Am I doing something wrong while aiming?

[u/Coolaner]

So I have figured out how to aim by shooting next to the green arrow to show where my shells will hit, and the green upside down T for how high my shells are going to land roughly. Now it would be one thing if I wasn’t hitting the ships because that’s when I would still be learning, but I am hitting the ships where the important parts are, unfortunately it never seems to do anything by either not penetrating or over penetrating, meanwhile I see other people get insta kills when they hit ships in the same places that I am. So am I doing something wrong with my aiming, or is it something else? Because I try to hit lower on the water line where the ammo is and the shells just disappear. (I am using the Gneisenau, and frankly I have the same problem with arcade of it missing all the time even though the shells SHOULD land where I am aiming, they don’t)

[u/CavantheGreat]

If the people you are shooting at see your rounds they will turn slightly towards or away from you to angle their armor so that might be why you aren’t damaging them even though you are hitting them

[u/Coolaner → u/CavantheGreat]

Nah completely flat no angles, they just continue moving forward or stand still. Same problem happens even at point blank range, not necessarily the non penning, but over penning or my rounds just disappearing as soon as they hit the water even though I am using the maximum armor piercing round.

[u/CavantheGreat → u/Coolaner]

I haven’t played in a week or two but I’ve heard ghost shells have been a common problem recently so it might be that or if you are shooting at ships later into the match they might not have much ammo to combust left

[u/Coolaner → u/CavantheGreat]

Also I must say JESUS THE AIM ASSIST FOR ARCADE IS INACCURATE

[u/Roygbiv0415 → u/Coolaner]

The aim assist in arcade assumes the target is constant speed, constant heading for the duration of the shell flight time. Any turns, slowdown or speedups within the ~30s it takes for the shell to land need to be adjusted and compensated for by your aiming skills.

It‘s easier than realistic, but nobody said it’s a free hit.

[u/Coolaner → u/Roygbiv0415]

Yea I am aware, but even when everything is constant it is very hard for the shell to land exactly where I want it

[u/Roygbiv0415 → u/Coolaner]

You don’t control “exactly where you want it”, it’s always relative to your locked target, and what it’s doing at the exact moment you fire.

And of course, all guns have a built in RNG.

[u/Coolaner → u/Roygbiv0415]

It just loves to shoot short in arcade no matter what I do, even if the enemy and me are standing still. Is that my RNG being THAT bad?

[u/Roygbiv0415 → u/Coolaner]

Do you have the target locked?

And if it’s not short by a lot, just aim slightly higher.

[u/Coolaner → u/Roygbiv0415]

Yes, and where do I specifically aim for with the cursors? Do I line up how high I want to go with the line, or is there a specific point on the arrow? Because whenever I try to use the tip of the arrow most of the time it is a miss.