Crosshair enabled in options?

[Chimpster]

I think it's more of a skill issue than any sort of immersion/realism issue. I'd rather the game require a bit more skill by having no crosshair. If it's an option, as someone said above, I might as well enable it, because why not use everything at my disposal to improve my game? But I'd have much preferred it not being in the game. But for me, it's pretty much an all or nothing affair. If it's in, I'm going to use it, even if I happen to not like it.

No crosshair was actually one of the things I liked about KF.

 

[UltraJake]

crazyjake

I may be crazy but that's not my name.

Disallowing crosshairs on high difficulties sounds good but on the other hand anybody could still just mark their screen center. It's a mixed deal.

Of course. But marking your screen is in the realm of outright cheating whereas using a game option isn't such a crime.
I'm glad I'm not the only one against this, but having crosshairs on or off based on the difficulty seems like a pretty good compromise.

 

[Rattler]

To stress test the servers and to fish for obscure, last minute bugs that the limited number of players who've played the game already may not have experienced. So that when EA launches, you don't have 99999 people complaining about server crashes and weird glitches that no one at TWI or the earlier beta testers have seen before. That's the point.

Sure but those random guys will just see the problems and say meh, crap game and go away. While the fans will stay for the next few years and still we are left in the cold.

 

[Nova!]

Of course. But marking your screen is in the realm of outright cheating whereas using a game option isn't such a crime.

Not at all. If it was cheating, then games actually giving players crosshairs by default (and being able to modify them to your liking) wouldn't be the norm.

 

[Paronine]

Sure but those random guys will just see the problems and say meh, crap game and go away. While the fans will stay for the next few years and still we are left in the cold.

You think the people F5 spamming TWI's Twitter feed aren't fans?

 

[Rattler]

Maybe 10% of them are.

 

[Shamoke]

Sure but those random guys will just see the problems and say meh, crap game and go away. While the fans will stay for the next few years and still we are left in the cold.

It's good to have a diverse set of testers, ranging from people new to KF to hardcore devoted KF fans. Sometimes new people can offer suggestions a fan wouldn't.

 

[Reallifeh8er]

The crosshair should be disabled for any difficulty above normal.

This (again)

 

[UltraJake]

Not at all. If it was cheating, then games actually giving players crosshairs by default (and being able to modify them to your liking) wouldn't be the norm.

I don't know about that. I'm saying it's on a game-by-game basis rather than being outright cheating.
It's cheating when players use it when they're not supposed to have crosshairs, or not supposed to have crosshairs that are so precise in that particular game. I know a few people that use dots on their screen to assist with quick-scoping. Were they to be using said dot in a game like TF2 it's no problem, because the crosshair is always visible and can be made to be a dot anyway.

 

[Kuebic]

Not at all. If it was cheating, then games actually giving players crosshairs by default (and being able to modify them to your liking) wouldn't be the norm.

It's cheating when other players don't have crosshairs

In all honesty, I'm supportive for the crosshair feature. Not that I'll (need to) use it, but it'll definitely help those that are using controllers, as the game has full controller support, and those that are used to having one (although I hope it's turned off by default... give them a run for their money).

But in terms of a team where some choose not to use it and some that do, it may make those that have crosshairs turned off feel like they're handicapping themselves with no benefit besides the self-satisfaction of hip-firing headshots.

Giving servers the ability to enable/disable crosshairs for the entire team or giving each players the option to have it on/off would probably be ideal. Those that want it can have it, and those that don't want it can have it without feeling like a burden to the team.

inb4 those that put a dot on their screen, the only reason they'll do that is to give the appearance that they are beast without crosshairs, while having one, which is lying. And I don't like liars

 

[Player 1 + Player 2]

Guys why can't you accept the fact that people want it?
With the Zeds being more faster and more harder to predict their movement on harder difficulties I can think I won't have enough time to pull the sights out and aim and shoot the head.
Having a crosshair saves time and even save a life if it were enabled.

 

[city1002]

Guys why can't you accept the fact that people want it?
With the Zeds being more faster and more harder to predict their movement on harder difficulties I can think I won't have enough time to pull the sights out and aim and shoot the head.
Having a crosshair saves time and even save a life if it were enabled.

But you're basically asking for a handicap at this point. What's the point of making the game more difficult if you are going to remove a fun system that accounted for the difficult in the first place.

I'm afraid of this option because new people will see it, start using it, never turn it off, and never know the fun we all had during the first game getting used to playing without a crossair.

Some people are calling out Normal as a good difficulty to cut it off at, but I would honestly be ok with it being on until Hard. Just as long as its not available during the difficult-for-its-own-sakes Difficulties of I and HoE.

 

[Sledginius]

I am afraid that the 100% hipfire accuracy is gone and now you always have spread which, for me, takes a out a lot of the satisfaction I have in KF1.

If that

 

[Kuebic]

Having a crosshair saves time and even save a life if it were enabled.

Which is exactly why some would prefer not to have it: challenge and the thrill of success when they don't die. That and being able to center the zeds head in the center of the screen when they're that close should be relatively easy anyway.

But I guess a point to consider is: how accurate is hip-fire in KF2? If it's not as accurate as KF1, then having crosshairs really doesn't make that big of a difference :/

 

[Shining Wolf]

I just saw a video with it on... It's one of those huge, ****ty hipfire crosshairs that spazzes out. It's probably more accurate to just turn it off. I know I will if it doesn't get to just become a + in the center of the screen by level 25.

I'm not an anti Cod guy, but it is literally that hipfire crosshair.

 

[|WC|Capt.525]

The guns will still be 100% hipfire accurate; if you happen to be pointing the barrel in the right direction. This will add another element to hip firing, and will make you want to get familiar with your favorite weapons.

 

[narvalboss]

for me crosshair will just make the game more easy.
i play a lot of CS:GO and i would love that it would not use a crosshair feature, because it would seperate even more the skilled players with the "not so skilled" players.

hipfire long range headshots with the handcannon felt so good.( for example )

i agree that on suicidal and HoE the crosshair should be removed.

 

[narvalboss]

is this "poll" worthy?

 

[Darqem]

Personaly i dislike the crossair

 

[tibits]

disabling crosshair on higher difficulties doesn't make a difference. anyone who wants a dot on the middle of their screen can put a dot on the middle of their screen.

such as with the use of this radical new invention:

though i like not having a crosshair on screen as it makes the game more immersive to me, at times it is a nice change and what is annoying is that we only have option for stupid hollow crosshair.

why can't we have a simple small dot on the middle of the screen? if going to put crosshair option in game atleast put decent crosshair(s)