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Friends, I'm honestly considering downloading an aim trainer and grinding for several hours because I'm embarrassingly bad at Splitgate 2.
I used to be silver 1 in Valorant, which I was genuinely proud of because of how much work I put into improving (started bronze 3). But I stopped playing years ago because I really was getting a lot more stressed out than anything else while playing (plus, I switched to Linux). Now in Splitgate I honestly feel like I aim about as badly as someone who hasn't played a shooter game in their lives. I can't believe how bad it is, actually.
It's kovaks, I'm afraid
Never played it or the first Splitgate but to my knowledge isn't it basically Halo+Portal? You could try playing Halo to practice your shit without having to worry about all the Portal mechanics maybe? I know Halo Infinite has botmatch options for practice and the PvE stuff is good for just getting a better aim against moving enemies.
I'd honestly rather just play Splitgate because I can handle the portals, I used to play the first game a fair amount when it came out. But I'm saying I want to practice mostly because I legitimately am so outclassed by average players that I'm learning at a pace that's too slow for comfort. It's like if you were brand new at chess and started trying to learn the game by practicing against people that are 800 ELO above you: sure, you'll get better, but you're definitely better off studying and playing against people closer to you in skill so you can at least understand their thought process when they beat you.
If you want to be good at something, there shouldn't be any shame in practicing. That being said, are you sure it's your aim that's getting you got? Is there any sort of fight IQ or map awareness you could work on? I always have this philosophy that crudely doing the right thing is better than accurately being a fool
I think I'm rusty on every single aspect of shooters, but aim is by far my biggest issue. I am routinely emptying entire mags of automatic weapons and missing all but 2-4 shots (out of 20+) because I really, really can't keep track of moving targets. It's something I've always struggled with, and it's part of the reason I stuck with Valorant longer than any other shooter, since the emphasis is more on fast reactions, crosshair placement, positioning, and game sense than god aim.