• all-knight-party@fedia.io
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    7 hours ago

    Wouldn’t that make it matter more? If your opponent can’t hear well and is relying on visual twitch to get an unseen opponent, but the unseen opponent can hear their location and is already aiming near the location of the opponent when they round a corner, the player with superior audio potentially has a much faster time to aim

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      6 hours ago

      In theory yes, in practice, as a long time sufferer of Stockholm syndrome Tarkov player (where sound is king), and occasional COD enjoyer, I can say that the level design hinges so much on their “lanes” concept that once you have some basic knowledge of the maps, and pay attention to the radar, knowing that another player in the vicinity is emitting sounds is usually enough to guess where they should be, without needing to rely on directional audio too much.

      I can see it being actually important data when playing warzone though. And maybe S&D but that’s already pushing it imo.