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So I just noticed I’ve had mouse accel on for the duration of my PC gaming life. Could I expect any kind of significant improvement on my aiming if I took some time to adjust to having it off. Also given that the only game I play at all seriously is TF2 and I play demoman (a class that obviously doesn’t require a lot of precision aiming), is it worth it?

When I disabled all mouse acceleration, my sniping and scouting improved by >50%. But rocketjumping with soldier became a pain in the ass… Soo if you play sniper/scout it should benefit you, but if you play solly/demo/medic you should keep mouse acceleration on.

I’d keep it if I were you, just becouse you’re used to it. Since the acc is the same the whole time it shouldn’t differ from having it off.

I used to be a mouse acceleration ON demoman also.

Turned it off about 2 months ago, i cant say i’ve seen much improvement or change from a demomans point of view. Its just a case of getting used to either; if you have it on or off. I notice it more on other classes, like Tapley mentioned.

It worth investigating it with a few pcw’s.

Dont give up on it straight away, if you do decide to switch over to the OFF-side, it does take time to adjust, and you’ll think your mouse is REALLY REALLY slow :p

The one thing is from what i hear if you change OS or even game sometimes you will notice the accell is alot different, so if your planning on changing much I’d say either wait til then and turn it off or turn it off now. I used to use accell and since turning it off nades are easier to aim etc and twitch aiming is a breeze, tracking on the other hand is just as easy. I had the idea of tracking being difficult for some reason with accell off but it really isnt :S So tbh you get an improvement on your nades etc and i dont see any down side to turning accell off… So as waebi said whatever makes you comfortable, but on the other side if you want to start playing scout or sniper etc then I’d say start changing now, get it over and done with. But its all person preference.

Used to have 2000 DPI 20 ingame with accell on and now ive got 700 DPI 3 ingame and mouse accell off… Ive noticed my aims improved alot but thats more down to practice etc than sensitivity (to be honest)

Let me explain to you the benefits of having macc off.

Generally speaking, aiming is experience. It’s your body remembering how far you need to move your mouse in order to move a certain distance on the screen, so it becomes instinctive. However, having mouse acc. adds another variable which is speed. Logically enough, the more variables, the more average inconsistency. You’re eliminating the speed variable so you just have to gauge distance, which is easier and should make precision aiming easier.

Whether you think you want to have good precision aiming at the cost of playing like a mong for a few days is up to you. If you decide to turn it off, you could keep the sens high in the beginning to compensate as your mouse movement will probably feel very sluggish, and then gradually turn it down to a level where you’re comfortable.

^^ speaks the truth.
Put it this way. If you get flash banged in CS. you can’t see anything, you need to know your sensitivity in order to say, look exactly 180 degrees behind you and start shooting. With mouse accell on, you would need to know your sensitivity as well as how fast you need to move your mouse. If you move the mouse too fast, you will spin too far, too slow you spin to little. By having a constant sensitivity you know how much you need to move your arm or wrist to turn an exact amount (this is also why I hate people who constantly change their sensitivity every game).

In TF2, it could be a sniper flick shot rather than a flash bang. You might see someone pop out for a split second, and rather than having to wait until your dot crosses over their head (and relying on your reaction time to fire the shot), you will roughly know the distance you need to move your wrist/arm to move your crosshair onto him. You then fire when you have moved the distance and you might get a very fast flickshot kill.

I just read that again and I’m not sure it makes sense.

well you can have a good aim with mouse acc on. it really depends on the person who is playing and their preference. imho it doesnt matter if its on or off, the only thing that counts is that you feel comfortable using it. if you have been playing with mouse acc for 4 years now why change it if your aim is good?

My advice after fiddleing around for a few days is dont change it unless you feel your being held back by it. I’ve fucked around alot now and cant even remember what sens i used to play with lol and my soldier aim is now pants but hte rest of the classes are good, so i’ve got to spend effort re-learning my aim now which will be about as much fun as eating my mothers anus.

As your a demo and if your pipes are well aimed i wouldnt bother but if you keep missing them for no particular reason then i’d say change. Demo dosnt notice much of a difference.