ouch's guide to better aim

Yep, it's time to share some secrets...

First of all this primarily designed for ut2004 but could be applied in other games as well.

Ok, let’s begin:

First thing you need to know now is that if you have one of those high resolution gaming mice you need to put it in (and leave it there) it's highest setting. The whole "changing the resolution on the fly" thing is a hoax as far as I'm concerned. As any respectable FPS will automatically reduce the sensitivity when zoomed in with a scope or anywhere else you need extra accuracy.

The reason you want the highest setting is because you want even your smallest movement to be seen on screen. However this does not mean moving the mouse a width of a human hair and seeing the cursor move an inch. It all comes down to the sensitivity slider in the game to control how much your mouse moves to how much your aim actually moves. And this is where the delicate balance of fierce, up close firefights and long range non-scope sniping action takes place. You want to be able to track the opponent jumping everywhere around you, yet you want the gun sight to stay on the opponent.

The best example of this I can give is probably with the link gun beam. You want the high sensitivity to move the gun sight fast enough to keep up with an opponent. Yet you want a low enough sensitivity to keep the beam on the opponent as long as possible. If you find your gun sight is orbiting the opponent instead of staying on him/her, then turn the sensitivity down a bit. If you are finding it difficult to keep the opponent in view then turn the sensitivity up a bit. Finding this perfect balance will take awhile if you’ve never tried to achieve it before. But once you do your scores will rise 1/5 or more of what it is now.

You can cheat a bit at this though. You can use a higher sensitivity than usual and still be able to track a distant opponent with deadly accuracy. The secret is to drag your pinky finger. All you do is keep your pinky tight against the side of the mouse and move it down so it rubs against the mouse pad. The more it rubs, the lower your mouse sensitivity will feel giving you better accuracy. This also helps steady your aim if you had one too many Mountain Dews and are feeling jittery.

Well that’s all the time I have at the moment folks, so till next time…