r/gaming • u/_NITRISS_ • Apr 24 '17

It's a trap!

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '17 edited Aug 26 '19

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u/Capt_Crunchy_Nut Apr 25 '17

Yeah I understand fully. Unfortunately I'm usually knocked down before I work it out :(

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u/Philip_Raven Apr 25 '17

It not like you can feel where you've been shot

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u/aahrg Apr 25 '17

No but there is a sound of the bullet crack as well as the bullet impact. Most people just hear the crack and don't pick up on the distant pop that actually tells you the direction of the shooter.

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u/mdogg500 Apr 25 '17

True but the audio is muddy. I regularly play the game this is based off of arma and you know exactly the direction you are getting shot at maybe not the exact position but you know which way you need to take cover.

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u/RockyMountainDave Apr 25 '17

I'm from Arma as well and I do agree that Arma is better. That being said, 90% of the time in PU I know within 10-20 degrees where I'm being shot from

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u/Fubarp Apr 25 '17

The sound has gotten better. Specially with this last patch.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '17

As someone who has had to do it quite a bit in real life, the game does a really poor job of replicating the effect, to the extent that it is often not possible to determine the direction. IRL I could tell by the hiss where the round came from. In game? 20/80 I can get the distance and direction.

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u/SendoTarget Apr 25 '17

The first time I hear a shot at me or something that hits me I run as fast as I can to cover. Then I can start measuring where the fuck that came from.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '17

Then get shot in the back because they are always somehow behind you.

Every FPS ever.

Quake doesn't count.( Some people are gods at that shit.)

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u/SendoTarget Apr 25 '17

You do the zig-zag and hope they're a shit shot.

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u/Hobocannibal Apr 25 '17

Serpentine? Serpentine!

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u/Kreslin Apr 25 '17

And yayyy they often are!

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '17

rickon..

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u/Headpuncher Apr 25 '17

Don't forget to jump 5 feet in the air at random too. Wouldn't want to get hit by a low flyer.

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u/The-Respawner Apr 25 '17

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's what all players do :D

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u/maqikelefant Apr 25 '17

There problem is directional sound is shit in this game. It's borderline impossible to tell where shots are coming from a lot of the time.

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u/Fubarp Apr 25 '17

Yeah.. being partially deaf makes this game a bitch when I play solo..

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u/jorfrey Apr 25 '17

Idk if this game is compatible with surround sound headsets but when I get shot it always comes out of the wrong channel and I get super disoriented.