Rifle Aim

[bravoss]

When aiming through the ironsight, aimpoint or a scope, is there a time until the soldiers calms down and can shoot accurately, because sometimes it seems that after maybe 2 seconds of waiting before taking the shoot the bullet spread is smaller than shooting right away after aiming the target. Also between the shots, does the rifle fire more accurately if you wait for some time after putting your sights on the target or you can just shoot straight away after you aimed it and it won't have any effect in terms of lower accuracy?

[[R-DEV]OkitaMakoto]

Waiting is good, about 2 seconds but someone who plays currently can tell you more for sure on the amount of time.

There are various threads on deviation you can read into, though its getting tweaked in .85.

As for the second question, I forget if thats in PR now. I want to say it is, but if not, I am pretty certain it is planned for the .85 patch.



Though, numbers aside, the most important thing is realizing it is there, and playing around with it for awhile. Eventually, as you may have noticed, you begin to automatically consider your movement and wait before shooting.

Things affecting deviation are:
moving using the directional buttons[you must wait after this]
turning VERY quickly while scoped/sighted in
Ummm... pretty sure after jumping too... and shooting while jumping/moving is a bad idea unless they are right in front of you and you have no choice, etc.

I also THINK you must wait after sighting in period. Even if you werent moving. So whenever you sight in, you need to wait just a second or two for better/best accuracy.

[cyberzomby]

Okita! LOve your avatar man!

I think you gotta wait a sec or 2 between the shots as well indeed.

[pclipse_teh_owner]

I have figured this out in .75

For Snipers. 3 Seconds = Perfect shot. Just make sure your Crosshairs, are about 1mm above the head.

Rifles = 2-3 seconds= 3 seconds guaranteed kill.

You're on the right track.

[Th3Exiled]

Originally Posted by pclipse_teh_owner

I have figured this out in .75

For Snipers. 3 Seconds = Perfect shot. Just make sure your Crosshairs, are about 1mm above the head.

Rifles = 2-3 seconds= 3 seconds guaranteed kill.

You're on the right track.

Yeah, except this isn't 0.75 anymore.

For snipers its 8 seconds for a "perfect" shot (at long ranges (eg >400m) it won't hit spot on (not talking about bullet drop)), you have to wait this 8 seconds after moving and firing (for the perfect shot at least).
Also you have to move your scope slowly otherwise you will have to wait out a penalty for moving the weapon (I think it is 3 seconds (max, may be smaller depending on how far you move it within a certain amount of time) or there abouts).
Rifles have around a 2-3 second wait after moving, waiting this time will not always guarantie a kill. There is also a turning deviation which lasts for about 1 second and then there is the firing one which lasts for about 1.5 seconds.
Also remember that crouching and prone have the same affect on deviation for rifles (standing will make you less accurate), where as prone is 5 times more accurate for sniper rifles than both crouching and standing. Scoped rifles are also more accurate than iron sights when under similar conditions.
Though alot of this is going to change for 0.85.

Exiled.

[bravoss]

Thanks for the info guys. I was always waiting between shots and wondering if I was doing it for nothing. Sometimes I would even get killed because of it, since I did it even at fairly close ranges