PlanetSide 2 - Analyze This: The Scoop on ADS Mouse Sensitivity -- Are YOU Prepared For GU09?
89The "Analyze This" series of videos typically includes detailed commentary while exploring various avenues of theorycrafting to min/max gameplay. It's everything from meticulously analyzing settings, sensitivities, and keybinds, to digging deep into what a game has to offer in order to utilize advanced decision-making techniques through unorthodox methods of analysis. You can essentially look at this as the homework and research that I often do when not actively gunning down my enemies, and be sure to note that it all goes a long way toward improving your overall success as a gamer.
This particular video is a follow up to my first episode that focused on scope selection and sensitivity. It gives you the scoop on the brand new ADS Mouse Sensitivity slider (a fantastic addition!) that is being implemented very soon with Game Update 9 and my opinion on why you should care about it and how it might impact you when you log in to the game. I also go over advanced methods of fine-tuning sensitivity in PlanetSide 2 with the new ADS slider and how you can further improve your muscle memory in PS2 and even across multiple games if you play other shooters as well.
Even if you are perfectly happy with your current sensitivity in PlanetSide 2, your ADS sensitivity for iron sights, 1X, and 2X scopes will be reset to a new default when the GU09 patch hits, and you will likely need to prepare in advance in order not to be caught off guard -- this video goes over how to best prepare for this patch and how to make the most of it while doing so.
More info on my settings (some of this also included in episode 1):
I play at very low sensitivity, as it has always been my preference for more than a decade now. That is not to say it is the only way to be successful, as I know many great FPS gamers who play on relatively high sensitivity as well.
Windows Pointer Speed: 6/11, that is, it is on the 6th of 11 available settings. This is the ideal setting for raw mouse input to keep a 1:1 ratio in mouse movements.
DPI: 800 under most circumstances (gunplay, etc.), using Razer mouse software. 1000hz Polling Rate, Acceleration off. Note that I have buttons bound to quickly alter my DPI if I find myself in a MAX or vehicle and want higher on-demand sensitivity. I may decrease my DPI further to better fine-tune PS2 sensitivity with the new slider rather than being almost completely at the minimum in-game value.
Mouse Sensitivity (ingame PS2): 0.01. As I said above, I play on extremely low sensitivity and this is what I like to use for hipfire/irons/1X scopes at the moment. When GU09 hits, this may change along with the potential DPI change proposed above and I will update this to reflect that.
Scoped Mouse Sensitivity (ingame PS2): 0.12. As I mention in episode 1, for me this only impacts my Bolt Action Sniper Rifle sensitivity, as I never use any scopes above 2X magnification in any other situation, so I simply found a setting I liked for Sniping and stuck with it. When GU09 hits, this may change along with the potential DPI change proposed above and I will update this to reflect that.
ADS Mouse Sensitivity (ingame PS2): 0.01. The setting that I'm starting with to mimic my prior settings, though I will be adjusting it to get the desired 50% ADS sensitivity relative to hipfire sensitivity. When GU09 hits, this may change along with the potential DPI change proposed above and I will update this to reflect that.
My desired centimeter movement for 360 degree turns in all FPS games:
Hipfire: 65 cm
ADS: 130 cm
My pre-GU09 forced centimeter movement for 360 degree turns in PlanetSide 2:
Hipfire: 65 cm
ADS: 140cm
The goal for me is to adjust my sliders, coupled with some necessary adjustments to DPI, to have my PS2 ADS sensitivity require only the 130 cm for a 360 when aiming down sights, while retaining the desired 65 cm when firing from the hip. I will update the above sensitivity values when this process is complete.
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