Shooting while sprinting

[CerebralZombie (DayZ) 151]

So I'd searched the forums for a suggestion on the ability to sprint and shoot. I have not found one yet and I know that it would have to do with Arma its self, so maybe in Arma II we'll be able to do so.

I was playing a single player mission in the arrowhead expansion and when I was shot to the ground, I was able to crawl and somewhat shoot. The cross-hair moved a lot and was super hard to shoot anyone in that state. So they should just have that system (Where your cross-hair bounces around a lot) while sprinting to maybe have a chance to shoot a zombie or a player. You should also be able to point your gun backwards while sprinting and fire away with super low accuracy. It would be fair, and players would use a lot of ammo so it wouldn't be a big benefit to the player(s).

I wouldn't doubt this has been discussed in the past, but as I'd mentioned before I did not see any posts on it. I guess there isn't much to discuss here since we will have to wait for Arma II any ways... Unless it could be modded into Arma/DayZ? Is there any hope?

[ODoyleRulez 195]

Nah, I don't like the idea of full speed running and shooting.

[CerebralZombie (DayZ) 151]

Nah, I don't like the idea of full speed running and shooting.

It'd be like shooting blind over cover. They also don't have that in this game, but shooting over cover blind is much worse to have rather then shooting while sprinting. It can get annoying running from an aggro and turning around to fire a whole clip and maybe hit him once to get attacked and have to start running again.

[zenatsu (DayZ) 96]

BF3/CoD/CS Is that way ---->

this isn't a fast paced Shooter yo.

plus a full on sprint with hip fire is highly inaccurate, you would literally not be able to hit the broad side of a barn.

[Charb 298]

Stand & Fight.

Or

Run & Hide.

[ODoyleRulez 195]

It'd be like shooting blind over cover. They also don't have that in this game, but shooting over cover blind is much worse to have rather then shooting while sprinting. It can get annoying running from an aggro and turning around to fire a whole clip and maybe hit him once to get attacked and have to start running again.

No we don;t need blind fire with snap cover either... this isn't gears of war.

[Tiercel 63]

Tell you what, you try sprinting and shooting at the same time and see what happens. I guarantee it would be more effective to just throw the gun at the zombies.

[zenatsu (DayZ) 96]

[...]it would be more effective to just throw the gun at the zombies.

If only you could really do that...

[i_deadly_i 10]

Stand & Fight.

Or

Run & Hide.

PRAISE THE CHARB!! He got it right. I agree. The current mechanics are great. The zombies are weak as fuck anyways. They are too easy cuz when u get in buildings they walk. AND shooting them when running is quite easy. Cuz when they run after u and attack they stop for like 1 or 2 seconds then is ur chance to kill them. Just shoot them in the head!

[CerebralZombie (DayZ) 151]

I don't mind the mechanics at all. I should have mentioned in my first post that this would only apply to handguns.

[Voxgizer 22]

If only you could really do that...

Tin cans in place of guns, maybe? It works, oddly enough.

[butter_milch 66]

BF3/CoD/CS Is that way ---->

this isn't a fast paced Shooter yo.

plus a full on sprint with hip fire is highly inaccurate, you would literally not be able to hit the broad side of a barn.

You can't sprint in CS and don't you dare compare this gem with BF or CoD which btw. don't permit you to shoot while sprinting either :rolleyes:

Edited July 31, 2012 by butter_milch

[dsi24 227]

Hold shift while aiming down sights.

Holy shit you're fast walking!

[unclegus 21]

Sprinting and shooting, no.

[moofactory 62]

Ask anyone in the police or military about shooting while running, see what they say.

[CerebralZombie (DayZ) 151]

BF3/CoD/CS Is that way ---->

this isn't a fast paced Shooter yo.

plus a full on sprint with hip fire is highly inaccurate, you would literally not be able to hit the broad side of a barn.

Those games are way to accurate while running. Have you played Arma single player, and have you needed a medic but rolled over and started to shoot any ways? It's pretty much impossible to shoot anyone unless they were right up to you. Say maybe like a zombie?

Tell you what, you try sprinting and shooting at the same time and see what happens. I guarantee it would be more effective to just throw the gun at the zombies.

No we don;t need blind fire with snap cover either... this isn't gears of war.

Wow, if you read my full post it says, "but shooting over cover blind is much worse to have rather then shooting while sprinting." to make a point of the fact that games actually have blind fire over cover which is pretty stupid unless an enemy was right there since you heard them, so shooting while running isn't that horrible since it can be done. (Especially if the zombies faster then you)

Hold shift while aiming down sights.

Holy shit you're fast walking!

I've also done that many times. I know it just takes practice so I'll not care about have a run n' sprint option once I'm good at turning around and aiming before the zombie gets to me while I jog backwards and shoot. At the moment though they always get in a blow before I can start running forwards again.

Edited July 31, 2012 by CerebralZombie

[ninjaholic 116]

For fuck sake Racaza works for Homeland Security, is a double Grand Master at United States Practical Shooting Association, is using his own Razorcat Racing Gun designed just for him, over a course he's probably ran several times. He is not a zombie apocalypse survivor, estranged to firearms, in unfamiliar wilderness, starving, dehydrating and trying to not get killed by a zombie or another human being. He's firing a custom gun, in a controlled, almost danger-free environment. I'd be insta-pwning targets too while moving.

Edited July 31, 2012 by ninjaholic

[Graafaap 1]

Yes to this, because.. you can lay some fire on your enemies and have your team run around to flank while you have full attention.

[NightRipper 284]

I'm pretty sure the mechanics of ARMA II prevent running and shooting. Just a guess.

[Vertisce 158]

It's a restriction of ArmA that you cannot run and shoot. There is a reason for this. It is called..."SIMULATOR". You don't see anybody with a brain running full speed with a loaded gun and firing.

No you don't...this isn't the movies.

No...military personnel are trained to handle a weapon safely and properly. They don't fire running full speed.

Stop arguing...the answer is no. It will never happen.

No.

(Sorry...just getting the next few argument posts out of the way now.)

Whoever posted that HotShots video is an idiot. You can move and fire like that in ArmA. When he actually started moving faster he put his gun down to run.

Edited July 31, 2012 by Vertisce

[CerebralZombie (DayZ) 151]

There would be no reason to fire while running in any real life situation since no human in their right mind would chase someone with a gun in hand. Nore would someone run from someone without a gun in hand while they have one. (Like a zombie) The army and any other group that uses guns does not practice running while shooting since it would be suicide to run and gun vs enemies with guns themselves. Zombies don't have guns, and they sure as hell don't fear them. There is no reason to run while shooting in real world situations, but with zombies there can be an exception only in certain situations.

It's just a suggestion but it would only be in a game built for zombies, not an army simulator. No biggie at all. I love the game, and really could care less if it changed at all. Most players wouldn't use it since it would waste ammo, but sometimes is worth it instead of stopping, turning around to shoot, and risking getting hit by a zed and breaking a leg. :lol:

Edited August 1, 2012 by CerebralZombie

[Xianyu 820]

I actually think this could work. Running and firing your weapon at the same time, that is. so long as you can't aim your weapon, and it's EXTREMELY inaccurate. If you're being chased by 15 zombies and you got three ahead of you, you would definitely unload a full clip of an assault rifle in their general direction and hope you took them down instead of stopping to slow down and fire. That being said, running backwards and shooting would only work if the zombies were literally in your face. And at that range...hipfiring would be effective.

not to say it'll ever happen in DayZ or Arma.

[paradox. 12]

So I'd searched the forums for a suggestion on the ability to sprint and shoot. I have not found one yet and I know that it would have to do with Arma its self, so maybe in Arma II we'll be able to do so.

I was playing a single player mission in the arrowhead expansion and when I was shot to the ground, I was able to crawl and somewhat shoot. The cross-hair moved a lot and was super hard to shoot anyone in that state. So they should just have that system (Where your cross-hair bounces around a lot) while sprinting to maybe have a chance to shoot a zombie or a player. You should also be able to point your gun backwards while sprinting and fire away with super low accuracy. It would be fair, and players would use a lot of ammo so it wouldn't be a big benefit to the player(s).

I wouldn't doubt this has been discussed in the past, but as I'd mentioned before I did not see any posts on it. I guess there isn't much to discuss here since we will have to wait for Arma II any ways... Unless it could be modded into Arma/DayZ? Is there any hope?

+1 except hopefully in the full game there will be no crosshairs so it would be harder to do this ^

Edited August 1, 2012 by paradox.

[Louis13245 29]

There's nothing in the game that says you're all trained military personnel. Sprint firing is useless when you're fighting other people behind cover because you won't hit anything. The infected don't hide behind cover, they chase you. They're right behind you. Few people would turn around, jog backwards and shoot. While I agree that sprint firing certain heavier guns like AKs, or most primary weapons for that matter, is completly out of the question due to the weight of the weapons, pistols and other such small light secondary weapons should be able to sprint fire, or at least fire backwards in a large arc while running forward. You're not going to be the most accurate shot in the world, but at least that infected isn't trying to eat you anymore.

[ninjaholic 116]

Zombie apocalypse simulator. Not Zombie apocalypse CoD DLC. Vote NO to running and shooting. Only an idiot shoots while running without specialist training, and even then it would be short-distance via controlled movements. None of the people in Dayz apart from a couple of infected have ever been identified as military-trained personel, (despite their near born-natural gun skills and movements).