Twitch or strafe aiming?

(mendaciousPole) #1

I was curious about how others players choose to aim. Thus this poll.

For those who don’t know. (Or if I’m the only one who uses these terms)
Twitch aiming- this is when you aim by jerking your mouse. Typical of what you see in montages.
Strafe aiming - Think about how you’d play scout in TF2, holding the cross hair relatively steady, then using your movement keys to line up the shot.

(NotaCobra) #2

Where’s the option where you point your mouse at somebody, then adjust your aim based on your movement?

I don’t just aim into space then snap onto somebody, that’s absurd.
Nor would I rely on wasd to try and aim, that’s more absurd.

If I wanted to do either of those, I’d be playing a console game with auto-aim.

(kAndyREW) #3

uh who does “strafe aiming”? I get aiming and strafing at the same time… I guess what I do is just move my mouse the best I can to line up with the target, and then ADAD strafe to dodge fire.

(scrub_lord) #4

I “twitch aim” with snipers and shotguns then just track people with anything else. Where’s the option for tracking?

(Nail) #5

strafe aiming was closest

(Ghosthree3) #6

It’s all a mix up of both really.

Except strafe aiming isn’t tracking at all.

(Kroad) #7

tracking should really be on this lsit, tracking and strafe aiming have nothing in common

Also not exactly a tf2 player but im pretty sure scout is twitch aim, it’s a shotgun. Strafe aim can be seen mainly in adad games like quake

strafe aiming is literally not moving your mouse, just wasd to match the enemys movement, it takes basically no skill

(Ghosthree3) #8

Strafe aiming often has to be combined with tracking to work well though, which is fairly skilled.

(Szakalot) #9

Strafe aiming mattered in W:ET where mouse movements would increase your spread. Not relevant anymore; but those habits still help line up heads easily.