Like most DB players I rarely if ever aim down sight, as for the most point there is no advantage to doing it over hip firing.
It may just be me (and feel free to say so) but I’d like there to be a reduction in weapon shake/bloom/climb what have you to make ADS useful in specific situations.
I would think you’d be bracing more and of course not moving quickly so it would give you some advantage on accuracy. If there is a bonus it must be pretty small as never feels like it’s worth it.
They’ve said several times ADS is only for sniping and long range fighting. Mid-close range fights should all be hip firing.
Well actually…aiming is useful
Take a bit to go play and find a wall, stand a good bit of distance away from it. Do 4 things, spray from the hip, tap fire from the hip, then spray and tap again while aiming, you’ll notice you’ll have pixel precise accuracy while aiming. With the speed of the game it seems to only be useful at good distance, or if the enemy is not aware of you and you want to be sure the shots actually land on their head.
I’ll have to keep at it then, the ADS’ing (practice) as it doesn’t feel like it’s reducing kick/spread for me.
Granted I’m no star marksman.
ADS removes random spread (aka blooming) completely. Every shot lands exactly where the gun points at. however recoil (vertical climb) is amplified, compared to hipfiring. Random deviation from a pure vertical climb is still present (stability stat on the loadout card i.e. the tendency of a weapon to zigzag and suddenly jump in recoil).
Example the timik has high stability and will quite often go straight up, somethimes it will lean either left or right but it follows that initial path pretty close. while the SMG-9 which has low stability will swim and jump around quite alot between shots.
So ADS is easier on Weapons with high stability rating since you only have to compensate the stronger vertical climb (moving the mouse constantly down while shooting).
ADS is only useful:
-At long ranges
-When using the Dreiss
-when sniping
That’s basically it. It is fine.
I’d like to think it would any weapon a bit more accurate. You sacrifice mobility and speed in favour of accuracy.
It would hopefully balance itself out and be as useful as hip firing. Just different situations for different aiming styles.
ADS is fine as is but it feels like some guns have a lot of visual recoil. Also, going ADS does give you an accuracy benefit and it gets rid of all spread increase per shot which is really useful even at medium range if you ever shoot while jumping.