So I've been trying to go from 1200 dpi to 600 dpi and I've been playing with 600 dpi for about 2-3 weeks now.
I've pretty much gotten used to the jump distances and bigger movements, so it feels like my aim is definitely a bit better than before. What also works a lot better is snapping/hitting fast singles. However, I'm having a lot of consistency issues that probably make low dpi worse for me.
Issue 1: I am able to use wrist movement for horizontal movement but not for vertical movement. When I try to go vertical with wrist/fingers (my grip is sorta like claw grip but not 100%) I just lose grip because the movement is too big. My fingers turn inside my palm when going downwards, causing me to actuate the mouse buttons at times (which I have disabled now but still distracts me enormously), my thumb/pinky grip is awful too in this position. Going upwards, I also feel like I am losing grip. I am also completely unable to make straight vertical movement using this large wrist movement. The up/downwards trails I make are very curvy and ugly.
Issue 2 (following from Issue 1): Because my large vertical wrist/finger mouse movement is so sloppy, I have developed a weird aiming style where I use wrist for horizontal movement and depending on the situation I use either wrist/finger or arm for vertical movement.
Issue 3 (following from Issue 2): I am noticing that my arms often stick to the table surface so I can't do it properly like this. I have learned to use the border on my table as some kind of a pivot point for vertical arm movement, it also feels like there's less friction and stickiness when I place my elbow just a bit over the border.
I really dislike all this arm movement stuff and I am wondering if somebody out there has or has had the same problems. Maybe there's just something wrong with my technique for vertical mouse wrist/finger movement because I just can't seem to make straight lines like that. I'm probably going to end up switching to 800-1000 dpi so I can use smaller wrist movements again.
I've pretty much gotten used to the jump distances and bigger movements, so it feels like my aim is definitely a bit better than before. What also works a lot better is snapping/hitting fast singles. However, I'm having a lot of consistency issues that probably make low dpi worse for me.
Issue 1: I am able to use wrist movement for horizontal movement but not for vertical movement. When I try to go vertical with wrist/fingers (my grip is sorta like claw grip but not 100%) I just lose grip because the movement is too big. My fingers turn inside my palm when going downwards, causing me to actuate the mouse buttons at times (which I have disabled now but still distracts me enormously), my thumb/pinky grip is awful too in this position. Going upwards, I also feel like I am losing grip. I am also completely unable to make straight vertical movement using this large wrist movement. The up/downwards trails I make are very curvy and ugly.
Issue 2 (following from Issue 1): Because my large vertical wrist/finger mouse movement is so sloppy, I have developed a weird aiming style where I use wrist for horizontal movement and depending on the situation I use either wrist/finger or arm for vertical movement.
Issue 3 (following from Issue 2): I am noticing that my arms often stick to the table surface so I can't do it properly like this. I have learned to use the border on my table as some kind of a pivot point for vertical arm movement, it also feels like there's less friction and stickiness when I place my elbow just a bit over the border.
I really dislike all this arm movement stuff and I am wondering if somebody out there has or has had the same problems. Maybe there's just something wrong with my technique for vertical mouse wrist/finger movement because I just can't seem to make straight lines like that. I'm probably going to end up switching to 800-1000 dpi so I can use smaller wrist movements again.