Lowered my sensitivity and DPI and started using arm aim instead of wrist. Been tearing it up on mcree, its so much easier to land shots.
Anyone else not know arm aim was a thing until looking at pro gamers sensitivity?
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I use all types of movement not just arm, sometimes just wrist is good for what you need to do at the correct moment then other times you’re using your arm etc.
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What about foot aim?
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Should be harder not easier since your fingers/wrist has more dexterity than your entire arm. But okay.
Also more than likely if you saw an improvement it’s because you dropped your sensitivity.
People dont seem to realize that sensitivity is just a trade off of speed and accuracy. You have to find a healthy balance of the two.
Also your next step should be looking into a new mousepad. I prefer low sens with a frictionless pad.
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Disagree completely. Wrist = higher sensitivity. Arm = lower sensitivity.
When you move the slightest motion your cursor will jerk around a bit making incredibly precise aiming very hard with higher sensitivity.
With lower sensitivity you have to make large motions for the same amount of change (which are inherently slower because you have more mass to move around) meaning you get more precision at the cost of being a bit slower.
I have this issue all the time where I play with like 1000 dpi and like 20+ ingame sens so I can turn around quickly for brawly characters like doomfist, genji, winston, brig, rein, etc. However, when it comes to aiming with S76 its really hard to keep a steay aim at range because the slightest twitch makes me overshoot a target. Makes tracking on aerial targets pretty hard.
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Issue, for some of us, is space. Don’t have the Desk space to lower sens, and use full arm swings.
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Idk how to even tackle how outrageous what you just said is. I guess that’s why surgeons strap knives to their arms and do surgery or why we write using our feet. Trying to apply the weight of your arm to your mouse which isnt evenly being distributed is idiotic. Get a heavier mouse or pad with more friction.
No.
Your aim is bad is because your edpi is around 20k. Most pro players are around 1k-4k range. For reference i use around 2.2-2.8k and i play mccree and doom and hammond on a master-gm level.
And yeah the biggest reason to use have an edpi that high is because you dont have the desk space. And that’s why i always rec 10keyless keyboards
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I mostly refer to them as Palm grip, Claw grip and Fingertip grip.
Palm grip usually has the lowest sensitivity and has you moving your entire arm, on the other end, fingertip grip has the wrist practically glued to the table.
It usually didn’t matter as the gun mechanics in modern shooters like COD and Battlefield halves mouse sensitivity when you aim down the sights, so even with a fingertip grip where you can do a full 360 turn in two inches, your sensitivity instantly halves when you’re actually trying to aim.
It matters in Overwatch because the aiming mechanic is rather primitive and you’re essentially shooting from the hip constantly. You can’t even emulate the aimdown sight mechanic on Ashe because it takes a long time to switch modes.
She uses the slower mechanic of a sniper rather than the instant 1x scopes (Ironsights, ACOG, RedDot, etc.) that only apply the sensivity change without the magnification.
High sens and plastic mousepads for me.
This is basically the equivalent of 28sens in Overwatch (360 turn in two inches)
It basically goes down to 14 whenever i right click, which makes following enemies much easier.
I had to lower my sens to 20 for overwatch, that’s the lowest i can go while keeping the posture i’m used to.
Yeah, usually you can compensate by aiming with the straffe keys, but that doesn’t really help when shooting enemies at different elevations.
I guess. This is what computer shops are like in the Philippines and where i learned to play FPS.
Consequently this is what playing 28 sens looks like in Overwatch.
Technically, it’s the same turn speed as the OP7 game clip, but without the aim down sight mechanic it’s a bit too much so i had lower it down to 20.
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I know about arm-aim, but I wrist-aim anyway…It’s more comfortable.
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If you have the rollout space, keep on keeping on, but I think the “low eDPI is the One True Path” thought process is a bit dogmatic. Practice trumps settings most of the time, and then there’s the melange of soft factors that go into accuracy/flick times like fatigue, individual skill ceiling, etc.
You can sit there and copy carpe’s settings, but does that mean you’re going to be playing next to him on the Fusion?
I do better with wrist aim.
This Sombra clip was painful to watch. I use 800dpi and 4.5 sens. Lower sensitivity gives more precision.
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Yep, i had to lower it to 20 afterwards. Those two videos actually have the same turn rate (360 over two inches), but overwatch’s aim mechanic doesn’t agree with me. Lowering the sensitivity would just end up disrupting my other FPS games so i just make do.
Anyway, i mainly play tankbusters so aim hasn’t really been an issue. And if i were to go back to playing other FPS games, i get the “normal” aim mechanic back and shoot accurately again.
BTW, you wouldn’t happen to know a utility that allows you to assign the mouse sensivitiy to a mouse button would you? I think my old gaming mouse came with one but haven’t been able to found one that also does it on the net. I’d like to try something that emulates the aim-down-sight behavior.
I adapt my aim to whatever I need.
Generally, I use arm aim for more large adjustments, with wrist aim for more fine ones.
Pretty fun to experiment.
Any modern logitech [gaming] mouse will let you do that. You can either assign a specific key to what they call the “G-Shift” button which swaps to a secondary configuration as you hold it (Can be literally any other mouse mappings and dpi you want) or map a key to a dpi toggle button and have it switch between two DPIs.
As for the thread - combination of the two. Most people who say arm aiming as very likely still using their wrist for very fine movements from time to time.
I mean there are thresholds for sure. I knew this from the Quake3 days but many people dont actually train to find their sens properly and sure, that happens.
Its mostly a comfort thing, like physically and the way you want to play. Wrist aim is way way way more relaxed and you can sort of “hybrid” to arm for fast 180ºs and vertical aiming. With the proper sens you dont lose any precision at all.
Sure arm aimers have way more control since the lower your sens, the more you rely on your movements. Someone with brutally high sens will experience pixel skipping and will always be less precise … but you dont look for precision always (see Genji/Doomfist).
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So, uh, I don’t know if I can call my aiming style just hybrid? I only use my whole arm for big movements. Otherwise, my elbow rests on the edge of my table I kinda use my forearm and wrist, I think? I never really thought about it too much. I just know it works for me.
omg that mousepad lmao
Badly needs replacement, i always browse the computer stores for a new one every time i go by the mall, all they have are foam and cloth mousepads. Plastic mousepads that are as slippery as glass are apparently rare.
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Why do you opt for plastic? Also you might want to check out boatoutfitters .com
You can make your own cut out to your liking. That’s what I was using before I went with Artisan mousepads.