machine pistols (FN 5-7Cmodified with some nice mods from arsenal). I plan to shoot with the first gun (Full long burst) with my first simple action and then shoot with the other gun with my second simple action. Now my question is: what fireing mode can i use with the second gun? Can i use only a short burst or can i shot a second long burst? And how much recoil will i take? Will i take the uncompensatet recoil from the first gun to the second gun? What recoil will i get with the shot from the second gun (is it considered as first shot (-5 recoil) or as second shot(-6 recoil))? It would be very kind if you could answer these questions. Maybe this questions and there answers could be integraded in the FAQ's for other players as well.

Thank you for your time and help.

Best wishes from Germany,
Meschler