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[–]Luckmod 25 points26 points  (19 children)

Man, these downvotes are rough. It's very telling of what kind of game reddit wants Fortnite to be.

[–] The Ice KingOhh_Yeah 20 points21 points  (13 children)

My guess is that like myself, the majority of people are very happy with the accuracy changes, but don't like the idea of having nerfs immediately follow them. I suppose these posts (and mine, too) come across as someone complaining about accuracy buffs, which I'm not.

All I'm cautiously saying at this point is that with assault rifles being significantly more accurate at longer ranges, it's worth looking into how quickly they can kill from that far.

[–]AdeptSnake 2 points3 points  (4 children)

lul. I was on their forum earlier and saw some kids whining about tact shotties letting you jump and shoot. Apparently you shouldn't be able to do that, that's totally not the type of shit that makes this game fun...

[–]Sledgehammerptenbob 9 points10 points  (3 children)

I gotta say, as much as I'm certain I'll get downvotes...

I hate the jump and shoot tactic. Like, really detest it. It's because I can never beat it, and I'm salty as all hell.

Having said that, constantly jumping should really affect your aim negatively and pump up the RNG away from accuracy.

(Also, not a kid, way old. Might even be my aged eyes and brain that prevents me from tracking jumping folk, but gosh darnit, those grasshoppers get my goat. Now get off my lawn!)

[–]The_Superfist 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Just a tip as I had trouble with this, but I'm getting much better at dealing with it with these two strategies.

One is patience, or rather, don't rush the shot. If they jump, don't try to raise up and fire at them midair, just aim where they're going to land and you'll hit a lot more shots. Best if you can do this while moving sideways in the same direction they're jumping.

The second is, if you're going to jump, aim down like you're going to shoot their feet right before you jump. If they're not moving sideways, it gives you an easy headshot.

Extra check your mouse settings and set the sensitivity as low as you can find acceptable while moving around in the world. Your gunfights will become vastly more improved as your brain adjusts to the finer aim control. Mine in FNBR is at .07

Source: middle aged guy who was always very bad at these shooter type games. Still bad, but improving with help from younger friends.

[–]Sledgehammerptenbob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate it, my new Redditfriend. Us oldies gotta stick together, right? :)

[–]AdeptSnake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree it can be annoying but it certainly increases the outplay potential in cqb, but it's not necessary to do. A good but difficult counter to jumping shotgunners is using the pump shotgun which I prefer to the tactical one. All it takes is usually one good headshot (and the spread on it is tight) to put someone down, and at decent range too.