motion or stick...?

[Mp3]

What do you use? I use stick!

 

[DzNutsKong]

Motion but I still use sticks while playing with motion. Motion's straight up better when you're engaging with someone and need to hit shots but I still use sticks when I need to adjust the camera just for the sake of looking around and nothing else.

 

[Lisku]

Im about to make so many people angry

 

[Smash Arena]

I used sticks from the launch of Splatoon 1 until in 2020 I switched the motion for Splatoon 1 and 2. My win rate shot up after that and I actually got good at Splatoon, I couldn't believe how much I had been holding myself back for 5 years.

 

[missingno]

It's been well understood for a very long time that analog aiming is terrible for shooters. It's just something consoles were stuck with because they don't support mouse input, and in order to try and compensate most console shooters feature heavy aim assist.

The problem with analog aiming is that it's velocity-based. You only control the speed of your reticle, as you try to get it to its destination. Both speed and precision are rather poor, and no matter how you play with sensitivity you can only ever sacrifice one for the other.

Gyro finally brings a true positional input scheme to consoles. You move the controller a set distance, and the reticle moves a corresponding distance instantly. You can be both fast and precise this way, snapping to exactly where you want to go. It's the same principle as a mouse, albeit with more of a learning curve.

If you are still using sticks in current year, you are putting yourself at a disadvantage. Unlike other console shooters, Splatoon has no aim assist to help you compensate for sticks' weaknesses. So if you truly want to improve, learn gyro. I get that some of you might be used to sticks and maybe you don't want to venture out of your comfort zone, but ask yourself, do you actually care about improving?

 

[OnePotWonder]

It's been well understood for a very long time that analog aiming is terrible for shooters. It's just something consoles were stuck with because they don't support mouse input, and in order to try and compensate most console shooters feature heavy aim assist.

The problem with analog aiming is that it's velocity-based. You only control the speed of your reticle, as you try to get it to its destination. Both speed and precision are rather poor, and no matter how you play with sensitivity you can only ever sacrifice one for the other.

Gyro finally brings a true positional input scheme to consoles. You move the controller a set distance, and the reticle moves a corresponding distance instantly. You can be both fast and precise this way, snapping to exactly where you want to go. It's the same principle as a mouse, albeit with more of a learning curve.

If you are still using sticks in current year, you are putting yourself at a disadvantage. Unlike other console shooters, Splatoon has no aim assist to help you compensate for sticks' weaknesses. So if you truly want to improve, learn gyro. I get that some of you might be used to sticks and maybe you don't want to venture out of your comfort zone, but ask yourself, do you actually care about improving?

A very concise and well-written argument, for certain.
Friendly reminder to stick players, however, that it is most definitely 100% fine to play with sticks if you only play casually. If you do want to enter the competitive scene, though, I do recommend trying to get used to motion controls. They are unquestionably advantageous.

 

[Mp3]

I use stick because my hands are very shakey and I use handheld switch because of my vision being terrible so when i use motion i either cant see the screen or my character will just look down
Lol only one person agrees with me

 

[missingno]

If you literally can't use gyro, that's fair. I'm just wary of these kinds of threads because I've seen too many people who seem to have an attitude of being proud that they just don't wanna learn.

 

[isaac4]

I only ever played motion with sticks only being used for camera control sometimes.
Even before I got Splatoon 3 I knew the optimal way to get better was by playing with motion controls so sticks was never an option I was going to try.

 

[OCTöHEAD]

I use stick because my hands are very shakey and I use handheld switch because of my vision being terrible so when i use motion i either cant see the screen or my character will just look down
Lol only one person agrees with me

Aye I have both an ordinary switch hooked to the tv and a lite that I play on handheld. I still have motion sometimes on the lite but minus a lot on the sensitivity

 

[Yosi Spring]

+5 motion gang

 

[woomy.exe]

Honestly I've never used sticks. Ever since I started with splat 2 I just learned motion and it was no big deal. Honestly I'm a little disappointed when other shooters don't have gyro aiming because it's so much more accurate than sticks.