Advice for combat controls?

[Tiefman]

I often find myself losing fights, not because im a bad shot, but because im bad at actually getting ready to shoot

what I mean is, for me, the controls are very clunky, specifically the ones that matter like prone, crouch, combat stances, and zooming in.

an example would be: i see a guy running and i need to quickly bring up my sights, but instead I will zoom in without my gun being deployed

or: getting shot at, i somehow? press the wrong key or something and my character goes sit>stand>sit>stand>prone 

 

 

[Walt Jr.]

ctrl c puts you in a combat stance so when you stop sprinting your gun comes up instantly 

[Reformed epTic]

1 minute ago, Walt Jr. said:

ctrl c puts you in a combat stance so when you stop sprinting your gun comes up instantly 

whats the keybind so i can hit 1.7km rook shots? 

[Cifunds]

8 minutes ago, epTic said:

whats the keybind so i can hit 1.7km rook shots? 

Alt-f4

[Axe]

Theres not amount of control rebinding or settings that will make you better. 

That's like copying a class for Call of Dogshit because one person did good with it.

 

[Reformed epTic]

22 minutes ago, Axe said:

Theres not amount of control rebinding or settings that will make you better. 

That's like copying a class for Call of Dogshit because one person did good with it.

 

...are you shitting me? Call of Duty classes were OP as fuck...get a good one and you become good at the game. 

I had one called 9/11 in MW2, ran around with Marathon Pro/Lightweight Pro/Steady Aim Pro...used the fucking RPG as my primary and usually was on top of the leaderboard by the end of the game lmao 

[Midamaru]

@Tiefman simply takes practice.

Maybe try some fire arm drill from ARMA itself or make some enemies in the editor.

Make a stance workout, list which stance to do when and run the sequence. 

[Axe]

16 minutes ago, epTic said:

...are you shitting me? Call of Duty classes were OP as fuck...get a good one and you become good at the game. 

I had one called 9/11 in MW2, ran around with Marathon Pro/Lightweight Pro/Steady Aim Pro...used the fucking RPG as my primary and usually was on top of the leaderboard by the end of the game lmao 

Most recent of the franchise dont have things like that because entitled cry babies who need every weapon to practically be level as far as drawbacks and benefits. 

In prior games stuff WAS inherently OP (M16/MP5 on COD 4). But not anymore. 

Its the age shift, as old players have stopped playing the game and kids that were born after 2000 begin playing the game, while its only a few years difference, it is a huge difference as far as what they expect. 

[FozzyBear]

1 hour ago, Walt Jr. said:

ctrl c puts you in a combat stance so when you stop sprinting your gun comes up instantly 

You don't have to hold CTRL. Just c works But yes pretty much something that helped me very well

[Mike Stmria]

I have a Razer Tartarus it really helped me on changing stances without mis hitting, but as every one said, it's just practice and getting used to your keys.

[dj.devran]

youll get used to them after a while of playing the game, i used to think the same thing

[Norwegianviking]

3 hours ago, epTic said:

whats the keybind so i can hit 1.7km rook shots? 

Ask Corrado, rumors has it that he killed someone from OG arms down to DP11 with just a rook 

[Bikstok]

Get used to being in combat stance (press C). All the time!

So many of my deaths are because I'm not in combat stance and trying to shoot while running...

[Dakinehernandez]

4 hours ago, Axe said:

Theres not amount of control rebinding or settings that will make you better. 

That's like copying a class for Call of Dogshit because one person did good with it.

 

He wishes he could dive and shoot like he can in CoD

[Gatorade]

Im no amazing player or anything but ive grown comfortable over my time here using the following on my Razer Taipan:

1. Zoom in / Out of scope with left side mouse buttons - allows really fast switching between the scopes since im mostly a first person player.

2. Always have aim braced up by pressing c prior to moving PERIOD. If you havn't been doing this then you are literally at the biggest disadvantage in third person combat

3. From my experience laying prone at a cartel rarely has a use other then steadying aim for a 1k shot. Most of the time you lay prone your leg sticks out and Johnny SniperFoot will just hit you in the leg.

4. As for changing stances I like the control because it gives me a second to pause when im changing stances  - arma isnt a rush game is a positioning game. Its only a rush game when either your position is up or your enemies is. With that being said if you dont like that you could bind it to the right side buttons or something like V or space bar so you wouldn't accidentally hit it.

 

[Olivia]

The right control scheme really helped me get better at shooting faster.  Much faster.  In all other shooters I'm a "Spacebar = shoot, Left Click = jump" kinda gal but couldn't quite get that to work for me in Arma, though I may try sometime soon again.

These are the custom controls I have that I would recommend:

• 2 out of 6 of my side mouse buttons = View zoom in/out (default bound to Numpad +/-, not scope in/out.)
• 1 mouse side button = raise/lower weapon (default bound to double tap CTRL)
• Spacebar = Toggle crouch (default bound to X.)  Easier to smash spacebar twice when quick peaking than trying to hit X.

[ryno7]

52 minutes ago, Olivia said:

The right control scheme really helped me get better at shooting faster.  Much faster.  In all other shooters I'm a "Spacebar = shoot, Left Click = jump" kinda gal but couldn't quite get that to work for me in Arma, though I may try sometime soon again.

These are the custom controls I have that I would recommend:

• 2 out of 6 of my side mouse buttons = View zoom in/out (default bound to Numpad +/-, not scope in/out.)
• 1 mouse side button = raise/lower weapon (default bound to double tap CTRL)
• Spacebar = Toggle crouch (default bound to X.)  Easier to smash spacebar twice when quick peaking than trying to hit X.

This^, it will not make you instantly better at the game but with practice it may provide long term benefits. The only real way to get better is to practice and practice. I'd say 500 hours will get you a start but it's not close to really starting to understand. 

[JIMBO]

all you need to make sure of is that Q is bound to leaning left, q leaning is all you need my friend

[Jhin]

Positioning is love, positioning is life ...

[Treeherder]

Default controls are fine till you start messing with your FOV. Until then you just have to be constantly thinking about how to gain an advantage over your opponent. If it's a fair fight or you're already at the disadvantage then you're doing something wrong.

[Big Fred]

On 5/25/2016 at 5:21 AM, Tiefman said:

I often find myself losing fights, not because im a bad shot, but because im bad at actually getting ready to shoot

[Tiefman]

10 minutes ago, Big Fred said:

been playing KOTH with this on thanks man helps a lot