Generally, yes, brakes suck....However, there are some forward vent designs with no side porting that mitigate some recoil and don’t redirect any more noise/blast back at the shooter. Conversely, most of these are heavy, and can change tune, even on a heavy barrel. For my few hunting ARs and other stuff that a brake is run on, I have access to some custom made, Titanium, forward vent brakes that weigh next to nothing and don’t increase blast/noise in any situation. They have had zero detrimental effects on accuracy, that I could tell. Something like that might be your huckleberry, but they’re not cheap....due to the titanium, but they’re cheaper than the big name versions online. $100-125 vs $200. 5/8x24 (26/27/30) and 1/2x28 (223).