Where would you place your mouse sensitivity level?

[bushyg]

3 in-game with 800dpi (70cm/360). I’m still terrible at aiming though.

[bgyoshi]

With this type of sensitivity, where you play with your arm, there is very little over-correcting

Trust me I know, I’ve been playing low sensitivity since like 2007 or 2008, just not THAT low. But like I said, I don’t measure my mouse distance I didn’t even know that was a thing. If I had to guess I’d say my mouse sensitivity is probably half of what yours is, because I once played/played against scout in TF2 and used to strafe circles without changing direction, a lot. Mouse sens that low couldn’t keep up and you would just lose, but in games like DB which are very straight forward, slow pace, and mostly 1v1 with no flanking, it makes sense to go even lower.

I usually make it so I can 360 twice over half a mouse pad, it has the same effect; have to use my arm to aim, almost no wrist action at all. But I don’t play in FPS tournaments so I don’t need my sensitivity to be super identical. If it feels correct then I’ll play correct. I’ve never measured mouse distance and I’ve never felt my aim was ‘off’ playing between PCs/mice/windows installs. But without measuring I wouldn’t notice anyway.

[misspo]

Hello, on dirty bomb in order to do a 360 i need 70cm
Ingame: 4
dpi: 700
Windows: default

[hawkeyeguy99]

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Not sure how to change the settings on this thing…

[KangaJoo]

[quote=“Amerika_KC;c-223107”]With this type of sensitivity, where you play with your arm, there is very little over-correcting

Trust me I know, I’ve been playing low sensitivity since like 2007 or 2008, just not THAT low. But like I said, I don’t measure my mouse distance I didn’t even know that was a thing. If I had to guess I’d say my mouse sensitivity is probably half of what yours is, because I once played/played against scout in TF2 and used to strafe circles without changing direction, a lot. Mouse sens that low couldn’t keep up and you would just lose, but in games like DB which are very straight forward, slow pace, and mostly 1v1 with no flanking, it makes sense to go even lower.

I usually make it so I can 360 twice over half a mouse pad, it has the same effect; have to use my arm to aim, almost no wrist action at all. But I don’t play in FPS tournaments so I don’t need my sensitivity to be super identical. If it feels correct then I’ll play correct. I’ve never measured mouse distance and I’ve never felt my aim was ‘off’ playing between PCs/mice/windows installs. But without measuring I wouldn’t notice anyway.[/quote]

Unless you have one of those mouse pads that’s supposed to go under your mouse and your keyboard and you use the entire thing for your mouse, you do not have a low sensitivity lol. If you tell me your DPI I can tell you what your sensitivity is.

[wolfleader101]

mouse sens:15 not sure how amny cm’s it is. also 800dpi

[Mc1412013]

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Not sure how to change the settings on this thing…
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Gotta oil the wheels so it spins faster

[ENDgie]

I feel I have the highest cm/360 of anyone I’ve met. 1000 dpi, 19.9 in game sesns, scope ratio of 1.
And yet I still top frag somehow, even in ranked…

[Melinder]

68cm/360.

[Melinder]

[quote=“misspo;c-223307”]Hello, on dirty bomb in order to do a 360 i need 70cm
Ingame: 4
dpi: 700
Windows: default[/quote]

Those values equate to a 59cm 360.

[ClemClem7]

Windows sensitivity must never be different than the default one. If not, it only make your mouse send false input to your computer.

I’m at about 10.4 cm to 360.
I should lower my sensitivity but I like being able to turn myself without breaking the move.

[Xyfurion]

[quote=“ClemClem7;c-223366”]
I’m at about 10.4 cm to 360.
I should lower my sensitivity but I like being able to turn myself without breaking the move.[/quote]

If you feel like you are over-shooting, lower your sensitivity.
If you are under-shooting, raise it.

[quote=“ENDgie;c-223357”]I feel I have the highest cm/360 of anyone I’ve met. 1000 dpi, 19.9 in game sesns, scope ratio of 1.
And yet I still top frag somehow, even in ranked…[/quote]

Same here. 1800 DPI and 15 ingame. Consistently getting top in the leaderboard. FeelsGoodMan.

[bgyoshi]

Unless you have one of those mouse pads that’s supposed to go under your mouse and your keyboard and you use the entire thing for your mouse, you do not have a low sensitivity lol. If you tell me your DPI I can tell you what your sensitivity is.

My mouse pad is 11x17 and I frequently reach the side edges when playing a fast class like Proxy

After the reset I’m currently playing 16k DPI @ .7 sensitivity in game. I 360 about half what I said, usually from middle to an inch in from the edge is 360. It’s claimed to be 14cm/5.5 inches which sounds about right. Mid-High I guess? Doesn’t feel very high, but then again, I don’t like running backwards and making several full left-to-right sweeps just to turn 180 to catch a fast shotgunner.

[Amerika]

[quote=“Amerika_KC;c-223107”]With this type of sensitivity, where you play with your arm, there is very little over-correcting

Trust me I know, I’ve been playing low sensitivity since like 2007 or 2008, just not THAT low. But like I said, I don’t measure my mouse distance I didn’t even know that was a thing. If I had to guess I’d say my mouse sensitivity is probably half of what yours is, because I once played/played against scout in TF2 and used to strafe circles without changing direction, a lot. Mouse sens that low couldn’t keep up and you would just lose, but in games like DB which are very straight forward, slow pace, and mostly 1v1 with no flanking, it makes sense to go even lower.

I usually make it so I can 360 twice over half a mouse pad, it has the same effect; have to use my arm to aim, almost no wrist action at all. But I don’t play in FPS tournaments so I don’t need my sensitivity to be super identical. If it feels correct then I’ll play correct. I’ve never measured mouse distance and I’ve never felt my aim was ‘off’ playing between PCs/mice/windows installs. But without measuring I wouldn’t notice anyway.[/quote]

Considering I played competitive CPMA for a few years (4v4 and CTF) and I’m now a 17 year Q3 vet with many years spent at or near the top of that particular shark pool and other arena shooters, I think I’m pretty well versed at dealing with a slow by comparison TF2 Scout

I get what you’re saying but it’s simply not true. If you can’t keep up with what’s going on around you, then you adjust. I am the type of person that likes consistency between games so I use a sensitivity that allows me to keep up in CPMA just as well as CS. So it’s a non-issue. And I’d wager that’s true for most of the people in the same boat as me. The only thing that changes for me between games is how often I move my arm.

[watsyurdeal]

Honestly sensitivity just comes to what feels natural.

Using your mouse should feel as natural as using a pen, or throwing a ball. You shouldn’t feel like anything is in the way.

Basically you can set your sens by 3 ways, feel, which is the easiest but takes longer. Mousepad length, where you basically take a mouse pad you like and get a sens that forces you to use the whole pad. Or the Ulnar Deviation method, where you basically try to measure in cm or inches, how much you can actually move your mouse with just your wrist, so you can get perfect 90 degree turns each time.

It’s up to you how you want to go about it, but once you get a sens you like just don’t screw with it. You should be focusing on other things like your senses, dodging, map knowledge, game meta, etc.

[Amerika]

Yup. What feels good/natural to me isn’t the same as somebody else. As long as you aren’t having a bunch of issues with the basics of aiming/mouse correction and over-correction, you’re in your sweet spot. Not everyone has the same type of muscles. I have issues being accurate with my tiny wrist muscles so me using a wrist-only sensitivity simply doesn’t work. And that’s before you factor in being potentially either nervous or too calm (or drunk haha) where your muscle memory isn’t responding as it should. Others do not have this problem.

Once you get your sensitivity set and your muscle memory burned in you stop worrying about hitting people and you can just focus on positioning strategy. Or you can just pub star and let your aim lead you to victory and turn your brain off. Which is basically how I play most everything these days

[SnakekillerX]

In any FPS game the first thing I do is practice quick 180 degree turns back to back to back to see if it feels natural.

180 to the right, 180 back to the left. This is basically me checking my back, and then returning to the exact point I started. If I can do this reliably and comfortably, then that is usually the sensitivity I land on for that game. (meaning, it feels exactly the same as I’m used to from other games)

And of course… turn off that damn mouse smoothing.

[KangaJoo]

[quote=“KangaJoo;c-223321”]Unless you have one of those mouse pads that’s supposed to go under your mouse and your keyboard and you use the entire thing for your mouse, you do not have a low sensitivity lol. If you tell me your DPI I can tell you what your sensitivity is.

My mouse pad is 11x17 and I frequently reach the side edges when playing a fast class like Proxy

After the reset I’m currently playing 16k DPI @ .7 sensitivity in game. I 360 about half what I said, usually from middle to an inch in from the edge is 360. It’s claimed to be 14cm/5.5 inches which sounds about right. Mid-High I guess? Doesn’t feel very high, but then again, I don’t like running backwards and making several full left-to-right sweeps just to turn 180 to catch a fast shotgunner.[/quote]

You have a 5.9 in/360 (14.9 cm/360 or 7.45 cm/180 if you’re amerika). Also, as others have said, you can use a low sens and still do 180’s easily, without adjusting your mouse. If you’ve ever played CPMA or Reflex, you’d know you have to do smooth (as in you can’t stop to pick up your mouse) 180+ degree turns pretty regularly and track fast moving opponents (much faster than anything in tf2 btw), but the average sens among high level players was around 35 cm/360. Whether or not you can do a quick 180 when your sens is under 60 cm is more about using a decent sized mouse pad and not being lazy with your arm movement than about having to pick up your mouse a lot.

[bgyoshi]

Whether or not you can do a quick 180 when your sens is under 60 cm is more about using a decent sized mouse pad and not being lazy with your arm movement than about having to pick up your mouse a lot.

Like I said, my mouse pad is 11x17 which is pretty damn big. Any larger and I’d have to but my mouse and keyboard on different surfaces, or stretch my arms too far apart to let me effectively use the keyboard. I’m already playing with my arms resting naturally about 22 inches apart.

It’s mostly feel as Wats said, though I’d hardly consider using a full 11x17 mousepad to be high sensitivity in any capacity.

And no, I’ve never played CPMA but anything Quake related tends to be gameplay I don’t really like. Not because it’s difficult, but because I don’t like meta that requires unintended actions (like “wave dashing” in SSBM). I’m pretty Quake has that thing where you have to utilize the exploit of rolling your mouse in some way that causes your speed to increase? Yeah, I don’t like that kinda stuff.

[nokiII]

After the reset I’m currently playing 16k DPI @ .7 sensitivity in game.

[quote=“bgyoshi;c-223537”]It’s mostly feel as Wats said, though I’d hardly consider using a full 11x17 mousepad to be high sensitivity in any capacity.
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14.8cm/360 (5.85in/360) isn’t a low sensitivity, no matter how big your mousepad is.