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How Do You Aim?
Let's have a nice chat about aiming strategies. I'll go first!
I've definitely gone through my phases of aiming. Before I got competitive with Quake, I used to just wave the crosshair generally around my target and fire repeatedly, hoping to land an RL or get lucky with the shaft.
I stepped things up when I realized I needed actual techniques, so I started to focus on where players were when I couldn't see them; be it behind a corner for a second, or running around a large obstacle. That's when I learned predetermined shots.
As I got better and played with better players, I noticed that strategy was just common knowledge. I ran into new problems when I would face players who would just make you catch their RL... in the face... every time. I knew there was more to be learned.
That's when I began using a technique that I think has been coined, the "twitch shot". Usually performed with the RL, SG, SSG, and GL, the twitch shot works well with a high sensitivity. The small movement your hand makes is easily memorized, and after a bit of practice, each twitch was landing my crosshair right in the path of my target. Today, I myself, and I'm sure many other players as well, can twitch shot 180 degrees, shooting a perfect RL at a target he lost sight of.
This post was unexpectedly long, so I'm gonna wrap it up with what I'm currently trying to learn:
Eager to find new aiming strategies, I would ride players seeing how they work the shaft/RL. I've increasingly come across players who aim real slowly and patiently. I've always had the mentality that "quake = fast = high sensitivity = gotta keep movin = shoot like crazy". But this kind of aiming seemed quite the opposite. Generally, they would very smoothly line up the crosshair and wait for a perfectly timed RL. Even if they aren't going crazy, the effort put into these shots is enough to take out a target very quickly, so it doesn't matter.
Thoughts? Attributions? Criticism? Let's hear some voices!
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