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Tactics Reload Canceling

Coffee009

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Feb 6, 2012
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I noticed on most steam guides and whatnot, reload canceling is done using bash and to be honest, using bash to reload cancel seems pointless as you have to play the bash animation anyways. Why does it seem that noone on steam uses switching weapons as a cancel? It is instant and very easy to do, plus you can do it with any weapon.

my guide:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=822543551
 
Press R > Hold M1 > Tap Bash

with that trick u can faster reload-shoot if u time it well to press BASH. when the number change to full magazine press BASH u will get like 0.5-1sec bonus with that trick. this will work on all guns

in this video u will see the benefit from that fast reload he have Rack em up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1YE55xQ2eo

Reload animation cancel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuwRSL3SMZA
 
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on one side this is a nice little trick that can take some effor to master since the difficulty varies with the weapon, btw it woks just as well with alt fire.

on the other side it's a bit of a shame to skip the nice reload animations, going all the way to be nonsense when reloading dualies with a single clip.
 
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vexgass;n2282437 said:
Press R > Hold M1 > Tap Bash

with that trick u can faster reload-shoot if u time it well to press BASH. when the number change to full magazine press BASH u will get like 0.5-1sec bonus with that trick. this will work on all guns

in this video u will see the benefit from that fast reload he have Rack em up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1YE55xQ2eo

Reload animation cancel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuwRSL3SMZA

See, I used this trick and it works but I can never be consistant with it. When I am being swarmed I will skip a beat or forgethow to fo it and be stuck with empty mags. Switch canceling is just timing really and you can endless loop between duel deagles and .500 magnums
 
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Coffee009;n2282443 said:
See, I used this trick and it works but I can never be consistant with it. When I am being swarmed I will skip a beat or forgethow to fo it and be stuck with empty mags. Switch canceling is just timing really and you can endless loop between duel deagles and .500 magnums

with more practice it gets more consistent, it's fair that its a bit harder since it's actually faster, not that important most of the time, but when you need the shot ASAP to avoid critical damage or extend zed time or whatever, bash cancel is better.
 
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There is a list on the forum here about how many fractions of a second that "exploit" effectively gives. It really isn't a problem. Maybe with the one exception of the railgun but this thing shouldn't be used anyways. And when someone has really the high skill to get a little edge when killing a fleshpound with the boomstick, he has my highest respect and I will call him a pro but not an exploiter.

Reload cancel is not an exploit. It's a game mechanic for the purpose of not getting stuck in an unwanted reload. And complaining about the side effect that on some weapons the total reload time can be shortened by an totally insigniificant time is just anal retentive.
 
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