Why do the Burst Fire and Dead Aim feats require a good Wisdom score?
It seems strange that a character needs to be wise to aim properly or to target burst fire accurately. Because of that prerequisite, most trained soldiers in the typical game world can gain no benefit from Burst Fire because they will never qualify for the feat. Funny you should mention that point. Most real-world soldiers aren’t trained to use autofire on specific targets — automatic fire is used primarily against area targets or to suppress enemy positions. In fact, the M16A2 was built without an autofire setting to prevent soldiers from wasting ammunition by rockin’ and rollin’ on automatic when they stood little chance of hitting anyone. Typical soldiers are taught to take single, aimed shots at individual targets, not to hose them down with bursts. Some elite units, such as counterterrorist units, do train to use automatic fire against specific targets. But since those soldiers are elite, they’re more likely to qualify for feats that others might not be able to gain. All that inf
