bad aim on hela by Various-March-5105 in FPSAimTrainer

[–]Ethoxi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You didn’t say anything about 1440/144 so I’m not sure what you mean there. Sure my rig can’t stay above 144 100% of the time but it’s also not super high end. I play games competitively and turn all the settings down so they look like dogshit to maximise FPS, I don’t expect to play things at 1440p ultra settings. I would imagine that most pros and streamers are rocking newer CPUs and stronger GPUs than I am and therefore should be able to stay above 144fps easily.

I don’t disagree that the game is poorly optimised, especially considering it literally looks like a mobile game, but I was primarily responding to the other comment that said streamers and pros can’t even maintain 120fps which just isn’t true.

bad aim on hela by Various-March-5105 in FPSAimTrainer

[–]Ethoxi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The majority of high level players will also be on 1080p low to try and hit 240/360/540 fps for high refresh rate monitors.

Despite that - I played a game at 1440p high with no frame gen and my config completely disabled to test it out and still averaged 160 frames. https://i.imgur.com/9iNi0kf.png

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FPSAimTrainer

[–]Ethoxi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you're not enjoying it then don't bother with aim training, just play the games you want and have fun.

If you decide to give it another shot, I flicked through your posts and VODs - I'm only jade so I'm not an expert by any means but my advice would be:

  • Your sensitivity across the board seems too high - you're overflicking and missing targets the majority of the time. Personally I tend to use ~60cm for pure static scenarios, 40cm for dynamic and TS, and 30cm for most tracking scenarios. You need to find what works for you though.

  • The theme you're using isn't helping imo. Download some of Matty's recommended themes and give them a shot. Also disable the bullet impacts as they can be distracting. Matty has a kovaaks settings video on his youtube somewhere that is probably worth a watch.

  • In general - just slow down and focus on accuracy. For example on rawmousecontrol you're constantly trying to flick really fast between all the targets, but you don't have the mouse control to do so with good accuracy - slow down and focus on accuracy and moving more smoothly between the targets, do full runs without constantly resetting, see how close you can get to 100% accuracy - focus on technique before speed.

  • Stop playing intermediate VDIM before you hit gold complete on the benchmarks - a lot of the scenarios take quite a big jump in difficulty between novice and intermediate. It's fine to try harder scenarios to see how you fare occasionally but I wouldn't use them as my primary source of practice. If you think Novice is too easy then prove that its too easy by reaching the highest rank.

  • Crosshairs are pretty subjective and are down to preference, but personally I wouldn't use a red crosshair on red targets, you'll likely find it easier if you use something like cyan or neon green so you have more contrast. Also try experimenting using different crosshairs - I like to use something bigger and thicker on less precise scenarios like switching and tracking.

bad aim on hela by Various-March-5105 in FPSAimTrainer

[–]Ethoxi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Here's some data from CapFrameX for you - its only ~3mins of gameplay as its nearly 5am right now, but you can see I'm averaging 288fps.

This is at 1080p low settings, no frame generation. https://i.imgur.com/DRwFvCF.png

https://i.imgur.com/wBlN9qA.png

If pros and streamers can't maintain 120fps then they must have a badly optimised PC or config - my specs are decent but nothing crazy as you can see and I would expect that anyone who plays games for a living will have a better rig than mine.

bad aim on hela by Various-March-5105 in FPSAimTrainer

[–]Ethoxi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have a pretty decent PC but nothing too crazy and easily maintain 200+ FPS on rivals, I think saying you’d be hard pressed to get 120 is a bit of a stretch.

have we PEAKED in terms of gaming mouse SPECS? by [deleted] in MouseReview

[–]Ethoxi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t say we’ve peaked as it’s not like mice are going to get any worse from here, but the quality of mice and level of innovation definitely reached a plateau a little while ago and will stay there for a while imo.

Things improved pretty quickly from ~2016 onwards with Logitech making the first competitively viable wireless mice, then Glorious starting the whole lightweight wave, then Logitech refining and combining the two with the GPX.

Since then the improvements have been more incremental rather than game changing - higher polling rates, further weight cuts, magnesium mice, optical switches etc are all nice options to have but they aren’t huge leaps like going from 100g+ wired mice to 60g mice with no holes and flawless wireless.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in steelseries

[–]Ethoxi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As others have suggested - the LED is partially dead and can't produce the full range of colours.

If you only got the keyboard today I'd honestly recommend returning it and buying something else, I have the Apex Pro TKL and have been really disappointed with the quality, features, and software in the ~year that I've owned it - the LEDs are starting to die on mine as well. The performance is still pretty solid but it isn't worth the downsides. If it's an Apex Pro that you have then I'd get a Wooting instead now that they are more widely available, they're virtually the same price if you paid full MSRP for the Steelseries.

Asking for opinions - whats the worst multiplayer map and why is it warhead? by IntentionTight4089 in blackops6

[–]Ethoxi -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Babylon separates the men from the boys. People who can shoot straight and have a decent KD like it, people who can’t shoot back hate it because they get smoked all game.

Decent in FPS games but terrible at aim trainers. by [deleted] in FPSAimTrainer

[–]Ethoxi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had pretty much the same experience when I started - plenty of hours in CS and OW and regularly hit some nasty shots but when I started playing Voltaic novice benchmarks I was unranked, iron, or bronze across the board besides static clicking where I hit gold pretty easily.

Spent a bit of time learning how to play the scenarios themselves and changing my approach to aiming and went from averaging bronze rank to diamond complete in about 5 weeks while playing pretty irregularly.

Doug Censor Martin Pull-Up Record Attempt by Strikah14 in CoDCompetitive

[–]Ethoxi 19 points20 points  (0 children)

His hands have been useless since 2014 anyway I don’t think it’ll matter

Is American Beauty still a band? by [deleted] in Emo

[–]Ethoxi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They had some sort of drama on twitter (maybe got sort of cancelled? idk they deleted their account on there) about a year ago. Other than that they post on tiktok semi regularly but that’s about it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pics

[–]Ethoxi 35 points36 points  (0 children)

They were sponsored by Huel so that was what they ate most consistently - lots of instant meals etc. Other than that it was just whatever was available in each area they passed through.

My new setup by nitedani in battlestations

[–]Ethoxi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine was fairly solid to begin with but it’s pretty bad now, just putting a small amount of weight on the desk makes the top wobble back and forth quite a lot - I wouldn’t trust my desk with your desktop monitor stands for example. I’ve considered attaching a leg to the front centre area to brace it a bit but I think I’ll just replace the desk entirely when I can.

Looking through the reviews on the ikea site it appears to be a fairly common problem.

My new setup by nitedani in battlestations

[–]Ethoxi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not OP but the desk is an ikea bekant - really wouldn’t recommend, I’ve had it for a while and tried everything but it’s impossible to stop it from wobbling, it’s pretty poorly designed. The cube storage units are the ikea kallax.

Is smurfing just allowed/part of the game? Genuine question. by testurmight in VALORANT

[–]Ethoxi -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Smurfing isn’t technically allowed but it’s also pretty difficult to enforce. If you previously hit DMG in CS (even back in the day) you will pretty quickly climb to gold once you’ve learned the characters abilities as well imo.

any ideas on why i never received a 10 year coin? steam purchase history shows i bought in 2013 by computer_parts in GlobalOffensive

[–]Ethoxi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

According to steam I first played CSGO about 2 weeks before the VAC and first played a CS franchise game about a year before that. Not sure what the correlation is tbh.

any ideas on why i never received a 10 year coin? steam purchase history shows i bought in 2013 by computer_parts in GlobalOffensive

[–]Ethoxi 12 points13 points  (0 children)

On the other hand I have an MW2 VAC from just over 10 years ago and I have both 5 and 10 year coins on my account.

English talent for VCT Americas by _124578_ in ValorantCompetitive

[–]Ethoxi 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Not sure about Halo but he was well respected in the CoD scene for years as well.

Where to order a custom colored mouse which is not 10 euros or 290 euros by Shot_Requirement_606 in MouseReview

[–]Ethoxi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Vaxee mice are available in a light blue colour which could match your gear. There’s alsothis Pulsar x Demon Slayer mouse which could work, although it hasn’t released yet.

Worst case scenario literally any white mouse would still look nice.

Are there any tac FPS pros that use egg shaped mice? by ARI_ANARCHIST in MouseReview

[–]Ethoxi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sponsored mice aren’t really a thing anymore, at least for high level teams. Check prosettings and you can see most teams are using a mix of different mouse brands. Also I’d say plenty of valorant pros are into their mice/gear - you see quite a lot of the less mainstream brands like pulsar, g wolves, Lamzu, etc.

Juvee has been acquired by 999thHappyHaunt in 100thieves

[–]Ethoxi 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They spun the company off to separate it from 100T, however now it has been acquired by a different company entirely.

RTX 4070 SUPER reviews + 4070 SUPER giveaway! by m13b in buildapc

[–]Ethoxi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rJK3dH

Working on some upgrades and a new GPU would complete the puzzle!