Let's talk DPI & Mouse Sens Please

[UnderADyingSun]

With respect to games in general, both old and new, I , for the life of me, cannot decide on a dpi setting. Let alone, I have no mouse preferences because they all just feel so stupid in my hand ( Have a m65 and DA 2013 ).

 

Seeing as my primary game on PC right now is Battlefield 4, I'd decided to emulate the sensitivity settings of two good well known players, LevelCap and Xfactorgaming. Both of these guys run an 1800 dpi and likely 17-22% sensitivity ( they endorse that 4.5 inches to do an ADS 360 rotation is optimal ) and both use deathadders. FrankieonPC uses 400dpi and 10% sens ( i think ) with an intelli mouse which is crazy because when I turn my dpi that low it feels like I'm swimming in a sea of peanut butter. Back to the former two, although Frankie is amazing. 

 

I'm currently running 1800dpi and 17% sens and it should seem doable, RIGHT? Afterall, Xfac manages to get buttery smooth consistent aim on a mouse that weighs as much as a hair so why can't I? Well, I can't and surely at these settings for me personally it feels almost right, a little too slow for lateral rotation ( kinda of ) but also too responsive picking up on all the small movements my hand is making ( if this made any sense at all ). 

 

Now, I'd heard running the same mouse sensitivity for every game helps you build muscle memory, and it makes some kind of sense. However, when going back and playing a game like CS, or now Serious Sam it's way too fast or just picks up on all my inconsistencies when trying to move plainly along an x axis. As in, aim to the right and inadvertently aim up to the extent that it needs further correction. 

 

I don't know exactly what kind of input I'm looking from you guys, but this is driving me insane. My mousemanship leaves alot to be desired. I've been told, it takes time. Well yea, but I'm comfortable with m and kb controls now, I've played tons of competitive console fps, and I just don't see how my right hand is going to get any better at doing its thing. So at the very least if you guys could post your settings for common games I'd appreciate it. Maybe I can get a sense of what's comfortable for the average user. Bearing in mind, I'm tall, so I have kind of long fingers and oddly enough palm gripping just feels very rigid to me so anyone in this height range? ( I only make this observation because I realized that all of those players are pretty short. )

 

 

[ManOfDisguise]

Do NOT copy other peoples configs. Thats the worst thing to do. A good way to set DPI and in game sens, is set the DPI while you are in the desktop(so out of game) to a comfortable speed where you can web browse and click icons and open and close pages and stuff like that fast enough but not too fast so you dont misclick something and not too slow so it isnt uncomfortably slow. then keep that DPI and just change in game sens. also keep windows sens 6/11

 

Now to Levelcap. That guy is a complete idiot when he says that you should use 4.5 inches/360. It is only his preference and it is NOT optimal for any game. Its just what he likes to play at yet for some reason he says that its the sens everyone should use(DO NOT listen to him, he might know in game strategies but he doesnt know much when it comes to peripherals and stuff like that)

[smjpl]

Just get a mouse that you think suits your needs (features). Get one with dpi up to about 3000. Optical will only go up to around 3-4k but laser mice will go up to 7-8k. Figure out what dpi you need then (by feel).

[UnderADyingSun]

Do NOT copy other peoples configs. Thats the worst thing to do. A good way to set DPI and in game sens, is set the DPI while you are in the desktop(so out of game) to a comfortable speed where you can web browse and click icons and open and close pages and stuff like that fast enough but not too fast so you dont misclick something and not too slow so it isnt uncomfortably slow. then keep that DPI and just change in game sens. also keep windows sens 6/11

 

Now to Levelcap. That guy is a complete idiot when he says that you should use 4.5 inches/360. It is only his preference and it is NOT optimal for any game. Its just what he likes to play at yet for some reason he says that its the sens everyone should use(DO NOT listen to him, he might know in game strategies but he doesnt know much when it comes to peripherals and stuff like that)

 

I know that alot of this is based on individual preference, I just thought their recommendations might be relevant for me. I have the MarkC mouse fix enabled, and have windows speed at 6/11. For browsing 1800 seems fine, it seems kind of slow even but when getting in a game that all changes. You're right about his aim preferences though, I just don't see it being adequate for everyone. I should've noted it would be a 2.25 inch 360 from the hip, and that just seems too fast for me. I'll keep tweaking, it's just retarded seeing this guys with high sens having perfect, structured aim. I mean, are you just supposed to effort really hard on your mouse end?

[ManOfDisguise]

I know that alot of this is based on individual preference, I just thought their recommendations might be relevant for me. I have the MarkC mouse fix enabled, and have windows speed at 6/11. For browsing 1800 seems fine, it seems kind of slow even but when getting in a game that all changes. You're right about his aim preferences though, I just don't see it being adequate for everyone. I should've noted it would be a 2.25 inch 360 from the hip, and that just seems too fast for me. I'll keep tweaking, it's just retarded seeing this guys with high sens having perfect, structured aim. I mean, are you just supposed to effort really hard on your mouse end?

Yea there are some truly good high sens gamers. I remember when I played bf3 i sometimes used retardedly high sens(no seriously at one point i used like 0.5 inch 360- it was only good for close up in the face tdm noshahr canals otherwise at logner ranges it sucked but i could still manage it at close range). but for games like cs lower sens is usually better since there you dont ads and its not really so much about reflexes

[LOST TALE]

This is a joke, aiming is a piece of cake to me. I run 2500 dpi at 50% sensivity with acceleration on. Whne aiming with iron sites across the map, my precision is bottlenecked by hardware/software. its like pixelated movement.

other then that, piece of big cake.

 

joined pc master race, got used to it in 10 minutes of campaign, went to kick some multiplayer people.

Conclusion: Teach your brain to learn.

[Nicolas]

first of all, what @ManOfDisguise said.

second of all, find you own sensitivity in game, and it's not about have the same dpi for every game it's about having the same 360 distance, if you feel like you are overshooting you moves, then lower it, if you are undershooting, increase it, that's it, you'll get used to it with time.

 

Also, disable windows enhanced precision and if you can always disable acceleration, those prevent you from getting muscle memory (maybe you can get good at aiming with acceleration, but you won't get muscle memory)