DICE has announced that the Battlefield 2042 “Uniform Soldier Aiming” default setting will be changed to “on” for both controller and mouse & keyboard players in the next game update.

Not familiar with what the term means? Don’t fret, here’s an explanation straight from DICE:

What is Uniform Soldier Aiming?
Uniform Soldier Aiming is a feature beneficial to the process of developing good muscle memory when aiming. It calculates the amount of input it takes for your aim to move across screen space to be consistent regardless of field of view changes. As a result, it will always take the same amount of pixel distance on screen for a given physical movement of the mouse. This creates more consistency between non-zoom and zoom, as long as individual zoom aim sensitivity (e.g. 1.00x or 1.25x) has not been changed from the default.

It’s important to note that it’s not an immediate setting to improve your aim, but rather a tool which over time helps your aiming movement to gradually become more consistent during gameplay.

According to DICE, the reason why it was by default turned off in BF2042 was because in previous Battlefield games, they expected a slower aim rate in zoom to be a benefit in helping players learn to aim. However, DICE has instead noticed that for both new and experienced players, this variance doesn’t promote good muscle memory build up.

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Finally, the studio also mentions that if you play with a controller, you will already notice aiming variance due to aim assist. One example is your aim slowing down when close to a target alongside other similar helpful acceleration settings. By having Uniform Soldier Aiming on by default, DICE is reducing unnecessary aiming variance to help the player learn the input curves on the controller sticks consistently. This should also help players aim while using higher magnification scopes to better track fast moving targets.

Those on mouse & keyboard, you don’t have the same variance to account for as using a controller, However, the same principle applies to Uniform Soldier Aiming, as over time, this will help players build muscle memory and improves aiming skills through more consistent aim rates regardless of the weapon’s magnification level.

Those who prefer to play without Uniform Soldier Aiming, you can still toggle it off viaOptions -> Controller / Mouse & Keyboard -> On Foot -> Uniform Soldier Aiming under the Aim category.

No word yet on when this next game update will be released, but once we know more, we’ll let our readers know.

Source: EA