Bolt Driver leading

Jaged · 2003-08-20, 06:59 PM

I used to be very good at leading with a bolt driver. I just took a week or two off from planetside. Now I cant hit the broadside of a MAX if its moving. Got any tips to help me get back on my feet?

Intruder · 2003-08-20, 07:11 PM

Grab a time machine and go back 2 weeks :P

seriously though - very small movements, lower your mouse sensitivity so that it takes longer to move with the mouse, thus forcing you to move slower.

Madcow · 2003-08-20, 07:13 PM

Focus on the people not running directly left to right or vice versa on your screen. Start off aiming for the people who are running left or right but also towards or away from you, so that you have to lead them significantly less. Once you're hitting those shots with ease, start focusing on people who are angling more and more to the sides. Eventually the timing will make more sense, and you'll be back in the saddle.

Jaged · 2003-08-20, 07:16 PM

Should i have the mouse movement smoother thingy turned on?

On a side note, my mouse is crapy for sniping. I have to move it about 1/8 an inch before it starts moving the cursor. This makes it really hard to make little adjustments. Does anyone know if this is planetside's problem, or if I should get a new mouse.

Intruder · 2003-08-20, 07:18 PM

Mouse smoothing = bad, what it trys to do is compensate for small to fast movenents.

check out your mouse DPI, youll find it might be very low, hence = not as good as one higher, if you do end up getting a new mouse get one with a good DPI

Jaged · 2003-08-20, 07:24 PM

My mouse is a logitech mx700. It is supposed to have a very good DPI.

edit: I looked it up and it has 800 DPI. Is that good?

Intruder · 2003-08-20, 07:35 PM

800 is very good, it would probably be optical then... maybe the problem is in your surface your using ?

Jaged · 2003-08-20, 07:38 PM

Yes, it is optical, and wireless. And I think the surface it is on could be the problem. Its a plain blue desk. There is no pattern for the optical thingy to read. I will pick up a mouse pad when I am out. That might help.

Intruder · 2003-08-20, 07:43 PM

Let us know how you go.

ThundaHawkPS · 2003-08-20, 10:38 PM

Just relax. Take it one shot at a time and you'll start hitting in 10-hit chains (ok maybe not, but still). Calm snipers are the one's that rack up hits and kills.

Lex · 2003-08-21, 06:11 AM

In the bolt driver scope as well as any of the weapons scopes are tick marks. I'm still working on this myself. But those tick marks are used for tracking targets more specifically leading targets. with the COF on the Bolt Driver so touchy its easier to adjust your aim ahead of a target with the tick marks then to try and lead or follow the target by movement. whats this mean? time to target adjustment. its pretty common for every type to run at a set pace within the game. depending on the armor worn. Start out with MAX just for practice dont try to kill them because you will be there all day. but try setting your self where you time your shots from the point that the further distance away from the target you are the further away tick mark from center point of mass you use on the max. Set it so that as soon as the MAX passes a specific tick mark on your scope you fire, once you have figured out the time for adjustment adjust your timing of fire. Once you have that figured out now you just need to watch the person. try to guess their next move. Most people run either side to side or straight up and down. not to many zig zag or up down motion. Just set your center mass aim ahead of the target set a tick mark on the target and time it right. I've been able to hit my target at least 8 out of ten times using this method with a running target. I know a couple of people who have gotten kills using this method when people jump off catwalks. Mid air shots are hard.

Setari · 2003-08-21, 10:24 AM

seems like you should also know how far the target is when using the ticks because you'll need to pick a farther one depending on the distance of the target...

Meyvon · 2003-08-21, 11:19 AM

Well for me, it is more about three things.

1 - Timing

2 - Anticipation.

3 - Speed

Timing is hard at first, but it gets easier once you get it down. You gotta set your crosshairs far enough ahead of your target that the CoF can close completely before the target gets there. This is merely a matter of getting used to how slow the Cone closes. also you have to time when you shoot. normally I try to pull the trigger when my target is about a half-step out of my crosshairs. and then when my shot flys, my target pretty much walks right into it, if I timed it right. but the shot timing is pretty hard to pull off.

Anticipation is extremely hard, and unfortunately never gets easy. It is very hard to anticipate your targets next move. You can look at the targets legs, to tell whether it is strafing or running full speed. as long as he is strafing, you can pretty much tell where the target is going simply. a lot of times, i find that targets get into a 'running pattern' habit...where they run in a particular pattern that I can catch onto and anticipate....the two most common instances of this are Zig-Zagging and constant back-and-forth strafing. once you see one of these patterns for a few seconds, you catch on and you determine where to put your crosshairs and wait for the target to walk through it. but this is much easier said than done.

as for speed, that is simply trigger speed. You gotta be ready to pull the trigger at that precise moment to get that perfect shot. once you get your crosshair set up, and your target is moving into it, you will only have a split second to take the shot, then you will have to either pick a new target, or start over from the beginning for a new shot. this i still struggle with, I am a bit slow to take my shots. I find often that i get a shot perfectly lined up, but then i take too long to shoot, and my target moves just as i pull the trigger. you have to be patient with your shots, but when that nice shot opportuniy comes up you gotta be quick in taking it.

overall i find it much easier to lead a target running towards or away from you, than one that is moving from side to side. if the target is running away from you, put your crosshairs just ABOVE the targets head, and when his head wanders into the crosshairs, fire and you will hit him in the back. if he is running towards you, put your crosshairs on the ground in front of him. when his feet cross your aim, fire and you hit his stomach.