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@dSKyNafinchin I always make sure of the distance to the subject area before taking the shot. You need to get the exact range to the location as sometimes the range finder will overlap to areas further away or closer๐. Compensating for movement can be difficult too. Have a 369m knock
@OldTreeCreeper 369m?!?! Props for that!!
I had a fairly good match last night, where me and my buddies were at the top of Barometer, sniping at people all around us. I had a Sentinel with a 4-8x, and I was trying to actively force myself to figure range, before I shot. I was actually hitting a lot!! I realized one thing though, I am trash with the Longbow. I cant hit the broad side of a barn with that thing, for some reason. Grab a Sentinel though, and I can hit my shots
@HarshNerf I feel that!!
I had a fairly good match last night, where me and my buddies were at the top of Barometer, sniping at people all around us. I had a Sentinel with a 4-8x, and I was trying to actively force myself to figure range, before I shot. I was actually hitting a lot!! I realized one thing though, I am trash with the Longbow. I cant hit the broad side of a barn with that thing, for some reason. Grab a Sentinel though, and I can hit my shots
@HarshNerf I feel that!!
@dSKyNafinchin longbows a beast when you get the feel for it, one clipped a full squad when I was last on lol, poor sods never knew what hit them. :,D
Grats on the improvement though, actually thinking about the shots you make is a huge progress step, most people just blindly spam until they hit, which just alerts the enemy lol.
- @MandatoryIDtag I commend you sniping skills! Maybe I'll get there one day. That's pretty impressive, to wipe a squad with one clip on a Longbow.
Very true. My two buddies were spamming shots. I was being much more selective, but I was hitting most of them. I don't think anything was over 200m, but still. One Lifeline had to be super mad. I kept cracking her shield, and she would duck behind a rooftop a/c unit to heal, not knowing that I had a line on her between the units. I kept knocking her, and then she would get rez'd, then try to heal, and I'd knock her again XD The built-in range finder on the 4-8x is pretty nifty @dSKyNafinchin there were some really long range shot targets to take in the range, last time I was there, that go beyond the marked ranges. On the ships out to the right. Bit of fun ๐ for very long range static target practice.
- @OldTreeCreeper I've messed around with those targets out there, mostly with the Kraber. For some reason though, I can hit shots on those targets easily, but it doesn't really translate to in-game shots on target for me. I honestly just started even bothering to run snipers a few days ago though, so maybe I should go practice on those again, now that I'm taking sniping more seriously. Thanks for the reminder!
@dSKyNafinchin irl breathing is somthing to take into consideration when taking a shot. I play on controller so can easily yank the controller or trigger if I don't relax and hold my breath, some exhale and hold, then squeeze the trigger ๐
Could take it a step further and pull the trigger between heartbeats.
If you can get your eye in on very long shots, then shorter shots are easier.
- @OldTreeCreeper Copy that. Time to go full Chris Kyle!
Those "clench" toggle jerks mess me up. It was really bad when I first made the switch to an Elite controller, but I've adjusted my grip over the years, so it happens a lot less frequent these days. Still RUINS a game when it happens, because it is always in the middle of a gun fight, Lmao @dSKyNafinchinif you wanna go full Chris Kyle before taking the shot as you casually breathe, on exhale you extend the pause before you inhale and during the extended pause you shoot
if you inhale after but are able and need to shoot before you can exhale, slowly exhaling does the job or instead of holding the breath just slowly exhale
@dSKyNafinchin clear guidance for you here from way back ๐
@dSKyNafinchin I use thumbstick extenders, I seem to clench press the analog way less now, although even if I do I only crouch so it usually just means the difference between a head shot and a body shot.
- @OldTreeCreeper Haha what an amazing show!! Still one of my favorites. My sister has a translator fish tattoo behind her ear XD
@MandatoryIDtag I use the long thumbstick for the right toggle on my Elite controller, but the shorter, domed one for my left stick. Maybe I'll try putting a longer one on the left stick too, and see if that helps. My clench-press usually happens on my right stick though, and makes me melee in the middle of trying to shoot, Lmao. Perhaps, having the tall one on both sides, will help my subconscious mind, because they'll both be the same height.
I didn't even get to work on sniping at all yesterday, because they went and dropped Halo Infinite multiplayer early!! @dSKyNafinchin just a thought but try switching melee/crouch around, once you get the feel for it your movement becomes much more fluid.
In the interest of full disclosure though it will take a toll on your right analog stick...I get drift pretty frequently as I'm heavy handed.
As for the stick extended I'm kinda weird.....I play long stick on left analog and a medium on my right....couldn't get my aim dialed in on right analog long lol.
@dSKyNafinchin I can remember the night I was first introduced to Arthur Dent back in tbe '80's ๐ Young tree has just recently finished the set of audio books Inc the latest in the series by Eoin Colfer, and enjoyed them (40 years later๐ฅณ)
- @MandatoryIDtag I never thought of that. I don't even use my stick to crouch, so that could work pretty well for me. I use my paddles for crouch/reload/loot/swap weapon/jump. I almost never take my thumbs off the sticks these days. I'll have to fiddle around with my crouch, and see what I can come up with. I always end up with pretty bad drift on my left stick, because of the sprinting in most games. I absolutely LOVE the auto-sprint on Apex! It works so much better than other games. I hate it on CoD, because I find myself sprinting when I don't want to. I never had that issue on Apex though
I like the long right stick, just because I feel like I have more precise aim. It helps close the gap between PC and the severely hindered controller, ever so slightly, imo. One of these days, I'll have me a good gaming rig, and never play FPS on controller again, but until then, this dang Elite controller is where it's at for me! It wasn't that much of a jump when I switched over from regular controllers, mainly because I used those toggle extenders on the regular controllers anyway, so I was somewhat familiar with taller sticks already. My actual controller grip was the hardest change. I had to adjust how I hold it, so I don't accidentally press my paddles haha. Makes me wish I had gotten a Scuff back in the day. (That turned in to a lot more words than initially calculated...)
@OldTreeCreeper That is awesome! "Young tree" haha, that's dope. Glad to know there are people older than me, 'round these parts. But yea, good ol' Arthur Dent! Most of my friends have never heard of him
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