There is a common misconception that XIM APEX creates an unfair advantage because it combines Aim Assist with unlimited turn speed, but this is quite simply untrue. XIM APEX is subject to all of the same constraints as a controller, including turn speed, which is set by the game developer and cannot be bypassed. There are no features built into XIM APEX to enhance or abuse Aim Assist, and Smart Translators are created in an environment completely devoid of Aim Assist.
Aim Assist is designed to work with low-precision analog thumbsticks with a range of motion of roughly 7mm in any direction. To make it easier to aim at a target, Aim Assist slows right analog stick movement close to the hitbox, creating a magnetic pull effect. Controller users tend to use mid to low in-game sensitivity to make it significantly easier to lock onto an enemy, which is the intended purpose of Aim Assist.
XIM Smart Translators are created at maximum in-game sensitivity for the highest precision mouse movement, within the limits of a game’s turn speed. XIM APEX cannot turn faster than a controller, but it is easier to aim a mouse accurately at max in-game sensitivity. This is because the mousepad more or less becomes the right analog stick, e.g. a 32cm x 24cm mousepad has roughly 350 times more range of motion than a thumbstick, so it follows that aim is more precise. High-precision mouse aim is XIM APEX’s advantage over a controller in games without Aim Assist, like PUBG and Rainbow Six Siege.
XIM APEX’s combination of higher in-game sensitivity and slower, more precise aim movements can cause the crosshair to struggle to latch onto or break into Aim Assist. The phenomenon is known as the “Aim Assist bubble” and it feels like XIM APEX is tracking an invisible man behind your target. Consequently, Aim Assist is a disadvantage in XIM APEX engagements against skilled controller users who are better able to to use Aim Assist to get into the hitbox.
XIM APEX gamers have learned that using analog movement (e.g. Sony Nav controller), adjusting mouse DPI & polling, and tweaking XIM APEX expert settings can make Aim Assist feel more controller-like, or more PC-like, depending on preference. The goal is not to increase Aim Assist, but to break through the Aim Assist bubble, which is harder to do using a mouse than a controller.
In short, a console controller is far more like an aimbot than XIM APEX because it works with Aim Assist, rather than against it. Only one advanced XIM APEX setting, Steady Aim, is designed to interact with Aim Assist. The purpose of Steady Aim is to reduce strong Aim Assist in games like Call of Duty, Battlefield and Destiny.
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