As a little experiment I took a few weeks off of Dust 514 and did nothing but play Destiny (I bought a PS4, stow your "Judge 2.0" comments).

Now, I'd played Destiny on the PS3 for a little while when it first came out but wasn't really into it. It came with the PS4 though so I decided to give it another go, noticed they fixed a lot of problems. It's actually a half decent game. One thing that absolutely -sealed it-, however, was the aiming. I don't know what it is, but Destiny's aiming mechanics are pretty awesome for a console game.

Coming back to Dust, I feel like I've unlearned all the muscle memory it took to be somewhat decent at this game. Aiming is like trying to pull your gun through syrup but somehow feels slippery like it's on ice. Yet, somehow, at the same time, it feels very jerky (particularly in ADS). It's hard to describe. The "aim assist" that everyone complained about is so subtle you don't even notice it when compared to Destiny. A lot of the time I feel like I should be landing rounds but I just can't because the game just doesn't want to co-operate with what I'm doing on the controller.

I think that's why the strafe-game was so powerful in Dust 514, I feel. It wasn't that strafing was too fast or too easy, it was quite simply that it's near impossible to aim with any sort of precision unless you've been playing Dust 514 for -so long- that it's just instinctual; familiarity with the shortcomings.

I dunno. Just my 2 ISK. But because of this I'm finding it extremely difficult to play Dust 514 again with any degree of success and this 21 wins thing for the SKIN is starting to feel more like a chore after the third loss in a row xD

Oh man I hear you. Trying to play Destiny and Dust at the same time is painful because the aim assist is SO strong in Destiny. Hell there are perks in destiny to make weapons have increased aim assist. Going back to Dust its like "Well **** my gun doesn't automatically snap to peoples faces anymore..."

Fair enough XD

Even so, Destiny aim assist is intense