Great post ! during my firsts gunfights, i also had my hands shaking, it slowly go away with experience. for one friend of mine, it was even worse as his voice was clearly "shaking" too. but remember that the day you'll have a fully geared AKM, a smersh full of grenades and all other godies, your hands will still shake at the first bullet sound. I think the most important part for your skill progression in this game is the 1-2 minutes of black screen between your death and your respawn. It's the perfect time to analyse what mistake you made and what good move your opponent made. your progression should be like this : first encounters : you panic, you not even try to answer the shots, just flee randomly (whyle prone of course :D ) with more encounters : you still panic, but you try to answer with your weapon (usually without aiming and firing all you have within 2 seconds). with more encounters : heart beat acceleration but no panic, you aim at your taget. you still take too much time to reload/bandage and your moves are not alway strategic with more encounters : adrenalin boost, 100% focus. you take your time for the first shot and you aim for the head. at this stage you should be able to move quickly to flank your opponent if you are in a bad position keep in mind that you will learn and progress more in 1h of PVP in berezino on a full server than in 20 hours of hiking and looting an empty server.