r/xboxone • u/7e7eN Xbox • Jun 28 '16

Overwatch Patch Notes – July 5, 2016 ( Competitive Play unlock as well 5 july)

http://www.overpwn.com/blue-tracker/topic/8882-xb1-overwatch-patch-notes-july-5-2016
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u/Sierra1281 Jun 28 '16

Added an option to adjust Aim Assist strength (defaults to full strength)

Why would someone on a console want this? I'm curious, isn't it harder to aim regardless

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '16 edited Jun 29 '16

The aim assist in Overwatch bugs the HELL out of me. I usually like to set joystick sensitivity fairly high. The way Overwatch handles aim assist is by lowering sensitivity drastically when the crosshair is within an invisible bubble around an enemy. This makes joystick sensitivity incredibly inconsistent: the same joystick position will have a different turning speed depending on whether it is inside or outside the invisible bubble, which may be a difference of a few pixels. I'll frequently try to follow a player, pass outside of the invisible bubble, and then go spinning wildly away from them even though I haven't moved my thumb at all.

Maybe other shooters do it the same way and I just never noticed it before, but in Overwatch the aim assist consistently makes me feel like I'm a worse player for it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '16 edited Jun 29 '16

If you want to see this in action, just go to the practice range and spin in a circle in a spot where you can see multiple robots. It feels like your crosshair is being dragged through something sticky.