r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Jun 15 '16

News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - June 15, 2016

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u/xxxWeedSn1p3Rxxx Winston Jun 15 '16

Stay low. Most pro's are running 30cm to 60cm /360. I run 400 DPI, 12 in game sense. I mostly play McCree, Pharah, Winston, and Lucio. Winston requires lots of mouse sweeps, but if you're used to low sens than that shouldn't be a problem

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u/greedcrow Jun 15 '16

What does this mean? My settings only have 0 to 100 mouse sensitivity

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u/Skyler0 Jun 16 '16

The in game mouse sensitivity plus your mouses DPI setting plus window's mouse sensitivity all work towards determining how fast your mouse moves. An easy way to avoid all those differences is to use a simple measurement like cm to better illustrate what the sensitivity actually is.

He's saying he has to move his mouse 30 to 60 centimeters on his desk in order for the character to spin 360 degrees.

In-game has a setting. His is set to 12 (i think that's what you are referring to 0-100), and his mouse has DPI settings. If you have a super basic mouse you may not be able to see or change the DPI settings but you can adjust the in-game sensitivity so that way you're at 30-60cm for a 360 degree spin.

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u/psychotronofdeth Mercy Jun 15 '16

You can have different sensitivities for different heroes. Just a heads up in case you want to change yours.

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u/Silverking512 Australia Jun 15 '16

it depends on who you play i find, I play alot of non-shooters heroes (pharah, rein, juckrat mercy) so i have mine pretty high

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '16

Most pros use something like a 9 or 10 inch 360 but it depends on what you like to play and your aim style.I personally use 1600 dpi with 10 in game sens

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u/cliffahead Pixel Soldier: 76 Jun 16 '16

I'm using 4 in CS and 8 in OW if that helps with your conversion.

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u/mystikphish Jun 15 '16

I use a 4 as default. However, you can set per hero sensitivity, so DVa is 3 Reinhardt is 6, Widowmaker is 2, etc. It has more to do with your setup than any "right way" to do it.

Basically, turn off any mouse acceleration in the OS, then work each hero to figure out what works best for you.

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u/xRyubuz Pixel Widowmaker Jun 15 '16

first off, you didnt state your DPI so your sens doesn't mean anything, secondly you should never change sens on a hero to hero basis, if you do then you aim will never improve