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Its my understanding that Sheer Force doesnt effect recoil but "secondary" effects.
For example, Rock Slide. With Sheer Force you get the power increase but lose the flinch possibility.
I could be mistaken though
Question about IVs
First off, are they that important in game? I'll never play wi-fi and just use them in the battle subway
Second, if you have a pokemon with 29/x/x/x/x/29 and you breed it with a random, will the baby stats be around the 29/x/x/x/x/29 area? Or do you need to breed TWO...