Stupid Question: Should I be aiming?

[DrMadHatten]

So, Returnal comes with the ability to focus aiming with the right mouse button. I have recently stopped doing this and I feel way more mobile. Is there a reason to use the focus aim that I am not seeing?

[Grampire]

There isn't.

Sometimes this happens when you alt-fire which is different, obviously you should do that. But ADS seems pretty pointless in this game to me.

[Bigglés]

I just beat Act 3, not once have I ever pushed right click
In fact, I might rebind it to dash

[nebuchadnezzar]

For me, it's about distance the enemies are.

Focus aim usually make my mouse more precise by augmenting the distance I need to move the aim, allowing me for more precise targeting. But it reduce the ability to turn fast and target another enemy quickly.

For far away enemies, focus aim may allow for more precise hits.

For closer enemies, you can do without doing focus aim. Focus aim may be detrimental in this case as well.

For my play style, I use focus aiming for half the enemies, usually the one that are far away.

[Mr. Pharaoh]

Yeah, I may re-configure right mouse to be alt weapon attack. I really dont see any difference in targeting besides zooming in to get better view of enemies.

[Grampire]

Originally posted by Mr. Pharaoh:

Yeah, I may re-configure right mouse to be alt weapon attack. I really dont see any difference in targeting besides zooming in to get better view of enemies.

This is my thought exactly.

[Fivil]

if you aim down sight on an enemy, you will see his weakpoints highlighted in red

[lukaself]

ADS also focuses the spread of shotgun weapon types.

[Dusklite]

Originally posted by Fivil:

if you aim down sight on an enemy, you will see his weakpoints highlighted in red

Plus, I think it's easier to cause stagger this way.

On the other hand, if you can evade more easily without ADS and defeat enemies without getting hit, you won't really need to ADS.

Personally, I mix it up, depending on what enemy I'm facing.

[Phishfood]

It does that thing where if you focus aim you'll snap to the nearest target. This can be helpful when there are a lot of particle effects and you're not sure where to aim.

or if you happened to get stuck with the shotgun it's helpful to target a flying enemy for a split second to fire off a shot and keep on running.