I’ve been doing a hour of octagon every other day and my magnum accuracy has yet to improve its like I’ve hit a plattu I’m ways inconsistent with my accuracy. One game I’m hitting low to mid 40s next I’m shooting less than 30% even when the servers are good I shoot like crap.
well first you need to make sure the sense you have works well for you. A couple things you can think about to try and fix. does your sense feel to fast or to slow? When your trying to turn around 180 does it feel to fast or slow? For the former you should adjust your vertical and horizontal, for the latter you need to change your acceleration. Once you have your sense set, then you need to just focus on not moving your reticle to much and just let your reticle follow the player.
Octagon really helps my accuracy, but also all the little details like when walking around the map you want to walk with your reticle placed as if anticipating where an enemy may pop out. This gives you first shot advantage and prevents you from panick thumb.
Also, your sensitivity is a huge thing to consider. When you do change it, it will take a few full matches or more to adjust. This is where octagon can help, because you have to retrain your thumb flicks to make those small adjustments in your aim.
Other than that, various things affect aiming. The harder the opponent, the harder to aim. Also, if your strafe is too complicated it can affect your aim as well. I mean, you want a good strafe of course, but your aim needs to be on point because dodging bullets without getting shots im defeats the purpose. It’s also better to reposition yourself and get shields up when you’re in a losing 1v1. Its already a lost cause, and being caught off guard plus not being confident in your shot = easily being outgunned. Reposition, recompose.
The best way to go about being accurate before all else as well though…is to understand how much the game helps you. The level of aim assist is what some players really struggle with. Keeping your reticle close to your target prevents from over aiming, so that’s where those lil flicks come in. I used to have a problem with aim acceleration and pegging my sticks because of how I play. What I did was mess with the dead zones. My sense is pretty low. Its 2 sense and 2 accel. At times up close I get screwed from slow sense, but playing smart and being accurate with slow sense is better than being fast, sloppy, and too inconsistent if my sense is too high.
I’m not a super high level player, but my aim is pretty decent when I’m warmed up. Or…at least I’d like to think that haha
Um, is Octogon in matchmaking or Custom games?
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> Um, is Octogon in matchmaking or Custom games?
CUstom games
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> I’ve been doing a hour of octagon every other day and my magnum accuracy has yet to improve its like I’ve hit a plattu I’m ways inconsistent with my accuracy. One game I’m hitting low to mid 40s next I’m shooting less than 30% even when the servers are good I shoot like crap.
KontrolFreeks. 
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> Octagon really helps my accuracy, but also all the little details like when walking around the map you want to walk with your reticle placed as if anticipating where an enemy may pop out. This gives you first shot advantage and prevents you from panick thumb.
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> Also, your sensitivity is a huge thing to consider. When you do change it, it will take a few full matches or more to adjust. This is where octagon can help, because you have to retrain your thumb flicks to make those small adjustments in your aim.
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> Other than that, various things affect aiming. The harder the opponent, the harder to aim. Also, if your strafe is too complicated it can affect your aim as well. I mean, you want a good strafe of course, but your aim needs to be on point because dodging bullets without getting shots im defeats the purpose. It’s also better to reposition yourself and get shields up when you’re in a losing 1v1. Its already a lost cause, and being caught off guard plus not being confident in your shot = easily being outgunned. Reposition, recompose.
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> The best way to go about being accurate before all else as well though…is to understand how much the game helps you. The level of aim assist is what some players really struggle with. Keeping your reticle close to your target prevents from over aiming, so that’s where those lil flicks come in. I used to have a problem with aim acceleration and pegging my sticks because of how I play. What I did was mess with the dead zones. My sense is pretty low. Its 2 sense and 2 accel. At times up close I get screwed from slow sense, but playing smart and being accurate with slow sense is better than being fast, sloppy, and too inconsistent if my sense is too high.
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> I’m not a super high level player, but my aim is pretty decent when I’m warmed up. Or…at least I’d like to think that haha
Preaiming I already do and I played on 2 sens 5 accel now I’m on 5 sens 3 accel after trying 4 senc 5 accel to improve my map movement (and it really did a lot along with my sniping) after the sensitivity changes I never really seen any difference in accuracy with weapons like the BR or Magnum
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> > Octagon really helps my accuracy, but also all the little details like when walking around the map you want to walk with your reticle placed as if anticipating where an enemy may pop out. This gives you first shot advantage and prevents you from panick thumb.
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> > Also, your sensitivity is a huge thing to consider. When you do change it, it will take a few full matches or more to adjust. This is where octagon can help, because you have to retrain your thumb flicks to make those small adjustments in your aim.
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> > Other than that, various things affect aiming. The harder the opponent, the harder to aim. Also, if your strafe is too complicated it can affect your aim as well. I mean, you want a good strafe of course, but your aim needs to be on point because dodging bullets without getting shots im defeats the purpose. It’s also better to reposition yourself and get shields up when you’re in a losing 1v1. Its already a lost cause, and being caught off guard plus not being confident in your shot = easily being outgunned. Reposition, recompose.
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> > The best way to go about being accurate before all else as well though…is to understand how much the game helps you. The level of aim assist is what some players really struggle with. Keeping your reticle close to your target prevents from over aiming, so that’s where those lil flicks come in. I used to have a problem with aim acceleration and pegging my sticks because of how I play. What I did was mess with the dead zones. My sense is pretty low. Its 2 sense and 2 accel. At times up close I get screwed from slow sense, but playing smart and being accurate with slow sense is better than being fast, sloppy, and too inconsistent if my sense is too high.
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> > I’m not a super high level player, but my aim is pretty decent when I’m warmed up. Or…at least I’d like to think that haha
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> Preaiming I already do and I played on 2 sens 5 accel now I’m on 5 sens 3 accel after trying 4 senc 5 accel to improve my map movement (and it really did a lot along with my sniping) after the sensitivity changes I never really seen any difference in accuracy with weapons like the BR or Magnum
If you change up your sens too quickly you don’t get a chance to get used to it. I would recommend playing between 10 and 20 games before you decide if it’s not working for you
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> I’ve been doing a hour of octagon every other day and my magnum accuracy has yet to improve its like I’ve hit a plattu I’m ways inconsistent with my accuracy. One game I’m hitting low to mid 40s next I’m shooting less than 30% even when the servers are good I shoot like crap.
Octagon will only help so much in halo 5 since movement is so different from halo 3 what octagon was invented for. I would just play more slayer
I would do warzone assault
Do you play on a computer monitor or a TV?
- If you do not use a computer monitor with low latency, do this first.
- Do not go into Warzone, as it’ll probably lower your accuracy as you will be more inclined to use automatic weapons, pushing you further from ‘precision’ weapons.
- HCS playlist usually is the best bet as far matchmaking, as you are ‘forced’ to only use precision weapons. Specifically, sticking with weapons such as the Pistol, BR and DMR (Even though the DMR is a bit less of a ‘good’ weapon for HCS now)
- Octagon really doesn’t increase your accuracy. It kind of just pushes you to ‘try’ harder when you spawn instantly and get sniped/shot at. It would, however, increase your strafing techniques.
- If you want to increase accuracy, then PACE YOUR SHOTS. Do not just spam random bullets out and hope for one to hit. Pace them. You will, eventually, get to the point where when you ‘spam’ your bullets, it’ll just lead you to perfects.
I average around 50-70% accuracy when I play any gametype at any level (this includes when playing with and against Onyx+ players); the best OVERALL advise I would have to give would be to NOT play anything that requires automatics, pace and lead your shots (if you are out of RRR, lead; otherwise, you would probably hit a headshot) and most importantly, stick to the pistol at first. The pistol is the most skillful and consistent weapon within Halo 5, especially after the most current iteration of ‘weapon balancing’ that was done. Once you start climbing in accuracy with the pistol, do octagons with snipe (which yes, that will help your no-scope lol) and you will notice it to be far much easier to land shots in this game.
Trick to getting perfects on terrible strafing players: Shoot near the chest and start advancing higher for each shot. The BR already has vertical recoil, so it will make it easier to get a perfect (However, you have to lead your shot from anything beyond 343i’s concept of ‘mid range’).
Note: I say do not go into Warzone, Slayer/Arena/Doubles/Snipes, etc due to the very minimal ‘need’ for your pistol for low level players. When you play HCS, you are sort of ‘forced’ to use that starting weapon, giving you an opportunity to really bring up your accuracy with the pistol. Also, you’ll need to improve your strafe as you obtain better accuracy. Most ‘pros’ accuracy goes down due to how amazing their strafes actually are; the more complex a strafe, the harder it is to land a bullet. But the benefit is also that you are not as predictable, making it more likely for you to win a ‘reversal’ gunfight.
Hope this helps!
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> > I’ve been doing a hour of octagon every other day and my magnum accuracy has yet to improve its like I’ve hit a plattu I’m ways inconsistent with my accuracy. One game I’m hitting low to mid 40s next I’m shooting less than 30% even when the servers are good I shoot like crap.
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> KontrolFreeks.
I agree, I use Kontrol Freeks I have the vortex ones and this has helped a lot.
Practice, practice, practice.
Also, octagon was intended within Halo 3 for warmup before a scrim, pushing you to get your shots ‘on point’ and push you also to watch how your strafe is at the current moment during a 1v1 battle. Halo 5 is molded more toward team-based instead of individual based, striving for more of a ‘team effort’ than individual one to win. The reason why octagon doesn’t help you improve your accuracy is because it promotes spamming shots, which usually leads to lower accuracy and chances for a kill from the start, especially close range with a pistol. Octagon in Halo 5 can teach you/help you practice with the following: A better strafe, more accurate no-scopes, and to lead your shot against an opponents strafe.
Accuracy is a ‘given learning’ within there, but you won’t just have increased accuracy from doing that all the time. If anything, it’ll make it harder as most scenarios the enemy isn’t directly out in the open in front of you, spawned within 1 second of their previous death. If you want greater accuracy, the best tips are above.
And I’ll even add to that into ‘play smarter’, as it is honestly easier to shoot someone not shooting at you than it is shooting three people shooting at you at once lol.
Note: Playing smarter doesn’t mean ‘‘hide in a corner’’, it means watching the routes you take and predicting what the enemy may do or where they may go. Watching the routes you take can be less predictable, and increase overall accuracy.
As you get higher in skill, the accuracy factor becomes less of a concern, and it’s more-so the ‘how can i not die’ factor; and predictability.
Most people tend to ‘challenge’, so prefire and just shooting randomly in the area that you know they will ‘pop out of’ pushes them either to ‘move out and die’ or ‘move away’. This is usually useful in a scenario where you are up on your opponent in health and location, whereupon if they proceed out of that area ‘toward’ you, it gives you a clear advantage. BUT if they move away, you can get away with whatever you are trying to accomplish (be it capture the flag, defend a stronghold, or even hunt for a kill to protect your teammate who was getting shot by them).
SO that pro with 70% accuracy may actually have nearly a 85% accuracy, but they do these strategic things (and many others), which adds into the ‘play smarter’ category of this idea.
Accuracy correlates a bit with the level of competition. The better the competition the less accurate your shots can be. My lower ranking in arena vs yours correlates with the higher accuracy (mine) vs yours. I am sure I would not shoot anywhere near 51% in a match vs a diamond / platinum rank.
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> Accuracy correlates a bit with the level of competition. The better the competition the less accurate your shots can be. My lower ranking in arena vs yours correlates with the higher accuracy (mine) vs yours. I am sure I would not shoot anywhere near 51% in a match vs a diamond / platinum rank.
It sort of correlates, but it’s more-so how well you can shoot a standing still object verse a moving one when it comes to ‘that particular correlation’. A ‘lower rank’ usually doesn’t have much of a strafe, whereupon getting higher in skill pushes you more toward strafing a bit more complex or finding different locations to shoot an enemy. I would argue that if you are shooting under 50% accuracy, you are using an automatic weapon far too much overall, which is pushing you to rely so heavily on the autoaim of the weapon to get the kill instead of your ability to just slightly move the joystick lol. I have watched silvers get 55% accuracy.
As for a shot verses a diamond or plat… well that is a tragedy lol.
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> > Accuracy correlates a bit with the level of competition. The better the competition the less accurate your shots can be. My lower ranking in arena vs yours correlates with the higher accuracy (mine) vs yours. I am sure I would not shoot anywhere near 51% in a match vs a diamond / platinum rank.
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> It sort of correlates, but it’s more-so how well you can shoot a standing still object verse a moving one when it comes to ‘that particular correlation’. A ‘lower rank’ usually doesn’t have much of a strafe, whereupon getting higher in skill pushes you more toward strafing a bit more complex or finding different locations to shoot an enemy. I would argue that if you are shooting under 50% accuracy, you are using an automatic weapon far too much overall, which is pushing you to rely so heavily on the autoaim of the weapon to get the kill instead of your ability to just slightly move the joystick lol. I have watched silvers get 55% accuracy.
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> As for a shot verses a diamond or plat… well that is a tragedy lol.
I try to get them to stand still, but it rarely works. 
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> > > I’ve been doing a hour of octagon every other day and my magnum accuracy has yet to improve its like I’ve hit a plattu I’m ways inconsistent with my accuracy. One game I’m hitting low to mid 40s next I’m shooting less than 30% even when the servers are good I shoot like crap.
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> I agree, I use Kontrol Freeks I have the vortex ones and this has helped a lot.
Same. As a set I like Vortex the most. Mid-rise concave on the left stick so you don’t slip off while strafing and high rise convex for precision aiming. Don’t like the concave high rise ones…
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> > > > I’ve been doing a hour of octagon every other day and my magnum accuracy has yet to improve its like I’ve hit a plattu I’m ways inconsistent with my accuracy. One game I’m hitting low to mid 40s next I’m shooting less than 30% even when the servers are good I shoot like crap.
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> > I agree, I use Kontrol Freeks I have the vortex ones and this has helped a lot.
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> Same. As a set I like Vortex the most. Mid-rise concave on the left stick so you don’t slip off while strafing and high rise convex for precision aiming. Don’t like the concave high rise ones…
Definitely! And for anyone wanting to try them they are cheap enough to purchase. I can’t play without them now and I also use the Kontrol Freek Grips…