@AOD_moose004 wrote:Anybody got any tips to help out with this?
It's called "aging" (you said you're 55?). I'm 57 here. This is why I stopped playing any sort of PvP and only buy into games that offer PvE bot-play. You can practice all you like but at your age it will feel like a job to get your reaction and aiming polished enough to stop getting stomped on out there, and even then your reflexes, timing and eyesight will never be able to truly compete with the younger crowd which makes up the vast majority of twitchers you are up against in PvP.
My only 2 suggestions? Either join a clan/group who only has older players over 50 (I do have my own Discord channel for this purpose) OR do what I do and just stick with mostly PvE. You can turn the bots all the way up and you'll still get challenged pretty good.
@RaginSamThanks, but honestly, I don't feel defeated at all. To me, BF and COD are just mindless fun.
I don't transpose any of my gaming related experiences (whether they be good ones or bad) onto my feelings of self-worth. Besides, I spent plenty of years passed where I was on top of the gaming leader boards, winning my fair share of tournaments and basically kickin' it :-)
These days I actually enjoy my time gaming much more than I did back then, now that I just play for fun and don't take it seriously, because my online friendships have vastly improved over those days since now my friends and I play alongside each other on the same team against the bots, instead of against each other, as it used to be a long time ago.
I love PvE, as I have found it to be a MUCH healthier lifestyle and allows me to have more fun now than I used to when I was a PvP'er.
@RaginSamBig time into both MSFS and X-Plane myself! have been for around 30 years now. I use a Honeycomb setup for that. Back in the day I used to play some Falcon 4.0 but that was ages ago. I also enjoy some open world car games.
I've also recently gotten into VR, which was sort of mind-blowing :-).
@RaginSam wrote:
@BigShotttI disagree with being to old to be competitive. Sure, you’re not going to have the same reflexes as 20 year olds or younger, but maybe you never did in the first place? I’m not directing that at you, just like a self reflection for anyone. Know your strengths and weaknesses and work off of that. YouTubers and Twitch streamers always give advice to play ultra aggressive, but that’s because they’re entertaining an audience and play the game all day long. That was a long way of saying find a style that suits you.
Positioning is king. Nothing is more important than that. Put yourself in winning position and you’ll be rewarded for it. You don’t need amazing sim or anything. I don’t particularly have the best recoil control, because I play low sensitivity, so I set up my guns to compensate for that. I use easy to handle guns.
You’re going to have bad games. There’s quite a bit of luck with your team. If the team is unable to put pressure on the enemy, it can feel like you’re constantly in a 1vX situation. Doesn’t matter how good you are.
Play to survive. Try playing for a while without just trying to get kills. See how long you can stay alive. If you exchange fire with someone and neither of you died, rotate, and heal up. Once you’re able to survive better, start working on getting kills. So it takes you longer to go 5-1 than others, who cares?
I just don’t like hearing someone feel defeated. I hate that feeling myself more than anything.
Good advice.
I mainly use the NTW 50 and often play just like that.
I get an immense amount of satisfaction surviving for long periods of the round without dying. Running for cover and basically hiding is essential against most players who are using SMGs and ARs. They will easily kill me if I stick around.
Its why I conquest, every round I can create my own personal 'single-player' adventure. It's like I'm playing Far Cry 2!
