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Operator can still have a higher fire rate if you do the animation cancel like the AWP in CSGO.
External link →Operator can still have a higher fire rate if you do the animation cancel like the AWP in CSGO.
External link →Late to the party, but I actually was chatting with some folks on the team about this yesterday before seeing this thread, I had the same thought!
There's a built in fire rate cooldown that runs on the gun regardless of whether you swap away from the weapon or not. This means you're not actually getting a faster fire rate by doing this. If you watch closely in the video, the player is not immediately firing after scoping when not knife swapping, but is immediately firing after scoping when knife swapping. This accounts for the discrepancy in fire rates. If you fire immediately after zooming in both cases and time it out or watch the videos side by side, the rate of fire should be identical. I made this clip to demonstrate and counting frames between shots locally, they are the same. https://streamable.com/n9ghc0
There is a movement advantage you get from pulling your knife out, and executing the mechanic is kinda fun, so there are definitely valid reasons to do this, I just wanted to clarify that you don't get a direct fire rate advantage by doing so!