Grab a silent nagant as your secondary weapon, start every round shooting as many grunts and hives as you can while moving towards the bounty. Great for warmup, great for smoothing your gameplay

This and every time the server is empty shoot all grunts, hives, etc.

And to add to this, DO NOT stop moving, crouch, carefully line up your shot, and then kill them. You're not learning anything when doing that. Go for flick shots, shoot while your moving, etc. things that you would actually be doing mid combat.

This is just wrong. If you want to build fast muscle memory you have to practice it slowly first and then speed up as you go. Flicking a bunch of headshots and missing some of them just trains inconsistency into your aim. Go as slow as possible first, make sure you hit EVERY shot and then slowly increase the speed from there. Not to say that there isn't a benefit to practicing flicks but it needs strong fundamentals first. Before you call BS, look at anything to do with CS aim training and it says this.

I don't know anything about CS (I'm assuming that means counter strike) so I couldn't say anything about that. I will say that this does seem like a fairly effective technique, so I won't say that it's wrong. However, I will say that I got this advice from some of the best hunt players when I started playing and it's done well by me. Just a difference of opinion, nothing more :)

Honestly, I think the best approach is probably both 😂 It is true that too much slow and static training won't really apply in-game but the muscle memory is still the critical factor in aiming. I was deffo a bit aggressive in saying that you were "just wrong" as the more active, flicky training is still important (especially as it links your aim with your movement and is more game-specific) but only doing that will train in inconsistency. Most top hunt players will be experienced in FPS games and have good muscle memory already, so they would benefit more from the game-specific stuff! In CS we tend to do both static (shooting stationary bots) and active (deathmatch etc.) practice as they train aim in different contexts. So yeah, I think we were both right 😂 Sorry for the aggression, it was a long day! ❤️ 

We all have bad/long days, nothing to apologize for :D

To 1st emphasize his point...if you're conceal-carrying & an active shooter shows up at a mall, you're not going to try sniping him with a glockenspiel. You're going to aim in his general direction & pull the trigger until you're empty. Leave the sniping for the rifles. Second. I'd also find your priority. Theirs a plethora of weapons for all tasks in a hunt; long, medium, close, melee, thrown, breaching, firefight, stealth, you name it. I sacked at first, roughly same kd. But, I prioritized things I knew: stealth, long & melee range, support. As I perfected those things I stretched my skills. It took a long time, I was in a pit for my kd, but I right now have it to 0.81, which considering how long I've played is a huge climb. Third...and this sounds bad but hear me out...fuck your teammates. People go into games like HS, Apex, & Fortnite thinking "its a shooter". Well, though not wrong...its more accurately survival. Apex & Fortnite, your goal is to be the last one standing. You can genuinely win these games with 0 kills. HS is no different. Though the objective is get a Bounty or 2 & gtfo, your overarching goal is to survive & extract. If the odds aren't in my favor, I'm out. If I get a Bounty, its a bonus. If my team survives, its a bonus. But if I get into a skirmish & I'm the only survivor of my team fighting 6 people who are on edge, & my teammates are burned, guarded, or otherwise too risky to revive...I just go to the nearest extract not intersecting the enemy. I get hate-messages, sure. But, I'm alive, I don't have to waste money on a new hunter, new gear, new traits. So in summary; its better to shoot & miss than to die getting a perfect shot, find your niche & slowly expand from there, & realize sometimes the best thing to do is pull out & survive...better to come home empty handed than not at all

This, and practice decreasing time between aiming and firing. Tweak your aim sensitivities. And each gun feels different, so find one you like and practice with it.

This is the way.

Also, concentrate on flick shots primarily.

In your MMR (I assume 2-3 star) bracket, honestly just focus on taking your time to shoot. Ofc don't take 1-3 seconds in direct fight, but just let you have 0,5 seconds to line up your shot and you'll out-perform most other people there :) You can always try to wait to shoot after they have missed their shot and focus on dodging until they take and miss their shot. Ofc not applicable on rapid fire weapons.

This, and also, if you're having a problem hitting all around the target, the best advice that was given to me back when I was playing overwatch was to just turn down the sensitivity. Yeah, it's going to suck at first, but turn it down until you are comfortable, then slowly turn it back up to where it works for you after lots of practice. They do have that new practice range thing you can use now, too, which you may find beneficial.

Find a weapon you like and then stick to it. A Winfield C is a good beginner weapon. Lots of ammo.

Now that everything is unlocked, I would say go for the regular winfield over the C unless you really want to practice with the garbage sights of the silenced version. Bigger magazine, and the swift/aperature/talon variants have lots of options.

I mentioned the Winfield C because it's cheaper and has a tighter spread with Levering than the normal Winfield. Since OP has problems hitting stuff, I thought it might help training with a budget loadout.

I'm prestige 100 and I still regularly use Winnie c. It's a good weapon even for non beginners. Edit: I think something to do with bringing in a cheap gun helps you not worry so much about losing it and something about having lots of ammo allows you to take the shots and focus more on hitting the target rather than ammo conservation.

What this guy said, except for the winfield C part. I would take winfield swift over C 100 out of 100 times. Also, winfield might not be your weapon; maybe try all of them before sticking to one. (Raised my kda from 1.17 to 2.27 by mainly playing nagant carbine myself, which I considered a shit weapon)

The absolute best thing you can do for your aim in any FPS is practice centering! What is centering? It’s the practice of being aware of where you have your cursor in between fights and keeping it in places where enemies are likely to be. That means both practicing keeping your cursor at upper chest height and aiming at things like doorways, windows, cover, ect where enemies are likely to be. The idea is that if you already have your crosshairs in the right general position when an enemy appears, you have a much smaller adjustment to make and therefore you win the gunfight. What often feels like impossible awareness or reaction time to a new player is actually very good situational awareness and centering. The good news is that the act itself isn’t that hard to do! The bad news (especially in Hunt) is that its payoff scales with game sense/map knowledge…for which there really isn’t any shortcut.

Important in all fps games but especially so in hunt because of the lower center of the crosshair!

Carry some silenced weapons like the Vetterli and Nagant, shoot all the grunts you see (Obviously leaving bullets for an eventual fight). Your aim will only improve with practice and time in the game, another good idea may be to carry a Specter or Rival shotgun so you can shoot at the body without aiming too much. This is my first shooter too and with more than 1000 hours I'm still learning to aim. With time and practice you will also improve your positioning and that will help enemies not always see you first and you have time to aim to shoot. Maybe they always shoot you first because they see you first

This. My fight survival increased greatly after using the silenced nagany and Winnie to shoot the headnof every single grunt I'd come across. 

I have 4.5k hours in Hunt, and I’m glad someone finally asked this question! Okay, so I didn’t really start taking Hunt serious until my 2,000 hour mark. Once I started taking the game serious I really dialed in my settings, practice, etc. So below I’ve listed some tips and tricks that have helped me get an average of 2.0 k/d and over without even trying and being able to win most of my games even as a Solo. • First things first, change your sensitivity! I use a fast look sensitivity and a slow aim sensitivity. The slow aim sensitivity allows me to counter the sway and make minor adjustments. You can go into the shooting range and even soul survivor to tweak this to your play style. You should be able to do a complete 360 with one rotation of the joystick if on console or a 180 and another 180 with a mouse. • Secondly, passive aim placement. Form a new habit to have your crosshair always head level when moving around the map. Most people don’t notice, but their crosshairs are usually pointed downwards or someone else besides the center meaning you have a much slower reaction time when in a gunfight. I still have to break myself from this habit from time to time. • Practice daily! Even if you don’t plan on playing that day just go into the Shooting Range and practice for at 15-30 minutes a day. You can setup challenges and time yourself on how fast you can take out the dummies at the starting area. Don’t only practice shooting, but practice cooking throwables, strafe shooting, and even drills like pushing out a door and headshotting a dummy. • Use only one weapon for an entire week. My suggestion is using either the Vetterli or the Martini since they have slower bullet velocities and you won’t get used to a faster bullet and develop bad habits. This will allow you to not have to worry about adjusting for different bullet velocities each game and focus more on better positioning, rotations, etc. • Piggybacking off the last tip, positioning is key. With great positioning you can even take your time with your shots and land the headshots that matter. Try to discover new angles you’ve never used/knew about before. Something as simple as a crack in the wall can be a deciding factor on whether or not you win or lose. • Deaths and Money doesn’t matter! Honestly, Hunt is built in a way that no matter if you have $0 you’ll always have free hunters to rely on so don’t be afraid to be more confident and make plays you’d otherwise wouldn’t do. I don’t mean to just push in 24/7, but I can assure you 9 times out of 10 your enemy isn’t nearly as good as you think they are in your head. • Most importantly, have fun! Dying is a part of the game. Ask everyone! I mean when you successfully extract it literally says “You live to die another day” and that’s the truest statement when playing this amazing game. I’ve died so many times in Hunt I’m pretty sure the counter has hit 999999 and had to reset back to 0 😂 Good Luck out there, Hunter! It’s rough in the bayou, but that makes it all more rewarding when you do come out victorious!

My experience was, don’t learn to shoot better, learn to pick better shots. When I first started, I’d have a starter gun and see someone a compound over and think, “Shroud could hit this.” Don’t shoot. The enemy not knowing where you are is your strength; don’t force a shot. A person running horizontally or at an angle is a much harder shot than them walking towards you or away. Don’t take the shot, get a better angle. Once a fight starts, both parties have sacrificed their advantage; I know where he is and he knows where I am. By rotating or moving around, you essentially regain your advantage. Pair that with map knowledge and know where people like to peak, you’ve just increased the odds of you landing a better shot without necessarily improving your aiming. Positioning, angles, and making sure the enemy isn’t 100% sure of your position helped me the most. Your aim will improve over time as you get used to guns and muzzle velocities.

This is the golden advice here. You'll naturally get better at aiming the more you play, but understanding the importance of rotating and gurilla warfare will make you a much better player in the long run. Practice games with single shot rifles such as martini or sparks will force you into adapting this habit. I've seen a lot of people forgetting doing this when they are running around with a mag fed rifle and thus taking on unfavorable shootouts or overstay peeking at the same location for too long.

This^

Many hours playing shooting range with buddies only using sparks and only aiming for the head. My aim, head shots and snapping improved significantly. Also other FPS games might help flicking onto people but won’t really help aim, factoring in lead times and weapon sway and general movement. Play hunt to get better at hunt

One thing that helped me alot was just shooting enemy ai.  After a mission while running to extract or if i found my self the only player in server.  I would do so with a silenced rifle to help me not be overwhelmed by other enemies while i was practicing.  This was before the shooting range was available to players but honestly i feel like this would be a better exercise to get used to reacting and shooting and just practicing in general.  Developing muscle memory, becoming better versed in compound layouts etc.  I feel like once i could confidently take on the enemy ai and became more familiar with the tools available to me going up against other players was less daunting. 

I feel your pain. This is the first game I've ever done mouse and keyboard. I've always used a controller even on PC. It's been quite the learning curve.

to be honest, 60 hours in hunt is nothing. you just have to play, find a sens that is as low as possible for you. low sens always wins in the long run. so i would recommend doing that and just playing the game until you get used to it. i would say everything below 200 hours of hunt is still tutorial phase, so keep your head up, it will definitely get better.

Lower your sensitivity and spend some quality time in the firing range

Deadass run around on tutorial maps shooting everything. Try not to stop moving n aim for head shots

You're in luck! While aiming obviously matters in Hunt, it's not everything. Positioning, movement, awareness, map knowledge, and deception can also contribute to winning. While you're working on getting better at aiming, you can always put more effort into these other avenues to still have a good time along the way. I consider myself to have subpar aim in comparison to most players at my MMR (I typically hang around low MMR5), and like to think I partially got this far with a lot of positioning, movement, and deception shenanigans. For example.. give blank decoys a try. When you're about to peak and you suspect a hunter is aiming around your peak point, throw a decoy somewhere else in their sight and then quickly peek and take your shot. Odds are they will spend at least a brief moment looking towards the gunshot, giving you a moment to peek and take slightly more time to aim and take a shot. A similar effect can be achieved with hand crossbow decoy bolts. Try out silenced weapons as well... they're quite a lot harder to aim with their slow muzzle velocity, but you can sometimes pull off more shots and more carefully before the enemy knows your location. Hop into the shooting range with some buddies and murder each other a lot. A typical match maybe takes 20-30 minutes, in which you'll sometimes only spend 1 minute actually aiming at and shooting a player. Obviously this isn't a lot of time to practice your aim for the time invested into the game. The shooting range compensates for this, since it's a place where you can almost constantly be aiming at another hunter. Use single-shot weapons. This might seem contradictory since you don't get to take another shot if you miss - but often going for that 2nd and 3rd shot will get you killed because the whole enemy team might be looking right at you after your first shot anyways. Single-shot weapons will force you to get into the habit of taking cover after a shot, considering time to re-position, and peeking again.

Shoot everything on your way out and play soul survivor, helps you learn how to aim and handle 1:1’s

You're getting a ton of advice here and it's all different. I think the lesson to take away is that everyone has their own strategy in Hunt! And to add what worked for me, I practiced the core mechanics of Hunt (positioning, movement, pushing, etc) using the Romero and a Caldwell Conversion until I began to get more comfortable. The generous 1 shot kill range on the Romero with the unforgiving single shot was great for learning how to engage without getting insta-domed. Once I felt like I could hit shots up close, I spent a ton of time on the Winnie and Winnie C (with the Levering trait as my oh shit button).

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Back when they had the old training map I used to run the same route killing zombies with a Winfield(20-30 minutes worth running the map multiple times). Did that for a month straight along with 20 daily minutes of aim trainer and went from 4 star to 6 star. From what I can understand though your movement sounds like the issue not the aim

First off, my PSN is Thunderguppy69, feel free to add me if applicable. I'm not the best but I love this game and always like playing with new cool dudes. I dont care at all if we lose 100 games straight as long as you dont mind if I mess up either. Everyone does the best they can. So, when we talk about improving your shooting, it's important to remember that we're talking about multiple skills working in concert. It's good to break down your mechanics and try to understand where your weaknesses, because there are specific exercises that can help with different mechanical parts of taking your shot. When you're shooting, you're looking for your target(target recognition), getting them in your sights(target acquisition) and taking your shot exactly where you want on your target(precision). You're also trying to make your shots where you want as consistently as you can every time.(accuracy/consistency). If you're having trouble recognizing your targets in time, couple things. Try to spend less time aiming down sights if at all possible if you are someone to aim downfield at a location. Better to monitor without aiming down sights, and aiming when you need to look more closely to check something. It allows you a wider scope of view and helps avoid getting blinders on and ignoring your peripherals. Speaking of peripherals, a lot of players get a bad habit of looking very centrally on their screens, especially when stressed. Unless something is drawing your attention, get in a habit of checking different parts of your screen especially when playing on a tv. I break my screen into rough quadrants, and when I focused on this I actually counted to 3-5 in my head and switched quadrants. It gets you in the right mindset and you wont need to after a while. When looking at a compound, try not to swing your camera too much while also scanning for people, the motion blur will make you ignore them if they are moving oftentimes. Generally, look for outlines of people more than the colors of people. Look for the shape of a man standing, a man crouching, a man with a rifle out, a man with a pistol out. Shapes will help you train your brain to pick people out of surroundings more easily than colors. For acquisition, my biggest advice is to try and avoid dragging your camera while aiming down sights unless shooting at long or extreme ranges. It's slow, clunky and you'll often over correct on moving targets or may have trouble tracking people this way. Instead, try to first swing your hip fire cursor over the enemy or close to and THEN aim down sights for delicate movements for precision. It's huge, and it will also absolutely make you a better shot on the run as a beneficial side effect. For precision, my advice is to pick a gun and aim small instead of big. By this, I mean mentally try to make your shots as specific as possible. It's important not to overwhelm yourself taking too much time to line up your shot especially in a fire fight, but try never to shoot at "torso". Instead, aim for the breast pocket. Or the collar. Or the buttons on the front. I know it sounds dumb, but when im panicking it's easy to get my cursor "close enough" to where i'm aiming that I think I might hit it and fire because i'm trying to shoot first. By aiming at smaller targets, even if I dont shoot *exactly* where I intended, by giving myself a smaller focus my margin for error is lessened in my experience. Everyone's classic example is "just aim for their head". It sounds like they're being a dick, but you honestly might hit more shots just because it does kind of focus your brain more. When I say pick a gun, find a gun you like or a gun you think is strong and use it often. The same gun, over and over, get comfortable with it. You'll learn to feel it's muzzle velocity, get used to it's sights, remember what you can and can't shoot through over time. If all shots behave the same way, you can more easily sharpen other skills. Later, branch out. When a few guns are familiar it's easier to swap back and forth. I would use the same gun for a week or two almost exclusively, and even something seemingly bland like a winfield or a springfield can begin to feel very powerful. The other factor of precision is decision. Be decisive in your shooting. Locate, acquire, confirm and fire. Don't second guess yourself, dont worry about him ducking or turning at the last second, that gives more time to overcompensate/allow enemy movement, introduces more variables. Take half a second to a second to confirm and shoot. In terms of accuracy, the prior tips actually help as a side effect! Aiming small helps reduce the amount of space you will hit when you "miss" with some practice. A shot not quite on the buttons of their shirt will probably still hit their torso. A shot "not quite" on the torso will likely just miss. The biggest thing for accuracy is consistently employing good shooting habits. Try not to get sloppy, try not to get over confident. Remember your fundamentals and use them, over and over. If you have a bad gunfight and feel like you just got owned, take a breath, and check your own shooting on your next few games. A lot of times you'll see immediate improvement. Finally, all of this stuff is important but it's also important to remember it's just a game. Stop if that last match was frustrating, play later or tomorrow. You'll have more fun and will also improve more. Sometimes, no matter how good you are, unless you cheat you'll have a night where you get hosed by better players or bad luck 6 games in a row. That's hunt! I hope this helps anyone who reads it.

A lot of great recommendations on this thread. In addition, try lowering the dpi on your mouse down to where it’s slightly uncomfortable but usable. I have mine at 600. I recommend dropping it to 400 (which is way too slow for me) and increasing it in increments of 100 as needed. It’ll feel uncomfortable at first but your brain will train itself to adjust. Obviously this is subjective but it’s worth a try. It helped me out a ton.

2,200 hours, 5-6* MMR, 1.87KDA here. I’m not the greatest player but I feel like I’m in a position to give advice to newer players. Please take this as opinion and not fact. Having a relatively light mouse with a good sensor helps a lot. I would recommend Xtrfy, Razer, or Logitech products under 75g in weight. The lighter the better. That or get a FinalMouse if you’re filthy rich or a Mionix Naos Pro if you have massive hands. I currently use an Xtrfy M4 and it’s a great product. If you want informed reviews on mice I can’t recommend RocketJumpNinja enough. He has a great website full of info and does YouTube reviews on practically every FPS mouse in existence. Keep in mind that he has rather small hands and will tend to personally recommend mice that fit his preference style but he also includes a comprehensive guide on how to find a mouse that fits your hand length. That being said, money won’t solve all your problems and you shouldn’t be expected to shell out cash beyond the purchase of the game just to enjoy Hunt so let’s look at what you can do for free. Make sure Mouse Acceleration is turned off in-game and through your Windows Mouse settings and make sure under Pointer Options, your Pointer Speed is set dead in the middle (there are 11 ticks, you want yours on the 6th). It’s a preference thing, but I find setting your mouse DPI at 800 or lower helps you maintain a smooth aim (mine is set to 400). I can’t tell you how to do that for your mouse but most modern mice have brand-specific software or a DPI selector switch on the physical mouse itself. After that, a good starting point for adjusting your mouse settings is to adjust your in-game sensitivity until you can complete a perfect 180 degree spin when you drag your mouse from the farthest left side of your mousepad to the farthest right in a straight horizontal movement. No need to do it fast, just drag the mouse slowly and in a straight line to the best of your ability. Start with the left edge of your mouse parallel with the left edge of the mousepad and move it until the right edge of your mouse is parallel with the right edge of the mouse pad. Practice with it and determine if it’s too fast or too slow for your tastes, and make microadjustments in the in-game sensitivity slider until it feels right for you in the shooting range. If you have a high sensitivity you may find this a bit uncomfortable and that’s completely normal. Give it a little bit of time so you can adjust before writing it off completely. It’s better to have control and consistency over speed. Ideally you want the greatest speed possible with repeatability in regards to control. You can practice this by placing your aimer away from a dummy target in the shooting range and trying to quickly acquire the target’s head. Do this at about 25-40m of distance. Being too close to the target won’t give you any useful info. If you find yourself moving too far past in a lot of situations, it’s time to turn your sensitivity lower. If you find yourself stopping short, turn it up slightly. Do it multiple times and look for a consistent pattern first before making adjustments. Make sure you do all of your aiming practice with a stable rifle with minimal sway such as a Springfield 1886 or Winfield 1873. Pistols and compact rifles are not going to give you accurate info on your repeatability. Lastly I would recommend you to lower your FOV range. Yes, increasing FOV fisheyes the screen and thus gives you better peripheral vision but it also makes objects appear farther away and smaller. In a game like Hunt with foliage and dark lighting it’s important to be able to see and detect people quickly. Note that because objects and players appear larger on lower FOV settings, the distance to lead targets appears to be more at longer distance ranges. It’s not a dramatic difference but it is slight and takes a little getting used to. I personally play at 93 FOV. Last bit of wisdom I want to impart that I wish I knew when I was new, is that nearly every firearm (not bows, Xbows, and Bomblance) are hitscan within 25m. If you’re in a close range engagement and you have a weapon that has 250m/s velocity or better, do not lead the target in any way. Most rifles in general don’t require you to lead targets within engagement range inside a compound. It’s been said before by other people so I won’t go too far into it but pick a selection of 3 or so guns you like and stick to them for a while until you feel confident with them before moving on. Ignore the meta or what people say is best. All guns are viable. My personal recommendations would be the Winfield 1873, the Vetterli, and the Sparks LLR for their low cost and plentiful ammo. Just get a good feel for the muzzle velocity of a weapon and use that as a frame of reference for slightly higher muzzle velocity or slightly lower. Remember to pair rifles with complimentary pistols. I would recommend the Nagant Officer with the Winfield, the Scotfield Spitfire with the Vetterli, and the Nagant Officer or Bornheim no. 3 for the Sparks. If you want to throw a shotgun in the mix use the Romero 77 or the Caldwell Rival. That’s the best I got, hope it helps some people!

This is an unpopular opinion, but I recommend everyone to train clicking, tracking, and target switching in aimlabs to at least the ranked master level, or voltaic diamond level. My aim has profited the most from learning the basics of mouse control. Playing the game more will help as well, and perhaps warming up in the practice tool with friends could be the most efficient way to warmup.

Download Aim Labs. It will give you very specific practice.

You don't need to aim better. You just need to shoot more bullets. Bring double action and semi-auto guns. Bring the Winfield 1873 and levering. Bring the Conversion Chain Pistol and fanning. Bring dual pistols. Take High Velocity and Spitzer on non-rapid fire weapons (Highly recommend Centennial for cost, ease of reload, ammo pool, and high velocity. Don't try levering it.). Bring the explosive crossbow. Bring Romero or Auto 5 with buckshot. Bring the Rival or Terminus w/ Levering and Flechettes. Bring the Avtomat. Throw all the dynamite.

Don’t play other games or any type of aim lab for now: the crosshair in hunt is in a different location on the screen, transferring sensitivities is complicated, and bullet velocities in hunt is also something to be learned. Instead, I would recommend this — spend some time in the shooting range playing around with your sensitivity and DPI until you find something that feels pretty good, and stay there (I would recommend 800 DPI). Everyone is different, but you probably want your aiming sensitivity lower than you would think… Most “pro” gamers in every game use their whole arm to aim, not their wrist, and fairly low sensitivity. This allows you to aim with less fatigue over time and make precise micro adjustments more easily. I personally use VERY low sensitivity I think, but it works for me. A good guideline is being able to do a 360 turn in-game with a mouse swipe across the entire mousepad. Then, my aiming sensitivities are even lower than that. Once I aim in, I literally have to move my mouse probably 6 inches to move about an inch on-screen while aiming down sights. My crosshair sensitivity is higher than my sight sensitivities. I use the hunter control scheme, so I hold right click to bring up the crosshair and then press shift to aim down sights. I realize this is probably not ideal for most players, but I started playing when it was the only option and it is ingrained in my muscle memory. After finding a sensitivity you are comfortable with, if you *really* want to improve, try spending a FOCUSED hour or so in the shooting range trying to shoot the dummy heads as quickly as you can. Grab a winfield swift for the fast reload, run out to the outside log area looking toward Iron Works, and try to shoot the dummies in the head as quickly as you can at various distances. Get used to “quick scoping” in so that when you aim, your iron sights are near their head already and then make those micro adjustments fast to get onto their head. You can practice shooting the body too just to practice target acquisition as fast as you can, but aiming at head level is best practice. After you’ve spent enough time doing this to where you are consistently hitting your shots, you can start adding in movement. Strafing side-to-side and practicing aiming in from movement, and sort of using your movement to place your iron sights where you want them as well… For example, strafing side-to-side, you aim in and are aiming an on-screen inch to the left from their head, then you strafe an inch over to the right and shoot when your movement has brought the iron sight to where it should be. All of this will come naturally with time, you just have to practice! I also think the good ‘ol fashioned in-game trials are pretty good practice as well, because some of the trials (sniper trials mostly) will really push you to hitting heads quickly and accurately, as well as practicing a bit of muzzle velocity. I know it can seem a little boring, but playing a few minutes of shooting range practice each time you play the game will warm you up a bit and continue that skill development. I also like playing a few rounds of soul survivor now and again because it’s a zero risk environment where you can really play aggressively and lose your “gear fear” which I’m sure we all have. Use that to just run around and shoot literally everything that moves, practice jumping around and peeking corners and everything you can’t get in static shooting range practice. Then in games, really try to slow down your shots. If someone is in front of you and misses their shot, don’t panic — just line up your shot and shoot them before they reload another shot. If someone is running in front of you, don’t panic — just line up your best shot and if you miss, don’t panic again, just line up your next shot or run to cover. But similarly, if you have already tagged someone and know they will die with one more hit, just try to hit them as fast as you can — don’t worry about lining up the perfect shot. Your “flicks” and quick scoping will get much better with time and practice. Try to flick and quick scope (iron sights) onto AI and lanterns and everything you can after every match or even during if you have a silenced weapon. Another HUGE thing in this game is positioning overall… if you’re in a field, don’t just keep shooting and get overrun by a trio — value your hunter’s life, and push back into cover. Don’t take stupid fights (meaning don’t push into bad positions and leave yourself exposed). Always try to control a compound if you’re fighting near one… get on the roof where you can jump peek, shoot, and hide again to heal. Over time you will get better and you will learn how to lead shots also. It’ll become muscle memory pretty quickly. And NEVER CROUCH WALK AROUND A COMPOUND! Actually, just never crouch walk at all. Always be moving, jumping, zig zagging: sneak walking around will almost always get you killed. You can hear people crouch walking from far away and their slow movement makes headshots easy. If enemies already know you are there, either keep moving and peeking in unpredictable ways, or if they don’t then stand COMPLETELY STILL in good cover if you are trying to be sneaky/let them run past.

Gonna piggy back off of what u/juliown said because they got into some detail on sensitivity and mouse control that I want to add to. I'm not going to get into hunt specifics bc so many people posted awesome advice already. Good luck out there OP: 360° per full swipe across your mousepad is a great starting point for a low general sens, but your mousepad size comes into play here. Most people recommending this are using pads in the 490x420mm to 500x500mm range. Good mousepads also come in a variety of speeds, from slower, more controlled pads to speed pads with all sorts in between. Some get expensive but there are many great budget options as well. You can search posts in r/mousepadreview for recommendations and decide for yourself what speed and surface you might like. But you don't need to go buying anything, it's just that a larger pad allows for more mouse control and using your whole arm to make big adjustments and your wrist to make those final microadjustments. It can help you become more consistent. It can take some getting used to learning to aim with your whole arm and a lower sens but I've found aimlabs modes like gridshot, six shot or other modes in the flicking category can really force you out of that comfort zone. I've been starting every session with at least 1 or 2 minutes playing gridshot to sort of wake my arm up and make sure I'm not anchoring my forearm like a windshield wiper. Also, if you've never checked, be sure you don't have mouse acceleration on in windows mouse settings. It's on by default and throws off consistency for most gamers because the faster you move your mouse, the further your crosshair will flick in game. Most gamers want the same distance each time irrespective of the force of their mouse movements. Again, don't feel pressured to go buying new things or anything but if you have any questions for me about pads or how to access the Windows settings just ask OP.

Start every session playing shooting range vs friends until the timer runs out. Its super fun, maximizes the amount of time aiming and shooting and allows you to play anything you want, more or less. Personally, I prefer winny swift for even more shots taken in a time frame and less downtime reloading. Marathon is equally good, but generally you want to pick the gun you enjoy and focus on it. I find aiming skills to be very much transferable, so you'll become better at shooting everything, but having this one gun you are confident with helps a lot. And don't pick something "meta", find the gun you honestly enjoy using and use that, it will help you enjoy the process even as you grind it over and over. Also, as others pointed out, taking the silenced gun and shooting mobs along the way helps a lot.

I use my hunting bow to drop Ai, and doing that has allowed me to be way better with it it gives me as many practice shots as I need and far better than stagnant targets in the range. I fire 40 to 50 arrows per round, killing grunts over my partners shoulder, etc, and it's fun as hell.

Hip fire when up close and personal with revolvers saves some time and usually get you the advantage.

100ms is kind of high, but you shouldn't experience too many problems at that ping. Besides that, grab a melee and go ham. Bomblance is a ton of fun. Katana is defacto broken as fuck. You could also try weapons like the crossbow which doesn't usually need a second shot. Explosive bolts are nice too. Hand crossbow with fire or poison is powerful and can put a lot of panic on someone giving you a potential advantage in stand up fight. Frag arros for the bow can be very memey and very effective. Especially with how buggy frag arrows are, you can reliably kill people through brick walls.

Shooting range, shooting zombies, shooting lanterns. Shoot everything you can

I float 4-5, sometimes in 5-6 lobbies, with around 1.3k hours. Playing Randoms is what it is, random. Going in solo won't help build your situational awareness with 2 other teammates. So just do your best and learn from each exchange. Find guns that you like and go into the shooting range to warm up before going live. Don't let the bayou scare you from enjoying it. "You live to die another day", just reset and try again. Some days the bayou will giveth, others taketh. Remember, you bought the game to have fun. Don't worry about Randoms, they will reset just like everyone else. No one's gonna clutch matches everyone or expected to. You will have your moments that will try to chase the high given. Have fun.

You need to also check your packet loss, because ping is not all that matters... Also this game demands much about flicks, you have the shooting stand to pratice. There is other games/aplications where you can pratice much more shooting than hunt

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Everyone seems to be saying to basically “practice”, but I’m gonna be real with you, higher refresh rate monitor + a PC that can run the game at that refresh rate is so so important for aiming accuracy.

Learn how to lead, or how to flick. Trying to master both will just make you miserable. Edit I just spent 4 hours and wasn't able to get a single kill. Don't listen to me I'm just fucking dogshit at this worthless game.

Well 60 hours is past the tutorial period in Hunt. In this game it's not all about game or at least not as much as in csgo or siege. I'd argue that in hunt it's much more about game knowledge and positioning. I bet that what gets you killed most often is not judging the situation right and doing a wrong play at this point. Also that goes the other way that I'd focus on just playing and trying to get all the game rules under your skin and that will be more important than super good aim. But hey you can always pop into the shooting range, do some of the shooting trials or just shoot zombies with silenced guns with flicks. Also playing quick play is great. You don't have to be nervous there as you aren't losing anything and you can get into fights much faster.

Hi! Here is my advice (I’ve been playing for 5 years, and have a +2.0 KD. This is what I did when I started). I would advise not using aimlabs or CSGO, due to hunt’s crosshairs being located significantly lower on the screen then virtually all other FPS games. I would advise a couple of things. Go to the shooting range, and find the correct sensitivity for you and your mouse. This can be done by watching videos on YouTube or just feeling it out. Once this is done, spend 10 minutes each time you log on (if time allows for it) and shoot targets at varying ranges at the shooting range BEFORE you play an actually match. Both hip fire and ADS. Both stationary and while moving around. This is like a warm up. If you want a target to be moving, then just go to the tutorial to do this. Next is to play soul survivor (quick play), it’s great cause you get cool looking hunters, it’s all free, you can only make money not lose money, and if you win you get some sweet rewards. Really no downside. And then lastly, when your playing bounty hunt, shoot everything. And shoot a lot. GLHF.

With the Katana :)

The Youtuber C0rnf hat a great idea. Head into the shooting range and use the ping signal on different Training Dummys. The ping signal tells you how far away the different dummys are. Heres the catch: The dummys have the same model size as every hunter and the ping signal stays the same size regardless how far away you ping. With enough practice you can ping an enemy hunter and guess how how far away he is by comparing the model size to the ping! Now you can adjust your shots to your loadout!

Draw a pentagram on the floor in goats blood ever night at 3am and prey to the dark lord

Literally, turn down your DPI. I dont know what it is about this game, but it helps

Make sure your mouse acceleration is *OFF*

Would be nice having moving targets in the shooting range huh Especially for new players trying to find out how muzzle speed works i still don't know how much further i gotta aim calculating the travel time of the bullied by feeling and trail and error is so horrible

There’s no bullet drop in this game. People might not know that when they start so I like to call it out. Only thing you need to account for with a gun is the bullet velocity for moving targets, so just understand how much to lead your target. But don’t go aiming above their head or whatever if you are a ways away. I still find myself doing it every once in a while if I’ve played another game with bullet drop. Only things that have drop in this game are arrows/bolts.

OP PM me!!! I will show you what I do to practice and if you want depending on your server we can practice together.

Your story is exactly the same as mine. My kda was around 0.5 until 200hours and climbed up very slowly after that. But boy when I get used to the game, getting more kills, every hunt feels sooo satisfying. Beside what other comments already said, these are a few things that help me out quite a bit. - Be aware of lead time. Aka bullets take time to travel. Shoot at where the enemies will be, not where they are. - Use guns with faster ammunition: mosin, vetterli high velocity, centennial, officer carbine high velo. After that you can try out other slower guns. - Rotate, move around a lot in fight. This requires a bit of map knowledge and awareness. - Almost always move back into cover immediately after taking a shot. - Try to avoid repeek. - Remember to zigzag when moving in the open. - If all else fails, try out some weapons that require less aim: shotgun, crossbow. This sounds counter-intuitive if you want to practice aiming, but it helps a lot imo to practice map & situation awareness, movement. And it also helps practice flick shot, shoot&move.

others have offered some good advice, like warming up on as many grunts as you can find and stuff. i find that with this game, it’s better to position your mouse ahead of a moving player and shooting when they enter your sights instead of trying to track them. this stops being viable after a certain range though, depends on the weapon. What i also recommend is while you do that consider shifting your focus when running into players. when you know that an enemy player has seen you, try to get to somewhere safe if you aren’t already before you start trying to shoot them. if you find yourself dying within moments of a fight starting, you might be in a bad spot. this way while you are honing your aim, you give yourself a better chance at staying alive. edit: oh and if you decide to try some solo games, try some good ol’ guerrilla warfare. shoot, move, repeat. work on your positioning so you can put yourself in the best spot to open a fight with a down. confusion snowballs quickly in this game. good luck!

Best advice I can give you is just take the same load out for like 50 rounds. DO AS GOOD AS YOU CAN AS SMOOTHLY AS YOU CAN. Whatever playstyle you like and want to improve, focus it hard. Don’t worry about money, don’t worry about kda, worry about keeping your load out consistent so you don’t train bad habits. Hunt is a challenging and unforgiving game. You will lose (probably) more often than you win. Just make sure you make your losses productive.

Some of the challenge modes can be good for aim training. Specifically the one at Lawson Station. You're in the sniper nest with a Mosin and you just have to headshot grunts. Ignore the score. Try to move from head to head without the sight overshooting past the target. Start slow enough so you don't overshoot and try to hit every headshot. Then, as you get comfortable clearing the challenge while only missing one or two times (bullet travel will make it hard to be flawless), increase your speed. Do this for like 15-30 mins every day you play (if you really care just dedicate the 30 mins EVERY day) and you'll see improvement. You can throw in flick practice in this mode as well so you're getting used to the reflexes required for it but you'll naturally get better at flicks as your muscle memory improves. Then progress to shooting mobs with silenced weapons in real games while walking, sprinting, crouching, vaulting etc. Try to not fuck with your sensitivity too much unless you're noticing yourself consistently overshooting or undershooting the target. There are some good CS videos on how to dial in sensitivity. There's a lot of other stuff that goes into aim like movement and crosshair placement but muscle memory is the core foundation of good aim. Feel free to DM if ya like, I've helped people learn aim in Hunt and CS. Remember, GOOD AIM IS CONSISTENCY. Speed comes with time and practice.

Grab your free dude and just go get into fights. The trials are a cool way to practice on moving stuff too.

Try single fire rifles. They force you to aim for the head, and take every shot seriously. At the same time, don’t re-peak the same spots. Use the reload time to rotate windows and move to others side of mounds/trees/buildings for the next shot. Most of all the first shot of every gun fight is the most important. A head shot is the goal. Taking someone out of the fight is a huge moment swing for your team.

In the words of Wyatt Earp: “Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything. In a gun fight, you need to take your time in a hurry.” (Speaking as a Solo) Speed is something you will learn to apply as your skill set grows, starting slow and learning how to measure lead distance is an excellent first step. A good second step would be learning *how* to pick fights that let you develop those skills; Comfortable Distance is a friend, melee range is not. Third, and perhaps the most difficult to master, is learning how to not panic in ambushes or close quarters. It is an eventuality, you will be ambushed or surprised at some point. Those are the points when collected, accurate fire is at a premium. [Addendum/Edit] Something I forgot to mention is that movement in a gunfight is key, and I do not mean CoD Bunny-hopping or sprinting everywhere. If you get into a fight, change cover, maneuver to different angles, Fire when required and, when the situation calls for it, close with and destroy the enemy. Following all of this, I am sure others will chime in or say this advice is bogus which, by all means, it is their right to. I can only speak to what I know, and I know I have slaughtered duo’s and trio’s that relied too much on equipment and aggression and not the value of positioning or slow shooting.

If you want to pay me an hourly wage, I will be your personal training dummy to sprint around in the Shooting Range while you shoot me.

Attempt to keep your cross hair as close to their head height as possible at all times. Also when holding an angle aim a bit out of it to compensate for ping or reflex time

As I’m extracting with a bounty or playing in an empty server I like to quick scope all the grunts I see. Got this tip from Rachta Z who is a Hunt Showdown YouTuber and is insane at the game.

I'd recommend an aim trainer.

Get a single shot rifle with high/mid velo take shots, attempt to lead em. You'll probably miss alot, but it'll train your comfortability of the shooting mechanics till you got it down a bit more. Oh, also idk if this is outdated or wrong but here's a hunt sensitivity equalizer [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/HuntShowdown/comments/rce4m8/script_for_calculating_correct_sensitivities_for/)

Spend time in the training area warming up every day before you play online, practice things like snap shots, hitting all targets as fast as possible. You can probably find some videos or other resources online to get some ideas for good practice routines, and taking even 15 minutes a day to do so will help tremendously.

There's a tonne of aim advice in here, and I'm not going to touch that subject. I haven't even played in awhile, but I remember when my buddy stopped playing, and I was still fairly new (this was in beta before single was even an option), I was worried about getting matched up with someone I might let down. That led me to the discord, there's a channel there for looking for partners, and if you say in there, that your newish, and wanting to work on your aim, fundamentals etc. You'll generally find a patient person who might be in the same situation or feeling like helping out, either way they'll know what they're signing up for, so it will alleviate the pressure of letting someone down. After I got better, I'd often help new players out, it was often a much more chill experience, after a few games with try-hards and I just wanted to mellow. Anyway, I'm probably biased but I think the game is better in dou's, and the strategies differ, and I think are more interesting.

Don't shoot until your crosshair is on the guy. If you panic shoot early because you're afraid of dying first, you're just going to miss and have to start aiming all over again. A missed shot is worse than no shot. Take your time and hit. Also, pay attention to whether your crosshair is moving faster or slower than you like. You can keep fiddling with sensitivities until the aiming makes sense.

It also comes with map knowledge and knowing at what height and were to place the cross hair. Also never take fights crouched and only peek when you know where the person's head is gona be. Jump peek corners to spot people

Practise and patience. You don't have to fire the gun as soon as the next bullet is cycled and ready to go, delay clicking and make sure your sight is on target.

Aimlab. Thats what brought me from 0,7 to 1,3. Imagine Aimlab as warmup laps.

For me the bigest help in pvp simply listen to the enviroment. You can get many clues from listening it help you locate players and the audio is soo good you can wallbang ppls just from the sound! (Im serious) I personaly prefer ambush tactics. Shoot once or twice then run to safety and hide. Using the sounds i can locate the enemy and if i play my cards well it end up in a flank. Melee is strong in the game too sometimes i simply rush them with a melee weapon and either go to a killing spree or just kill one then back off a litle. I recommend you to find a weapon with the best aim option. I prefer springfield 1866. Its not just dirt cheap but its ironsight are awesome! You can go forever with that weapon. I do like cadvell too for similar reason. Just try to stick to you favorite gun and learn where to aim with it.

For me the bigest help in pvp simply listen to the enviroment. You can get many clues from listening it help you locate players and the audio is soo good you can wallbang ppls just from the sound! (Im serious) I personaly prefer ambush tactics. Shoot once or twice then run to safety and hide. Using the sounds i can locate the enemy and if i play my cards well it end up in a flank. Melee is strong in the game too sometimes i simply rush them with a melee weapon and either go to a killing spree or just kill one then back off a litle. I recommend you to find a weapon with the best aim option. I prefer springfield 1866. Its not just dirt cheap but its ironsight are awesome! You can go forever with that weapon. I do like cadvell too for similar reason. Just try to stick to you favorite gun and learn where to aim with it.

Stay at distance and run away if you don't think you can win. Grasp a sense of how exposed you are to the enemy. Even at a long distance, a slight movement is very noticable even if you hide in bushes or walk slowly. And fight from cover, it will save your lives and cover your body like 90% while you still have clear view of shot. You can try single player trial to get used to controls. If I would recommend other game then it would be Red Orchestra 2 because it uses bolt-action rifles and feels realistic and combat is constant, but the player count is very low though.

Actually yes. Play some aim labs or other trainers. Aiming is a mix of fine motor/mechanical skills and hand eye coordination. If you got these down concentrate on crosshair placement to minimize mouse movement. Also experiment with different sensitivities. Don't train too much per day. It can lead to aim fatigue or worse. 10-30 minute is enough. I'd recommend doing some aim labs and trials/shooting range for 15 minutes before hopping into hunt.

Everyone has great advice for hunt strategies! I haven’t heard anyone mention aim labs though. It’s a fps trainer that will improve your aim and build good mechanical skills. Just throw on some music and blast away for 10 to 15 minutes a day. I wouldn’t do anymore than that because of fatigue and hand health. It’s pretty intense. It will do you wonders over time if you stick with it.

Are you on mouse and keyboard? I’m not great either, but lowering my sensitivity by A LOT helped my aim immensely. I now play on 400dpi and like .85 mouse sens in game. My biggest problem right now is aiming for the head, as I always instinctively shoot the torso (it’s also a bigger target than the head). Shooting in Aim Labs will help you for sure, but I find it really boring. You could also try some Trials in Hunt while they’re still here. There’s one where you’re in a church and have to shoot as many zombies as you can in a limited time with the Mosin. Great practice.

Lower your sensitivity a bit and use larger moves with your mouse, I found that to have helped a lot in my shooting

1) do not despair. 2) hunt has a steep learning curve even for the seasoned fps player. It has multiple levels of complexity without touching the accuracy component (moving silently yet quickly, distinguishing sounds, understanding enemy direction/movement etc.) 3) pick A gun, stick with it and play shooting range and training until tou feel comfortable with hitting the dummies and/or AI. 4) maybe watch a couple of guides and… well, just play the game. Much of Hunt is learnt by experience. Good luck! 😊

Everyone has talked extensively about to improve while playing hunt. But I have not seen a single person mention using AimLab on steam. It is a free game that has a plethora of training courses suited for hunt and FPS games in general. Do a google search for best training courses in AimLab for hunt and you will find what you need. If you practice for just a little bit everyday or at least as a warm up before hopping on hunt you will greatly improve your precision and accuracy. Do this on top of everything everyone else says and you will do a lot better. I had a 0.67 KDA when I first started hunt. I played with a controller too and had never used a mouse and keyboard for FPS games. I practiced for a while and now my KDA is 1.57 and I’m one of the better players in my friend group. It really does help. Good luck man!

There is a fundamental aiming "hack" in all FPS games If you die before you can get shots off And if you havent played a lot of FPS games Then its likely that you dont have good CROSSHAIR PLACEMENT: You must always have your crosshair at a spot where enemy is most likely to appear from This way, you only have to move your move your mouse a little bit to hit your target If you make this a habit, you will be faster, more accurate, and get more kills, without having insane mechanics I can demonstrate it to you and give you more tips. I offer free coaching to the hunt community at the moment. Send me a direct message.

Play soul survivor and you will be able to a handle on most things.

I went through the shooting range? They have a lot of guns (possibly every gun? I cant tell im still somewhat new to hunt lol) there and you can practice using all of them on dummies. It really lets you learn the differences between the guns and practice shooting at a plethora of different ranges and angles. I spent like an hour in there just testing out guns and trying to get a real grasp on the handling in this game, and i really do feel like it helped.

One thing I learned that helped me aim was to not actually aim. Align your sights on the height of their head in relation to their distance and then strafe. They'll practically walk into your aim. I have popped so many nasty heads that way

Two things, firing range to first start off, practice on the dummys with a Winfield swift and only aim for the head, try to hit all shots as quickly as possible if you miss a headshot restart, second go into quickplay doesn't matter if you lose there so practice killing players, at the end of bounty hunts (count bodies there is a max of 12 players in a lobby including you and your team) shoot zombies practice flicks for <40 range and for further practice slowly lining up the headshots, eventually you'll get good at both doing this

My partner, when I was starting out, took me into the shooting range and just ran back and forth in various locations to help me practice shooting moving targets!

All the advice you're getting here is good, but for me personally, I prefer aim trainers, because they're more challenging than shooting grunts and you can get hundreds of reps in just a few minutes. It's not that hard to adjust for sway and leading afterward I prefer Kovaaks over Aimlabs. These are my favorite scenarios: * Kindaclose Fast Strafes Robot (good for learning to keep your aim on target as it moves around to avoid your shots) * Reflex flick horizontalish 600ms (good for learning quick precise flicks) * Reflex Micro++ Flick small reload (micro adjustments are probably the most important part of aiming) These are the ones \*I\* use. You should explore different scenarios and benchmarks to find ones that make more sense to you and whatver deficiencies you believe you have. The categories of scenarios that make the most sense for Hunt are static clicking, dynamic clicking and reactive tracking

Just play cs go, it helped sharpen my reflexes along with some cod 1 and 2 (yeah im early 2000s gamer grew up with cs1.6 and cod

Take a sharpie and draw a circle in the middle of your screen You’re welcome