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General Tips

By Crash

Some general tips to up your game

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25 Oct, 2020 @ 5:01am

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Tips and Tricks

DROP WITH YOUR TEAM!! Half the battle in this game is getting two other team mates that are going to work with you. If one of your team mates is off at the other side of the map, not even launched yet or too busy climbing the tower in the middle they are doing it wrong... Don't be that guy.
Obviously this only applies if you are duo or solo and getting teamed up with randoms.
Learn ping commands they are vital for letting your team know what's going on when
Learn to reload without looking at your guns and learn to reload fast it will save your bacon and net you more kills.
You can climb faster by letting go of the wall as you throw yourself upwards, you gain upward momentum but only if you don't try to grip the wall as you go up. Use one hand to grip the wall then pull up sharply letting go at the right moment and then grabbing the wall again before you start falling. It takes practise and will help a lot. Using this method you can also climb one handed.
Keep your main hand close to your body and at a consistent location this will help with your aiming and help you get better muscle memory.
Tweak your weapon settings. This could be down to personal preference but I prefer Motion dampening at 100% and offhand influence set to 0%. This means all of your aiming is down to your dominant hand.

At the time of writing I wasn't doing much long ranged shooting and favoured pushing and close ranged fights so the settings have suited me for that.
However comments from others have mentioned that some offhand influence can help with sniping and long range aiming ( using your offhand for more subtle aiming ) and this is true and I encourage you to experiment and find what works for yourself.[/strike]
EDIT: Use what works for you, changing it later will heavily throw off your muscle memory and you may find yourself having to learn to aim again.
Keep on moving. If you are standing still you are an easy target, move while shooting but be unpredictable or they will just lead their shots ahead of you.
Getting good at two handing weapons will have you out shooting the one handed flailing monkeys with ease. It lowers the spread of your bullets and your recoil.
Some guns are better if you burst fire them and some full auto if you can manage the recoil. I'd say the assault rifles benefit from short bursts and the smgs full auto while trying to control the recoil ( Edit even at longer ranges the P90 benefits from burst first )
Use voice comms, communication is king.
Get the high ground. Seeing what is going on from above can help you plan your next move especially if you haven't met any enemies yet. That's not to say you should never start a fight on the ground though.
Learn when to hold back and when to push. If you can see that the enemy is weakened or has a man down you should push them to finish them off but also be aware of other squads pinning you in or having the same idea.

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One Armed Bandit 11 Nov, 2020 @ 10:53am

Can i change movement to dominant hand

It was real in my mind 8 Nov, 2020 @ 7:05am

'There's one thing tho, there's no spread in any gun besides shotguns. They are all %100 accurate, it's just the crosshair that spreads out that makes it harder to hipfire if you don't know where the gun is at'

This can't be true. Is it?

DoctorTheo 7 Nov, 2020 @ 7:18pm

There's one thing tho, there's no spread in any gun besides shotguns. They are all %100 accurate, it's just the crosshair that spreads out that makes it harder to hipfire if you don't know where the gun is at

Abra 3 Nov, 2020 @ 10:10am

What about hip fire. I have this crosshair when firing from the hip

Crash [author] 3 Nov, 2020 @ 10:07am

New shinies if the gun has a red dot sight it's 100% accurate when aiming through it, that is before recoil etc. I can't say much for iron sights as they seem tricky to line up and aim and often not worth the effort.
I find the red dot sight very useful for longer ranges.

Crash [author] 3 Nov, 2020 @ 10:04am

I have to add something about the whole weapon setting argument and that is that the offhand influence and motion dampening is very personal and I now believe that individual players should just experiment with it and see what is comfortable for them.
Since the launch I have set mine to 100% and 0% and I find this works well for me. I find that any deviation from this just throws my muscle memory out the window and I'm having to relearn how to aim.
This isn't some mouse and keyboard game and any deviation from what you have been used to is likely going to throw you off.

Abra 31 Oct, 2020 @ 10:20pm

Does hip fire two handed vs iron sights have a penalty?

It was real in my mind 31 Oct, 2020 @ 10:46am

Ye, good. Also, setting motion dampening too high will make you slow at short range. Setting it too low will make you inaccurate at long range.

Crash [author] 31 Oct, 2020 @ 10:02am

I'll add a note about weapon settings, I agree with what you guys are saying about weapon settings.

It was real in my mind 31 Oct, 2020 @ 8:19am

I have motion dampening set at 36% and off-hand influence to 50%. Setting off-hand influence to 0 means that your accuracy at anything more than 20 meters would be horrible and sniping would be down-right impossible.

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