Being a person who has used high sensitivity for years, I find it absurd that someone can be good at lower sensitivity. So I guess I have 3 questions (with 1800 DPI and 20 in game sensitivity):
@Beryl 800 DPI and 6 in game is pretty low. Medium would be more like 1200-1400 DPI with 10-12 in game sensitivity. And High is basically around what I currently use (1800 DPI 20 ingame)
Might be good if we would speak about something comparable. Like how many centimeters do you have to move your mouse for a 360° turn.
I am at 400dpi and 5.8 sensitivity in game. I’ve used pretty much the exact same sensitivity in every game since the early 2000’s (whenever the Intellimouse 3.0 came out). The reason why many high end players have switched over to something like that in the last few years is, despite what you’d think, you don’t lose any speed in tracking people. But it gets rid of overcorrecting or excessive over correcting. I tend to just stick to people when aiming and it’s usually pretty smooth.
With higher sensitivity you’re trying to use tiny wrist movements to track people and/or quickly acquire targets. And you can overdo it pretty easily. But when you start lowering your sensitivity you start having few tracking/acquisition issues IMO. Especially when the pressure is on in competition. Sure, you might be fine hitting those shots in a pub but in a competitive match having low sensitivity, in my experience, also helps offset nerves. Being jumpy/nervous tends to translate to erratic movement which can be increased significantly with high sensitivity and reduced significantly by having lower and more forgiving sensitivity.
However, in the end, use what you are comfortable with and what you believe you do best with.
[quote=“Xyfurion;25020”]Being a person who has used high sensitivity for years, I find it absurd that someone can be good at lower sensitivity. So I guess I have 3 questions (with 1800 DPI and 20 in game sensitivity):
Use what works best for you. Against what anyone might tell you, the best thing for you to use to be GOOD is whatever feels the most comfortable to you. If you’ve been gaming at high sensitivity and have acquired the muscle memory/reflexes to do well at that sensitivity, then stick with it.
If, however, you feel you are doing badly in this game for example at your high sensitivity settings, then perhaps tweak lower till you find something comfortable.
I used to play games at 1800DPI also. This was comfortable for me in some games, but I noticed how badly I was struggling to be competent in Dirty Bomb. So I lowered my sensitivity. Some people play with 400, or 800…1000, etc for FPS. Low sensitivity is fairly common for FPS, but ultimately, it’s whatever you feel comfortable with. Personally for me, 800DPI is nice and comfortable, and I’ve gotten used to it.
The best advice I got was, when you change your DPI, expect to suck til you get used to it, and don’t keep tweaking it. Pick a sensitivity and stick to it, because unless you get used to it, you won’t ever be good at it. So you shouldn’t keep fiddling with it.
If you intend to reduce your sensitivity, do it gradually however. At 1800DPI, reduce to 1200, 1000… so on and so forth and work your way down. For me, I supposed I recommend 800DPI, but it’s really whatever you feel most comfortable with.
ETA: Also, a bigger mousepad to increase your hand movement room is good. Helped me a lot. Got the Steel Series Qck which is over double the size of a regular mousepad. At lower sensitivities, you will want more room to move comfortably.
That’s less than 3cm for a 360º, what the hell? I’ve seen people playing with about 7.5-9cm for a 360º and that’s already pretty damn high. I honestly can’t see how you could properly track a moving target from mid to long range like that, it’s gonna cause a lot of pixel-skipping. If you prefer having high sens I’d recommend at least halving what you currently use.
I personally play at 400 DPI and 10 in game sens, lower sens helps you get more consistency since your muscle memory has to be perfectly on point to not overcompensate when adjusting your aim at a high sens. I know high sens has its advantages though, like being able to quickly turn around if someone is circle strafing around you or in case you get flanked so I can see why some people prefer playing like that.
This thread could use some posts by high sens players like @Ritobasu and @Kingsley
@FireWorks just checked. Its 20cm @Dawnrazor
Edit: Did something wrong with the calculator its not 20cm…
And Holy Crap I did not expect all these long responses. Gotta read through them all :lol:
I started with 2k DPI. I am now a year into computer gaming from console gaming (dark times) and my DPI is 400 with in game send of 10. It was weird transitioning down but I went with increments of 300 every week. My younger brother gamed on PC for a lot longer than me so he recommend a lower DPI and I have seen my aim greatly improve, and maybe with more years of PC gaming in my belt I’ll be as good as some people commenting above me 
. but high sens isn’t bad whatever you feel good with imo.
If you play at a high sens like that, why don’t you lower the game sensitivity and increase the DPI?
I prefer high sens since I don’t like moving across my mousepad when tracking targets. I barely have to move my mouse to shoot. Why do you guys choose low sens
I’m not saying change your sens, I’m saying increase the DPI and lower in-game sens to compensate, keeping the same sensitivity, but with higher precision and less pixel skipping.
If you play at a high sens like that, why don’t you lower the game sensitivity and increase the DPI? [/quote]
I’m not sure about Kingsley but some sensors have a native DPI where they perform the best. A guy on the Overclockers forum has compiled a list of a few common mice and some relevant stats which include the best DPI range for the sensors in those mice. I don’t personally know their testing methodology or how accurate the results are so read with a grain of salt.
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Not having to move my mouse a whole lot gives me all the precision that I need. Lowering my sensitivity gives more room for error when tracking
If you play at a high sens like that, why don’t you lower the game sensitivity and increase the DPI? [/quote]
I’m not sure about Kingsley but some sensors have a native DPI where they perform the best. A guy on the Overclockers forum has compiled a list of a few common mice and some relevant stats which include the best DPI range for the sensors in those mice. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZzbKDmFOqsP_ut2RdctD01OEbZzbXol6HLwqVkSmZcg/edit?pli=1#gid=0[/quote]
I am aware, but you can change your DPI while keeping within the native range. What I mean by that is you double or half the DPI from the native DPI and you’ll be fine. So if the native DPI is 800 you can use 400, 800, 1600, 3200 etc… While 700 for example is not half of 800 and the sensor will have to do some interpolation and you’ll lose accuracy.
(1. and 2.) Regardless of what anyone tells you, DPI is purely preference based. One is not inherently better than the other. HOWEVER. High and low dpi has it’s disadvantages and advantages.
When I first started out playing dirty bomb I remember playing on 1800 dpi, 15 sens, and 1000 polling rate. I did absolutely fine in dirty bomb with this setup up. I got the small razer goliathus speed and had good aim.
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However one disadvantage I started to notice with my high DPI is that I can’t focus my aim on a single accurate point easy. I may be precise in my aim, but I kept noticing when I get into a fight I flick shot to aim for the head and if they move one bit I have trouble getting my crosshairs back on them. Sooooo…
Now I play on 800 dpi, 5 sens, and 500 polling rate. So far it’s been working out for me.
Yes when i first started playing with that low dpi I was like what the hell this is slow as fuck. It just takes getting used to. 3. Overtime it won’t feel as slow. Just try it out next time you get on dirty bomb. Set you dpi to 800 and your sens to 6 and try to get kills.