Help me understand how cs go aim works.

[Alxndr]

Honestly I played css for 2 years and I was ok at that game. I aim on them, click and only my first bullet will hit them and all the others miss. 90% of the time when I see someone I will shoot in small 2 or 3 shot bursts but I only ever hit them for 27 in 1.

Even at point blank range I will 1 tap and wait for my recoil to settle and my next click will almost certainly miss them. It's really just like my gun registers the first hit and then just decides to make the next shots really unaccurate.

I watch people playing and they walk around the corner, aim at their chest, shoot 4 bullets and kill them. I do the same thing, shoot 4 bullets but they don't die so I have to let my recoil settle, burst 4 shoots again and they don't die... then they turn around and kill me.

I check console and it will say 27 in 1 or 53 in 2. It's like I either have smaller hit boxes to hit or it just takes my gun longer for the recoil to settle.

I tested it against an afk player and I went a good distance away and tap shot him waiting 1 second before each shot. It still took 5 shots to kill him despite me aiming on his head. I managed to get a headshot on the 5th bullet. The others must have hit his shoulders.

What the ♥♥♥♥ is wrong with this? People say "oh but it's 64tick" but everyone in MM plays on 64tick and they don't have the issues I do. They just run and gun with no issues. I'm scared to challenge people 1 on 1 because I know they will just insta headshot me.

[President of Ostrava]

Before you shoot: Stop, crouch, fire in bursts. Crouch is optional,but you still get better accuracy

[forever worthless, dead.. ILUAM]

& use the "default" crosshair it helps to show u where bullet spray will go per weapon in use

[Wowee]

Originally posted by Voda pro pejfka:

Crouch is optional,but you still get better accuracy

No. Crouching only gives a slightly faster accuracy recovery (most noticeable with pistols), but it doesn't reduce recoil or bullet spread at all. Crouch to hide behind cover, or to dodge the instant headshot. Don't crouch to aim better because that gets you killed. :)

[Alxndr]

I have tried crouching too and it doesn't seem to make that much of a difference. I just went into a 128tick deathmatch server for some practice and straight away the same issues. When I shoot my crosshair goes all over the place like it should but when I wait for it to settle ad return to the middle of my screen and then I shoot again, it kicks right back up. I have to wait like 1 straight second or my bullet will be way off target.

[cube]

stop crying and play till your eyes starts to bleed.. then you'll get better and better. There's no magic solution like ctrol, w, whatever.. play and play... deathmatch you'll be better at aiming.

[Donut]

I always aim a bit lower then the center of the crosshair.

Example:

\0/ <--- this is a person (head)
| <-- this is the chest (I want to shoot the chest)
| (0) < - crosshair (and I burst and I will hit the chest due to the recoil.)
/\
works for me most of the time.

[Arcaian]

You sound like you're firing in bursts. Get to know the recoil pattern, once you know that, if it's mostly horizontal it's hard to control. If it's mostly vertical, fire at their chest and it'll hit their head. Mostly just gotta practice though.

[RevUpNL]

i shrinked my crosshair to learn to aim better ( it doesn't expend when going ham on the mouse button) so i learned to control burst it works most of the time for me but i aint a pro ^^

i still like to go ham though :)

[Wowee]

You've only played 14 hours. You will need at least 100 to get somewhat used to the basics.

[forever worthless, dead.. ILUAM]

Originally posted by Hominid:

You've only played 14 hours. You will need at least 100 to get somewhat used to the basics.

playtime hours is relative not absolute, varies per person. while though i still suck, i took 800+ to have any noticeable improvement..

[hi]

you should choose the good crosshair for you and practice in death match.
1 tap or 2~8 shot burst is very very good with ak and m4a4

[Wowee]

Originally posted by twitch.tv/RevUpNL:

i shrinked my crosshair to learn to aim better ( it doesn't expend when going ham on the mouse button) so i learned to control burst it works most of the time for me but i aint a pro ^^

i still like to go ham though :)

Newbies should use a dynamic crosshair, to better understand what's happening. Newbies who play with static crosshairs need much longer to figure that out. :)

[AzKat 🐔]

as a recently ex dmg player I can give you the best tips possible:

1. Aim for the head
2. Be patient
3. Git
4. Gud

[iza]

Originally posted by Hominid:

You've only played 14 hours. You will need at least 100 to get somewhat used to the basics.

When i started CS: Source i didn't need 100 hours for sure, because i were playing several shooters already. Yes, also Call of Duty 4. With 300h in GO i have a good rank there.

However, i have 2450h in Source but it's hard to get into GO from Source, i think 1.6 is easier.

[Wowee]

Originally posted by Hi im a piece of ♥♥♥♥, bye:

playtime hours is relative not absolute, varies per person. while though i still suck, i took 800+ to have any noticeable improvement..

Of course it is relative, but you have to be some super human to really understand CS in 14 hours. :)