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LaurenEmily

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Heyo. I'm curious what Fov setting people generally prefer, is there a reason not to max it out ? Speaking for myself my gameplay improved quite a bit after i did, of course this might not be good for people with motion sickness  :teehee:

But aside form that, what do the pros prefer and why ?


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I max it out for obvious reasons.
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Maxed out. 

 

The science:

 


Edited by OmegaNull, 29 March 2015 - 09:28 AM.

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Maxed out. 

 

The science:

 

This is interesting. Thanks for sharing :)


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always maxed


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Some edit the ini files to set their FOV to 120° or even more. I myself prefare 90° in all games and I HATE when, for example in FarCry 4, the FOV is below 90°.


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In the past i edited the ini file, but now i just use the max setting in menu.



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Some edit the ini files to set their FOV to 120° or even more. I myself prefare 90° in all games and I HATE when, for example in FarCry 4, the FOV is below 90°.

 

I thought one of the post-Steam patches limited FOV changes to 110 degrees. Anyone else remember this?


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I thought one of the post-Steam patches limited FOV changes to 110 degrees. Anyone else remember this?

 

Yup, it was released with a low FoV so that when the game was verified online the full FoV options would be allowed.


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110 fov

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I use 72 degree field of view because I have a small (14") screen, so maxed out fov appears warped and strange. Also, I'm hoping that a smaller fov will give me slightly more frames per second due to the game needing to render less, although I'm not sure that's actually the case. Consequently, I typically avoid mechs which require good knowledge of your immediate surroundings (like the scout) in favour of long-range mechs where my low fps and small fov isn't an issue.



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150, I was used to 100 and moved to 120 quake view but that made my head hurt so I moved to 150 with a 4k monitor and all is good now.

 

tunnel vision helps with side views as well :P



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I played at half fov for about a year and this being my first competitive online game I had no idea. when I maxed it out I immediately began improving



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My FOV goes to 11..



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Can anyone provide specifics on their .ini and in game settings? I need to come up out of the stone age.



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I played on 75 FOV just to see. It felt a little more immersive but there's no way one can play competently with it and hope to be effective.

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I use 90° for purely aesthetic reasons.

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Maxed out. Lower FOV actually makes me feel sick. I used low FOV with the Reaper once, liked it for sniping, but couldn't stand it as soon as I started moving.
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I played with the standard FOV for a long time and didn't really think about it, but recently I have been trying to up my game a little by watching some videos, reading guides and switching from the clunky double tap dodging and boosting to a much smoother key bind.

 

I read this thread and thought, as I'm learning to play a whole new way then why not max my FOV out too and give it a try? Wow... It feels so much better maxed out, it even makes my mech feel like it's moving a little faster, although I know it's not really.


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