Been playing bumper jumper since H3. It is the GOAT layout.
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you have to add the paddles in one at a time! just adding the paddles made me press them at random times!
I have paddles for B, Y, X and crouch (i cant hold left stick in and walk around or jump crouch like i need to) and now i hardly make any wrong paddle presses.
I would say it took about a week to get used to each paddle, keep at it!
Nah im almost 40 bro. Can’t teach this old dog anymore new tricks =[ I’ve been with 1 paddle for 6 or 7 years
im 38! i started playing h5 about 8 months ago and recently moved to HI.
You can do it!
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I got so frustrated with my old habits creeping in last night that I switched back to default between attrition rounds. You could probably guess how that next round worked out where I basically couldn’t do anything right. So now I’m stuck in some weird place where I just suck (worse). I’ll press on with bumper jumper, one day I’ll figure or how to melee and use equipment properly.
Oh 100%. Play Bumper Jumper.
I played default from CE-H4, then I took a 3 year hiatus from Halo. When I came back I switched to Bumper Jumper.
Bumper Jumper is ideal, as it is a universal control scheme that translates very well between games.
You can do it man! I believe in you. I made the switch to the Elite Series 2 a few weeks ago. If you check my HaloTracker stats you can see the exact moment I made the switch. My CSR immediately plummeted as I struggled to get used to the paddles. Went from D2 back to P6 in a matter of days. Now finally used to the paddles and making my rebound.
The best advice I can give you is like @jakespleen said, add in one paddle at a time, and most importantly, use Training Mode to practice against bots! Don’t make the same mistake I did and try to transition against human opponents, because they will obliterate you as you accidentally nade yourself while trying to jump 
after a few days (~1 hour per day of practicing against bots, I was making far less mistakes in my paddle presses.
The campaign can be of great use as well. If you take the time to play through the whole thing with your new input or control scheme, you should be ready for PvP.
I had the same problem you had. My muscle memory was causing me issues so I made my own control scheme that retains what i was used to. This link has my set up on it and for me works really well. Just delete that . on the end of it.
https://forums.halowaypoint.com/t/need-help-aiming-in-infinite-if-it-feels-off-to-you-try-this-set-up-for-controllers/11780?u=the_cool_spoon.
This also had some aim settings in it to make it feel more like previous Halos.
Bumper jumper is so good I always advocate new players just start on it and skip themselves a future headache.
Switching from default to bumper jumper is one of the most sure fire ways to raise a player’s skill ceiling relatively quickly
I’m a fan of changing Recon’s triggers to Boxer’s triggers and using paddles if I can instead of the face buttons.
Jumping is not as important as it was in previous titles. Jumping and shooting most likely will get you killed. Being able to crouch while shooting is a lot more important.
If I were you I would make a custom loadout and assign something easy to press to crouching while still being able to keep both thumbs on the thumbsticks. Maybe left bumper? And if you have enough money, buy a controller with back buttons. 
About a week ago I was playing Recon, and have played Halo relatively close to that for the last 20 years.
I decided I wanted to give it a try, but not go all the way, so I switched out LB and A Jump, and then found myself switching out other things as well (X used to be Sprint, now it’s Reload. A is now Sprint. Equipment is on RB, because I don’t want to lift my thumb off the Look Stick to grapple)
I’m now playing on what I would call a “modified Bumper Jumper” or “modified Recon.” It’s been a pain getting used to it, but I’m starting to see subltle improvments in mobility and I think I’m on the other side of the learning curve.
Campaign is a great place to test it out, then social playlists. Played my first ranked matches last night, and (aside from desync, 3v4’s etc) I did fairly well. If I manage to make it to Onyx from D6, that to me will determine whether its worth it. We’ll see!
Damn you’re just built different ain’t ya? What are you like onyx 1900s? I can try, but If I go into angry grandpa rage and smash my controller I’m saying it’s Jake’s fault!
Let’s run some games some time bro. Im basically right where you’re at. I wish I could play more often. I get on sometimes but the game sucks alone so I just do some custom aim bot mode my friend made.
I have 1 paddle for equipment and use bumper jumper. I put drop weapon on x for me. It’s a small quick movement off the right stick but so far I’ve not found it to mess my aim up since I can out it back onto the stick during the animation and I’m usually trying to move my left stick to line up most of the time.
You don’t got a controller with the paddles? I heard that controller with extra buttons on the top is also good. I forgot what it’s called. I think wolverine maybe or something.
I’d be down! My weeknights are a bit unpredictable, but Friday night and Saturday tend to be solid.
I’m not on a controller with paddles. I’ve debated getting an elite, but it’s hard for me to throw down that kind of cash for something that I’ve heard has issues with drift, breaking etc.
This is why I started trying it out on Monday. I finished up my weekly challenges then spent about 3 hours in training mode with bots on marine difficulty. But alas, it is a new week with new challenges (and I want that Bulldog coating), so it is PvP for me until I get that done.
Ah, good thinking. Unfortunately I haven’t picked up campaign yet. I’m still looking forward to playing with my buddies in co-op though.
Cool, thanks. I’ve never really cared much about controller settings in the previous games as I’ve always been super casual. I viewed it like fine tuning the settings would help me about as much as shaving my legs would help me swim faster, I’m just not a top tier player.
I’ll have to adjust acceleration and mess with my dead zones.
To be honest, so far I’ve found that changing FOV, weapon positioning and input thresholds have made the biggest impact on improving my game as far as what you can do with actual settings, moreso than button mapping. Again, I’m only just now getting used to my “Modified Jumper” settings so maybe that will play a bigger factor in the longrun. It’s probably a combination of all these things. Regardless, there’s some really great info on YouTube explaining a lot of the settings (I’ve found ‘SlayiN’, ‘Gaming Leap Halo Infinite’, and ‘Shyway’ to be really informative – and I’m sure there’s many others). Not to mention the value of watching esports gamers play ranked to improve things like positional awareness or a route on a map to run a flag, etc.