I feel alone.

[i pood me knickers]

Am I the only one who shoots on gut instinct? I mean sure on null wind I know the full power shots, but otherwise I pretty much wing it. I read more and more about fixed powers and memorizing formulas. It makes me feel a little a little pathetic to not do all this extra work.

Am I the only one?

[Administrator]

I do, and I have become pretty good on instincts with Asate and a few other bots.  I don't care to learn formulas and guides to go by, I would rather play by feel.

[psiKObox]

Throughout my entire Gunbound-ing 'career', i have NEVER used the guides ( as in those power, angle formulas). I always shoot using instinct. If it hits, good. If not then, just try again.

[Dissolute]

I was a play by feel person...but with formulas you would be how unsure the formulas are...they ARENT a sure hit all the time you have to include altitude some special problems angle weight, the wind differences can completly fuck you...its at the pooint where you arent sure to trust the raw #'s or to include your additional thaughts to it....The formulas have gotten me into GB again...its a new twist to the game for me

[Imag!nat!on]

I'm a boomer instinct Uber-wah-be-so-pro-...not shooter.

Formulas = crap.

I fire. if i hit, i continue. if not, raise or lower power till i do.

Someone's asking for a backshot. i close my eyes, pray, and hit the Divine Bar.
It's either WHAMMO or oopsie.

[00Sniper]

I read more and more about fixed powers and memorizing formulas. It makes me feel a little a little pathetic to not do all this extra work.

Am I the only one?

Well, I use trico and I would feel pathetic if I never got the 3 in one o.0 for trico you kinda NEED to memorize angles and powers then adjust, no real way to feel your way thru

[Donga]

feeling alone? you need a group hug


on a more serious note, don't worry, i gave up on formulas a long time ago, nearly everything is gut instinct, unless i may know the angles for high angling for some bots at 0 wind.

[The Gunbound Newb]

Im  pretty sure alot of people shoot on instinct including myself.

[GoodLad]

I use both.I think  its only about preferences.I use the 2.4 when I play turtle when I can but thats about all.Actually at times that formula hates me lol.When I play boomer at long range if I cant hook it I will stick to 70 and I will hot most of the time by feel.So I use feel for everything and 2.4 at times with the turtle.

[zyad]

I dont use any formulas/guides unless i am UHA in 0 wind... then it is just stupid not to.  

i can do just fine shooting by feel.  

[andrewcleung]

I never use any guides. I just feel if it will hit or not.

[Bravodor]

You cant shoot with formulas alone.
Formulas just give you a check point to estimate your shots off of, there is not really a differance that can be determined between "feel" and "formula" players, some just dont use the check points as much as others.

[Dissolute]

Yeah....formulas gve you an estimation...and lately Ive learned to adjust acording to feel...realy its a whole new play style, you realy should try it before you judge it

[SLdK]

I read more and more about fixed powers and memorizing formulas. It makes me feel a little a little pathetic to not do all this extra work.

Am I the only one?

Well, I use trico and I would feel pathetic if I never got the 3 in one o.0 for trico you kinda NEED to memorize angles and powers then adjust, no real way to feel your way thru

Ive gotten the 3 in 1's using my own works and feels. The only thing i ever used to help myself is that a higher angle is a slower spin whilst a lower is a faster. From there i just practiced until i found which angles worked well for me

You feel more accomplished when that happens rather then reading a guide which are usually too long for me to want to read

[shotgunkelly]

Formulas...feel...what's the diff?!  As long as your shots give you that "w00t!!!" feeling, it almost never matters how you did it.

For the record, I mix it up.  It's good to know both formula and feel.  Making a shot with either method gives me an equal sense of achievement.  Missing a shot with either method makes me want to paint a big "L" on my forehead.  Same diff, whatever method.

Knowing when and when not to apply formulas is a big advantage as well.  Most of the formulas need a little bit of feel in them anyway.  For example, boomer's 2-bar fixed power method is not exactly 2 bars.  In fact, it almost never is.  And so is the 3-bar.  That said, when I resort to just 'feeling' it, I stick to a couple of angles I'm most familiar with.  In this case, you could say I use a "fixed angle - feel power" method.

The one big disadvantage of formula shooting is the delay.  Accurate feel shooters can win the delay of accurate formula shooters any given day.