Rework the Field Of View+

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The FOV in this game is small. When compared to other games the maximum FOV you can have in this game is 70 to 80.

TL;DR bellow

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The FOV you can adjust is the horizontal FOV while the vertical FOV is fixed to 60 or 70.
In Team Fortress 2 you can achieve an FOV of 106 with a 16:9 monitor with the FOV set to 90, how? In that game you can adjust the FOV vertically and the game automatically adjusts the horizontal FOV. Even BFBC2 does this to a degree.

I jokingly call this game SquintWatch because that is how the game looks and feels. Don’t believe me? Try this: use a 16:9 monitor and set the game to 21:9.
That is how low your FOV is even when you’re playing on a 16:9 monitor with the game set to 16:9.

It’s so small I sometimes don’t bother tracking some targets because of the small FOV and giant weapon models… which brings me to another thing.

The weapon models are HUGE, so huge that they block important areas or even get in the way of being able to see enemy players from variable distances even if you have proper crosshair placement.

If the Devs were willing to allow us to change the objective marker opacity because it sometimes got in the way then what is stopping them from adding a viewmodel FOV slider, a mini viewmodel mode or allowing us to enable and disable them?

If the Devs did these changes then this game would not be so tiring to play with or without having a few constant BS moments.

“But…it would be unfair”
In E-sports events? No
In normal play? No, because of a few things: your FOV and preferences.

Not everyone likes to play at 110 or 140, some like it in the middle and some like it low, even though playing on a low FOV has more disadvantages and makes you motion sick. I could go on with this but doing so would make this post really long and others have already debunked the claim.

If the Developers don’t want to rework the FOV then they should allow us to adjust it vertically and horizontally with it being capped at 120 to 130.

TL;DR - The FOV is small and needs to be changed (rework or allow players to adjust both horizontal and vertical FOV) and the viewmodels are huge and block your vision and are also in need of change (options to adjust the size, mini mode or allowing players to disable them).

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103 is the best fov you can get

in pubg for example the best FPP fov is 90

if you need higher fov just go play quake live

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Now I don’t play PUBG but after asking some friends they prefer their FOV to be the highest possible and their friends also prefer it high or a tiny bit less than the maximum FOV. Wasn’t 90 the best? Oh right, preferences.

At the moment. And if my memory serves me well the vertical FOV is 70 in PUBG just like in OW so both games have a low FOV in FPP. At least in PUBG you can play in 3rd person so ADS isn’t an issue unless you play in FPP all the time.

Not a good argument.

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pubg’s fov goes up to 103 iirc what are you talking about

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103 horizontally. Did you even read my post?
I will keep it simple for you. OW in comparison to other popular FPS games has a lower FOV since the FOV slider in OW is for horizontal FOV not vertical FOV.
Vertical FOV is fixed which results in a wide but narrow FOV.

The reason why the Devs should give us more is because the game with its current FOV: limits your awareness, your ability to keep track of things happening in a messy fight and it is tiring to play for long hours when you’re shifting your point of aim from one area to another. Does BFBC2, TF2 and other games have these issues? Nope.

For a game that has short engagement distances the last thing you would want is a low FOV and for a game that has a lot of focus on E-sports, I find it funny how a game like TF2 that was designed to be casual works a lot better as an E-sports game than OW.

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103 FOV in this game feels like 75 FOV in other games like Team Fortress 2 (Which is TF2’s minimum FOV value by the by) and same for 75 vertical FOV in BF4, which is VERY narrow and gives me headaches after a few minutes of play or IMMEDIATELY if I play a close quarters hero.