I just do not understand. I think 1 year has passed since I made a similar thread, and yeah, I am still as bad as I was back then. Tried different things, different settings, different button layouts, spent time in the firing range. I watched like a hundred videos now about how to improve and what settings to use. Yet here I am still standing where I was before.If anything, I feel like I have become even worse, because I have been quitting a lot of games too, even before leaving the dropship. Either because 1 of my teammates was DC, or solo dropped somewhere. And I also have been quitting as soon as my 2 teammates were down. I knew already I was going to die anyway, so I did not bother to even try. My aim still sucks. I couldn't even kill enemies busy recharging their shields. I honestly cannot believe I am still this bad after 2 years. And especially after putting so much time and effort to improve. It just feels all pointless.Apparently my K/D 0,8 after about 300 matches this season.... higher than my usual 0,6.... but I feel like it only increased just because of all the quitting I did before dying. I just do not understand how can you use controller for this game. Really is beyond me at this point.

First of all there is nothing wrong with you in general.Two things what I would like to mention.1 Never ever for get that people have a different pace of learning, some people are fast, some slow, some never learn (I am not talking about you), plus never ever forget that there are people who play this game 8-12 some 16 hours a almost everyday.I was just like you when I started playing 3 years ago, never played a BR game, didn't understand the concept either, and was utter trash and then, just like you did, downloaded kovaaks, aim labs, watched hundreds of hours of YouTube tutorials, nothing worked, nothing helped, I genuinely felt I got worse.Then a good friend of mine watched my gameplay and said one thing what changed everything "You don't have bad aim, your not a bad player, the reason why you feel your are worse is because of your mentality"And we reached number 2. tips:- Stop telling your self you are trash, why? Because if you keep saying this, you want to prove to your self that you are not, so you stop focusing on the gameplay, and focus on the kills, what happens? tunnel vision, you don't care you just rush because you want to kill that one guy not being aware of your surroundings , you die.- What happens in the next game? frustration, tension is already built up because you will say to your self "I am trash I couldn't even kill one guy", then when you get in a gun fight and this is really important because you are already frustrated it will horribly affect you aim. you die- Several games go like this, you keep repeating what you do, and then you just say "I did everything and I am worse" but are you? no.This is getting a bit long, but trust me I was that guy, lost focus on the actual gameplay and I just kept looking at my kill count what always shown 0, I wanted to kill people to boost my KD, I was tried I always got carried, called trash, noob in chat and so onBut once I stopped, and I treated everything different, not caring how many kills I made, and just focus on the game, play slow, if I died I didn't get upset, and the most important thingI stopped saying I am trash and every time when I got in to a fight I kept telling my self "I am better then them" instead of saying "I am trash, oh damn I am going to die again" like I did before.Once I changed my mindset and this is seriously not to be egoistic, but I created a second account in season 8 just to see how far I can go in ranked as a solo starting from scratch, and I reached master, what I would never ever in my life imagined me reaching that levelSo just think about it (and sorry for the long post)

@AcidicSoda44031 Hey man, I'm finding this thread interesting. It sounds like we are getting about at the same overall results, but that I have better gun play, while you must be better at other skills like positioning. I've improved my shooting quite a lot over the last several months, and I attribute that almost entirely to diligently working on a set of firing range drills published by well-known TSM nutter Verhulst. Give this a try for a while on the daily and I think your gun skill will improve. Good luck! Once you notice some improvement, you will be in a better position to benefit from adjusting your look controls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6VpGzsU2lE&t=146s

@AcidicSoda44031 There is nothing wrong with your aim in general, but regarding to that, one thing what you need to work on, you are cantering your crosshair to much towards the ground, the problem with that, when you need to react quicker you will need to adjust your thumbstick more towards the target, and you will hit a lot of groin, stomach or lower chest shots, try focusing on cantering it to the middle of the screen

@AcidicSoda44031 Have you been playing constantly last year?

@AcidicSoda44031 .8 is not all that bad. I'm not exactly the greatest player but I'm probably a little above average. I can keep my KD in the 1.15-1.27 range. If I thirsted more of my knocks I could probably push it up above 2.0.But maintaining a KD that high is really really really hard. If I got 5 matches in a row with 0 kills, then the next 6th match I have to get 7 kills to maintain the 1.0KD. It's very difficult to do. Someone else must die for you to get a kill.. 50% of the lobby is probably going to die getting 0-1 kills. Anything above .9 or so is probably average slightly above average.

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AcidicSoda44031
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@Sand_spitter alright I think my controller is busted. I tried various dead zones, ect. But I have to crank it up to like 9% to not have stick drift. I also have 12 response curve now, not sure if that is any good.
Sand_spitter
4 years ago
@AcidicSoda44031well it depends on you really and how you feel about it and perform with it. But for me, I wouldn't stray from the settings I posted. I just feels perfect for me with the curve at 6. The thing I've learn about custom settings is that every setting pretty much works in unison with one another otherwise the whole thing just falls flat - one change can change the feel completely thereby ruining it. Also a little stick drift is fine as long as it's moving very slowly, I have that too, but it sounds like you have a lot? I'd rather just replace the controller then. You're gonna need consistency to build up muscle memory if you want good aim so a busted controller will only get worse and you'll eventually have to adjust settings again to compensate.
JDmRogue1
Rising Scout
4 years ago
@AcidicSoda44031 I saw a youtube video that showed a controller with drift issues and this guy took an air aerosol can and cleared out the debris from the stick areas. He shows a really easy way to clean it out and the comments written seems that it worked for many of them. Look for it and give a try before getting another controller...
hayhor
Hero
4 years ago
@JDmRogue1 The aerosol can will work temporarily but will over time become less and less effective.

One thing about that though- Do not spray directly into it. You could damage the electronics that the sticks press against.
JDmRogue1
Rising Scout
4 years ago
@hayhor Thanks for the info.

AcidicSoda; If you decide to try and clean it please follow the video on Ytube
pandareno1999
Hero+
4 years ago
That Playstation tech guy on youtube just posted this yesterday - a couple more advanced methods to try to alleviate stick drift. I cannot vouch for the value, but here it is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M95nPUzmO3E
AcidicSoda44031
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@Sand_spitter in fact I changed settings many times over the months. I wish I could just settle for one.
@JDmRogue1 sure I will try that. I still have not done it, but sooner or later I will.
@hayhor yeah thanks. Trust me, I know that very well. First time I used an air duster to clean, I basically fried my PC and had to replace the components. Yikes 🤐
Also sorry for my slow replies guys. I am playing other games now, I will come back for sure though.

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