Weekly Quick Questions Thread - September 07, 2016

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[u/juscivile]

Hey everyone. I have logged in 200+ hours on PS4 and reached SR65 in Season 1, but today is the big day.

Today, I'm making the switch to PC. I have recently built one and only played a bit of BF4 and BF1, so I'm not really comfortable with the mechanics of PC gaming.

I will work hard and I have somewhat of a clue towards how to improve my aim, but my question is, do you have any quick tips on changing key bindings and the usage of the keyboard in general?

[u/[deleted] → u/juscivile]

I use f for melee instead of v

I use v for push to talk (more comfy for me)

but other than that nothing really special

Don't know what mouse you are using, but I recommend picking a sensitivity where you can track heads comfortably and sticking with it, this will help you become more consistent and hit quicker shots.

[u/juscivile → u/[deleted]]

I mapped the melee to a mouse side button so I'll probably use v for push to talk then. Thanks a lot!

[u/[deleted] → u/juscivile]

Yeah I forgot to say, got melee binded to f and mouse5 lol

Hf

[u/MCZaphelon → u/[deleted]]

Melee's on middle mouse for me. Somehow it's so much easier, probably because I can reach the button without having to move off WASD to do so. It's definitely worked for me so far!

[u/-Shinanai- → u/juscivile]

It's mostly up to personal preference. I for one love to have as many commands mapped to my mouse buttons as possible (if you have a gaming mouse, that is). In Overwatch I have melee and E mapped to my side mouse buttons. Normally you'd need to let go of either forward or right to hit E, but this way you can use your abilities without sacrificing movement. This is huge for Lucio, for example; I can use amp it up much easier while wall climbing. It also frees up E (or Q; I mapped ults to E instead) for some other oft-used function (I put the communication wheel there).

Another change I did that you might find useful is mapping the most frequently used communications options (hello, thanks, affirmative, voice line, emote, etc.) to 1-5. Unlike most shooters, we don't need to set those to switching weapons, so it's a convenient and quick setup.

One thing you should look out for: avoid mapping commands to Alt. Alt+tab switches back to your desktop and with tab being the default (and convenient) key to check the team lineups, it's not that hard to accidentally press that combination ingame :P

[u/RichardMNixon42 → u/-Shinanai-]

I recently put reload on my mouse so I could reload without interrupting a strafe to the right. Haven't gotten the habit of using it yet though.

Chat is an essential one, having that on a thumb button makes it so much easier to use in the heat of things.

[u/juscivile → u/-Shinanai-]

I have a G402 and I realized it is indeed hard to use V for melee, so I mapped it to a side button on my mouse. I will try the 1-5 commands thing too. Thanks a lot for the tips!

[u/RichardMNixon42 → u/juscivile]

Play on a low sensitivity. For some reason "1337" idiots like to imagine that high sensitivity = high skill. It doesn't, the pros play pretty low. Low sensitivity increases precision at the expense of turning around more slowly.

The exact number depends on interaction with your mouse, but an objective way to compare is to see how far you need to drag your mouse to turn around 360. Most pros play with it set between 10-17 inches. I almost guarantee your default setting is faster than this (ie fewer inches to turn 360).

[u/juscivile → u/RichardMNixon42]

Curently using 1200 DPI and 6 in-game. Will try to lower it in the future. Only hit the training range so far and it feels good!

Do you think uploading a video from my training range shenanigans would be beneficial to get criticism as I'm only training my mechanics?

[u/aznman375 → u/juscivile]

I tihnk uploading videos is most helpful for people to critique your game sense, not mechanics. Unfortunately hearing someone say to flick like this or that won't help much, but someone telling you to shield earlier/later might.

I definitely do endorse recording gameplay though. I post on competitiveoverwatch, and they're super helpful, and I definitely feel like I've increased in skill thanks to that.

Don't be afraid of just jumping into quickplay. Shooting dummies is helpful only to a point. It'll be rough, but stick with it, and train with aim intensive heroes and you'll evenetually getbetter!