any pro tips on improving aim.

[JakeFromStateFarm]

im no pro but im usually above average with first person shooters for the most part. but in this game i have to get use to the constant breathing animation while aiming along with crazy recoil. which i love the aspect but man i struggle most the time to hit an enemy player and i seem to almost get dropped right away in 4 out of 5 encounters. has anyone found a decent way to deal with this learning curve? love the game and would love to be better at it lol

[Qekium]

1. Don't move while shooting. Strafing doesn't help much while you're getting shot at and it also greatly decreases your aiming ability.
2. Let your soldier have a little rest even after a short run-up. Stamina isn't infinite.
3. Mind your position, your stand. Shotting while standing isn't the best choice, especially using such things as 4x optics, LMGs and sniper rifles. Sitting is way more better, but I prefer prone, it's the best position to swiftly recover your stamina and it also serves as a natural bipod.
4. And yeah, uhm. Bipods. OP. No doubt.
5. There are actually very little people able to land a shot from 300m. Even 100m sometimes can be a problem.
6. Bipods again. Feel free to deploy them whenever and wherever you think it is time.
7. Don't be afraid of going onto training camp and trying to comprehend ballistics, aiming patterns and scopes (especially sniper ones).
8. Try semi-auto. If you want understand shooting mechanics faster - try playing with SKS. This is one helluva rifle.

[JakeFromStateFarm]

Origineel geplaatst door Pilot:

1. Don't move while shooting. Strafing doesn't help much while you're getting shot at and it also greatly decreases your aiming ability.
2. Let your soldier have a little rest even after a short run-up. Stamina isn't infinite.
3. Mind your position, your stand. Shotting while standing isn't the best choice, especially using such things as 4x optics, LMGs and sniper rifles. Sitting is way more better, but I prefer prone, it's the best position to swiftly recover your stamina and it also serves as a natural bipod.
4. And yeah, uhm. Bipods. OP. No doubt.
5. There are actually very little people able to land a shot from 300m. Even 100m sometimes can be a problem.
6. Bipods again. Feel free to deploy them whenever and wherever you think it is time.
7. Don't be afraid of going onto training camp and trying to comprehend ballistics, aiming patterns and scopes (especially sniper ones).
8. Try semi-auto. If you want understand shooting mechanics faster - try playing with SKS. This is one helluva rifle.

thank you very much! i didnt realize sprinting and stopping to shoot actually affected the swaying in the scope. i learned something. most the time im following squad lead and everyone is sprinting the whole time until we run into trouble. much appreciated! many thanks :D

[Sawboss]

Origineel geplaatst door JakeFromStateFarm:

thank you very much! i didnt realize sprinting and stopping to shoot actually affected the swaying in the scope. i learned something. most the time im following squad lead and everyone is sprinting the whole time until we run into trouble. much appreciated! many thanks :D

Shift steadies your aim and zooms slightly, I actually didn't know that for several days when I first started playing... It doesn't work when you're low on stamina though, always rest for a moment if you're expecting trouble.

[Koma]

This game rewards not the shooter which is more accurate, but the one who shoots first to general direction of enemy.
If Your in situation where you and enemy has noticed each other at a same point, just shoot first to his direction. This increases his weapon sway so he cant effectivelly hit you (even if, in reality hes more accurate player then you) at that point, you should try to make accurate hit. But probobly, at this point your being supressed too. And your arms has become week like 4 mounths baby and you cant hold that gun right. Till the end of magazine we should have a winner. =)

This might seem like odd advice. Why not to shoot to him straight away? Well, if enemy has a better reaction time, and hes capable of aligning his shot faster then you do,- this gives you a fighting chance. With this supression system every noob has a chance! =)

[Kal]

its not your aim its just the game is broken

[OVKHuman]

1. always crouch when you decide to shoot (if vision isn't obstructed by crouching)
1a. For now it might not be bad to even go prone
2. always hold shift when firing, it will reduce sway
3. never use auto unless you are clearing buildings
3a. if you have good trigger fingers and/or reaction time, you can use semi all the time to save on ammo
4. never go below half stamina unless you are like 300M+ away from expected combat
4a. because of the speed decrease, you only lose out on a bit of speed when you stop running at half stamina. While later on you will become good enough to be able to shoot with no stamina, for now its better if you can keep at least half so that the sway isn't too terrible

[Maki Nishikino]

If you have a mouse with a DPI clutch I strongly suggest setting it up.

[mapamapa]

Just some tips on killing stuff:

1. Press shift to hold your breath and steady the aim.
2. Learn to control the recoil, the bullets go where your gun is pointing. It's not CS where the bullets go everywhere the gun is not pointing.This game has "real" recoil instead of cone of fire recoil as in Call of Duty for example.
3. Stay on Semi-Auto most of the time. If you have sights on an enemy fairly close, just click as fast as you can. You will hit him and suppress him at the same time. Remember that the guns always shoot straight.
3. In close quarters FULL AUTO is king, make use of that 30 round mag. Canadian rifles are OP on full auto, super fast firing rate and almost no kickback. In super close quarters use hip fire. When you know an enemy is behind a corner, start firing full auto before you even get around the corner. Then you will for sure hit him first.
4. Learn to shoot long range. Use the bullet impacts to raise or lower your sights, you don't really need to use the optics ranging with X+Scroll. Aiming slightly high at like their head level is usually a good way to start shooting because you will hit them even if the bullet drops.
If you use the X+Scroll ranging don't forget to reset it to 100 meters.
5. The Machine Gun(not Light Machine Gun) kit with scopes is the most OP one in my opinion, if you learn how to use it you can kill any enemy you can see easily no matter how far away they are. Always deploy if you have time but it works semi auto/burst without deploying the bipod or full auto spray in close combat. You can deploy on rocks and fences and almost anything.
When it's deployed use it as a sniper but shoot 3 round burst and use the tracers and impacts to range your shots. If you hit someone they will 100% die from that burst. Even if you see a bunch of targets don't go spraying your whole belt, stick to 3 round bursts and kill one at a time.
6. Know that because of latency what you see the enemy is doing happened some hundreds of milliseconds ago, he is ahead of what you are seeing.
7. Make sure your FPS is high.

For raw aim, Squad is not good practice. This game is pretty good at that:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/824270/KovaaK_20_The_Meta/

[pala ⵎⵔⴽⵣ]

the 762 AKs are pretty hard to control at full auto, especailly the AMD-65

[LifestylerAUT]

Origineel geplaatst door JakeFromStateFarm:

but in this game i have to get use to the constant breathing animation while aiming along with crazy recoil

So why do you ask? GET USED TO IT-and you will get better :)

TRY. TO. ADAPT.

LEARN


Despite of that I dont know which shooters you are referring to, but Squad is different, THESE THINGS ARE PARTS WHICH MADE SQUAD SPECIAL.

Look at your stamina, dont empty "it" completly and leave some energy (or stamina) for shooting and you should be fine.

Additional: Squad HAS TO BE HARD in long distant shots, everything else would be mediocre at best

[Driverben]

It really depends on the weapon you're using too. The American weapons have almost no kick to them and I rarely use burst/full auto on any variant. As for the AK variants I never use full auto for anything mid to long range, as the recoil can be hard to manage.

Honestly, taking some time in the gun range isn't a bad idea to get used to the recoil of certain weapons. I've spent a fair bit of time in there learning the arcs on grenades and LAT/HAT kits, and it really paid off.

[dan]

The single best thing to do is to keep the point where your gun will ads to pointing in whatever direction you think an enemy may come from. That alone will go along way.

[Bassnoise]

In addition to the points above, I recommend dropping the mouse sensitivity lower from default especially for the higher optics

[Disgruntled Cuttlefish]

I made one of my longest range (and cleanest) rifle kills with the G3 with the 4x scope (rarely ever pick sniper/marksman thus far), IIRC about 450 meters with one shot, apparently it must've been to the dome or they were already hurt (perhaps not -- not familiar enough with mechanics)? Supposedly it's the worst gun ever and MEA faction is oh so bad because of it.