Don't play it in 'amateur' mode then!
(just poking)
that is easy to fix.
Many say they love MP, so again, you give an opinion not really based on an argumentation.
Recoil: I don't know, but the mouse-gods that dominate in most MP will not die and disapear forever suddenly (would be nice!), with or without recoil.
Then we have absolutly stupid game abortions like Counterstrike (kill while bunnyhopping at 500 meter distance) that have a huge following. I play Darkest Hour, it has 5 servers worldwide and maybe 60 regulars. Enough for me to have great evenings. So popularity means less than a dogs shit to me. 8)