CELESTA AUNGM
Kang Lo Directorate
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.08.26 15:07:00 -
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xavier zor wrote:I just noticed that there is an aim assist option in the settings, and i tried it out. I didnt see a difference in the aiming mechanics of the game or my accuracy...Does anyone or a dev actually know what aim assist does help with??
I see alot of talk about it but i dont see any changes using it :/
They are right, when they say "Aim Assist" is a Pandora's Box, and the subject of some hatful arguments sometimes.
The best part of the "Aim Assist" is the democratic option the game gives you to "turn it OFF" or "turn it ON". No joke; it's not required to get good in the game, but it helps you if you are NOT an addict to Dust who has a lot of uninterrupted time to spend practicing this game.
If you're a FPS champion, turn it OFF,... you will only find it "pushing your gun off the target" and messing with your mind.
If you're a nervous shooter, unconfident shooter (like me), or you're a gamer who just plays this on the weekends from time to time, turn it ON,... and then forget that you have it on. Aim Assist works best when you are NOT trying to consciously depend on it.
It tends to try "automatically locking on the target for you" ONLY within a close-to-medium distance from your victim... IF your opponent is quite far from you (or close enough to slap your face), Aim-Assist is designed NOT to help you.
It will do this auto locking on target" will ALMOST NEVER activate when you put your eye to the weapon and aim down the gunsight. Whenever YOU force your gun to aim, Aim-Assist tries not to interferre with you (...umm, TRIES not to).
Anti-Personnel weapons (AV weapons), Shotguns, locus/flux grenades of course, and equipment (uplinks, shucks...) DON'T have any Aim Assist helping them----you have to aim those weapons yourself using whatever electronic or eyeball sights those weapons come with.
And moving your body as you shoot your weapon TENDS TO make the Aim-Assist STOP helping you---it seems to DEACTIVATE the Aim-Assist during that gunfight. Standing still, and firing from the hip, seems to be the best way to maximize what Aim-Assist is trying to do for you.
Notice, in all the above examples, Aim-Assist is TRYING NOT to be noticeable. It's working best for you, when you don't feel it's there at all. When you try to aim on you're own, there are moments when it doesn't relinquish your gun to you quick enough--and you get the feeling it's "fighting you". That's when most of us players complain. And that's the reason you SHOULD either play with it turned OFF if you're a super-experienced shooter palyer, OR decide to turn it ON and leave it on foreverafter, so you'll eventually be no longer conscious of it.
I actually like it, but hey, don't get fixated on it during the fight---it works best when you're not trying to analyse what it's doing for you.
Universe of good wishes for the 49, especially CCP Eterne...
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