Top Call of Duty players are struggling to adapt to Rainbow Six Siege X, which, unlike Warzone and Black Ops 6, features no aim assist by default.
The X update for Rainbow Six Siege, celebrating its 10th anniversary, has brought new life to the tactical shooter. After the free expansion added a new mode and plenty of other new features, players who had long since left it behind have returned to see what all the fuss is about.
This includes some high-profile Call of Duty players, such as FaZe Swagg, who streamed the game shortly after it went live. However, it wasn’t exactly smooth sailing, as he was mocked for his accuracy in a game that doesn’t offer aim assist automatically.
CoD players are struggling to adapt to Rainbow 6 Siege X
Warzone, like many other online shooters, features pretty substantial aim assist on controller, to make up for the lack of precision compared to mouse and keyboard. Meanwhile, on Siege, aim assist is turned off by default, meaning many players don’t use it.
This clearly caused a few issues for Swagg early on in his Siege gameplay, as Nuke Squad shared a clip roasting him for his aim, with the caption: “When Warzone Players Play Rainbow Six Siege…” Right away, he runs into an enemy player and sprays bullets all over the room, with very few hitting the target.
The Warzone pro was clearly surprised by the lack of accuracy, shouting: “Dude! What the f**k?”
The video has since received 2.3 million views, with plenty of fans once again calling out how CoD’s aim assist could cause issues when switching to more unforgiving shooters.
“Call of Duty aim assist has completely destroyed gaming for a huge number of players,” said one player. “Go to any other game and aim assist is far less intrusive – it ‘assists,’ rather than does all the work for you.”
Proof CoD players are ass without AA lmfao,” added a second, before another said: “Call of Duty aim assist makes careers.”
Others were more sympathetic to Swagg, arguing that it’s “wild” how different CoD plays compared to other games in the genre. Still, though, it’s safe to say that it hasn’t helped in the ongoing control vs mouse and keyboard debate.
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