Console Controller Aim Assist Is Changed

Bug Report
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With the latest update, something regarding aim assist from console has changed.

Notes

  • This seems to happen in both console and crossplay lobbies
  • This was done using a controller on console

Information From Our Tests

  • When aim assist does work, it is noticeably weaker than usual.
  • It seems like it doesn’t work until some kind of Forward, Back, Left or Right is inputted.
  • Jumping doesnt work for it
  • If you’re moving it seems to track by itself barely
  • If they move themselves and you’re stationary, it doesn’t do anything

Clips

7 Likes
Aim Assist is COMPLETELY BORKED for EVERYONE
Season 18 Bug List
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Hopefully they fix this

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3

Massively noticeable change here. I thought my controller was messed up it felt like my aim was so off.

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4

Vouch for this, been playing console overwatch since release and there’s a noticeable change with aim assist strength this season.

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5

Hello!

Question for you all. When you are in the main menu and go to Settings - Controls - General, what does it say for the Enable Mouse and Keyboard setting? Is it on or off?

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Mouse and keyboard off,
Ps5
Edit: just tried ow on my Xbox and it feels fine on there

7

No fix for an entire season is kinda crazy

8

I felt i was good at aiming on OW1. When OW2 came out, the aiming was completely changed. I think it was the aim assist so i’m wondering whats happend here.

9

no this has always been the case. ow2 has two types of aim assist; reticle friction and rotational assist. the part your referring to being bugged is the rotational part - this only comes into effect when moving as you said, it is not a bug.

if you want it to work when your “standing still”, set your left stick inner deadzone low enough to give yourself a very slight stick drift. this way the game sees a mico movement input and thus you get the rotational aim assist benefits, but since the input is so small you are effectively standing still. see this video https://youtu.be/KCsgKumf6QA?si=bUc7HQNuhtS8HXrc

10

No I’ve always had stick drift but aiming is still noticeably different now compared to season 17.

11

It is off, this happens when aim assist is on 100% in CONTROLLER pool, not M&K pool.