Serpent data's determined from in-game testing. BS dam - 5.72 HS dam - 11.44 Mag 30/150 t/mag 2.15 REL 2.70 13.95 79.79 159.59 7 body shot 4(3.5)head shot VX6-7 BS dam - 5.72 HS dam - 11.44 mag 30/150 t/mag 2.20 REL 2.20 13.64 78.00 156.00 7 body shot 4(3.5)head shot Less than 0.01 second difference in All TTK's Comparison to VX6-7 recoil and spread. Pattern Key: (Left - Uncompensated ADS recoil from reticule point, Center - Compensated ADS recoil, Right - Compensated Hipfire recoil) So... No real difference here except direction. Serpent has the same cert unlocks available for it including the soft point ammo. So... This IS the VX6-7 except its blue, and has a leftward pull instead of right.
With times of under 3 seconds, I would say a reload speed that is half a second faster is a pretty damning thing.
IMO, it appears the Serpent has a reduced vertical recoil (and maybe reduced horizontal recoil) Not sure if it's worth the massive 0.5s increased reload time...
New data from game files up care of thorbinator. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AuOojvNLMApVdEtIU1NKenEzNzZOSWNaanFqSUVxLWc&type=view&gid=12&f=true&colid0=16&filterstr0=VS&colid1=17&filterstr1=CARBINE&sortcolid=-1&sortasc=true&rowsperpage=250 Recoil on the Serpent makes it better at single tap firing, but its COF stats make it worse at hipfiring. Has a slightly slower bullet velocity which is odd considering tapfiring recoil would make it better at range. and nearly a full second increase over the VX6-7 on the long reload.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhmrHXh-DaJRdGdtY2FnMFlzTDJxel81NE9WcmNvOUE#gid=1 Serpent gives you an 845rpm carbine like the other factions already have. It's faster than the 6-7 with a little worse COF.