99% of Players DON'T use these Settings (FOV Guide)

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Published 2021-11-30
What is the best "Field of View" (FOV) setting in Destiny 2? SO many people say that 105 is best for everyone, but I actually disagree and personally use a lower FOV. This video explains why.
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Field of View is a commonly misunderstood setting in Destiny 2 that can have a massive impact on your in-game performance and accuracy. With a minimum of 55 and a maximum of 105, the FOV setting provides advantages and disadvantages depending on what value you select. This video covers exactly how FOV works so that you can hopefully make an educated decision about what FOV setting is truly BEST for your personal playstyle. Even if you're on an older console, this video still applies to you because of crossplay and because you may switch to another platform in the future.

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Sections:
0:00 Intro
1:53 You need to understand this first...
2:54 The Power of Low FOV (Choosing what FOV is right for YOU)
5:07 FOV influences recoil and weapon performance!!
7:56 Impact on Turning Speed and Sensitivity
8:37 What about Last-Gen Consoles?
9:10 Impact on FPS Performance
9:48 The "best" FOV isn't the same for everyone

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All Comments (21)
  • @AscendantNomad
    Just to add on - when making my exotic not-tier list, I found a number of them to be borderline unusable at 105 FOV. Since switching to 95, all of them behave as intended. Definitely feels like a visual glitch on Bungie's part, but at least now I'm getting the true representation of what my weapons are capable of, which helps to build consistency in my game. Fantastic job with this video, hope this blows some people's minds.
  • The reticle hiding under high FoV is so frustrating to deal with lol, there's certain guns like crimson that just feel awful on max FoV. I also find it interesting in the aim training community for MKB, a lot of people will change their FoV for various scenarios (like 115+ for very wide angle practice on target switching). I feel I can get used to a new FoV much faster after this kind of practice. Awesome video, lot's of great info here!
  • @sportsguy23
    This is absolutely one of the most useful destiny videos I've ever seen. I've been playing on 105 because, well... because! I'm definitely gonna try out new settings later.
  • @salofelix
    It's been a few weeks and this video brought me back in the groove of sniping, I didn't understand why I felt so off sniping in destiny 2 when it was my highest kill weapon in destiny 1. Thank you.
  • @AKSpectxr
    Holy shit brother. This is literally game changing. 95 is now my default FoV, and I have you to thank. You’ve always been the guy I send my viewers and friends to when they have questions on how to improve gameplay when I can’t explain stuff very well by myself. Thank you man, you’re incredible and will always have my full support behind you.
  • This video was fantastic. After switching to 105 FOV on PS5, I noticed that both my hand cannon and sniper accuracy was way down. I thought it was due to increased team shooting and the aim assist changes with snipers. Changed it to 85 last night and hitting shots felt easy (first game with my old Dire Promise and Adored was a We Ran on Altar). Thanks, Shadow.
  • Its crazy how u mentioned thorn and ace because those 2 hand cannons have been and still are the hardest for me to get used to. definitely gonna give them another try after watching this
  • @xquantumx7052
    Shadow….this has helped me so much I can’t even tell you. I was at max FOV (I’m a sniper) and I lost count how many times I’d get killed trying to acquire a target bc they blend into the background too much. Just dialing it back 10 has helped immensely. I’m starting to get doubles now, something I’ve never done before
  • @jjmah7
    If you’re on controller it makes a lot more sense to bring the fov down a bit. 80 seems a bit low, 85 is probably as low as I personally would go. But he’s right! It makes it much easier to hit precision shots. Mnk is so much more precise intrinsically to where it makes more sense to pull fov out more for less recoil and map awareness (recoil is much easier to control on mnk)
  • @RH1N082
    Your videos always contain the most insightful content and info, with this being no exception to that standard. Thank you for the great video! Gonna go back to the lower FoV, after maxing it out when I switched to the next gen console, and see if my PvP performance goes back to what it was before.
  • @Sketchi9Dkid
    This is very interesting I love watching stuff like this, I became a PVP nightmare overnight just changing my FOV and look/aim sensitivity, I changed both setting (in my case lowered both significantly) and I was landing every shot, it slowed things down a bit but I was quite literally slaying the lobby after I adjusted just those two settings, peeps in the lobby with me probably thought I was cheating thats how big of a difference it can make, everyone is different and I would try as many different variations as you can till you become a legend and find that sweet spot. Much love fam!!!
  • This really puts into perspective why I have always preferred my PS4 over my PS5 (which I play at 105) for PVP. I guess I'll be backing it down some and seeing how it goes.
  • @Dialandhands
    Definitely gonna be lowering mine. I have felt like certain things were off when I played and this explains a lot!!
  • @Synaxari
    This was blindingly obvious to me a few weekends ago during Widows Court trials. I'm normally a very good sniper, but the combination of unusually long engagements and playing at 105 FOV made opponents damn near impossible to hit. I couldn't see jack. Definitely going to try something closer to 90 after seeing this vid 👍
  • @Enerjay88
    So I am watching this. I want to say about almost a year ago and I've watched it periodically throughout that year and I've had my FOV at 90 on my ps5 where I've had loads of success. But for some reason my aim has always felt a little off. Maybe it was me. Maybe it was the controller just in general. So I just changed my FOV from 90 to 85 and I am using a buzzard and a positive outlook on my void lock. And I don't know what it is, but I'm loving the feel of my weapons with this FOV I feel so much more accurate.
  • When I went from PS4 to pc I went to 105 because I thought that was what I had to do and for a while I couldn’t even judge my jumps—my grenades were so stupid bad. The impact it had on sniping has meant I just don’t snipe now and I mostly stick with short and medium weapons. I am absolutely going to run a lower FOV tonight. Thanks so much for this video.
  • @woozie_tv
    I noticed this a while ago. I noticed that with bows my accuracy was worse then I remember. And after Destiny added the ability for consoles to up the value I had upped mine considerably. Reverting a bit, but not totally to what the default was. Now around 85 to 90 made it all seem comfortable again when aiming and trying to be as precise as before. HC's, Sidearms, and almost every weapon just seems much easier to use again.
  • @deguy8303
    I still use 105 but, when I snipe I use Occluded Finality. I find the high zoom sight very similar to using a lower zoom sniper on a lower FOV. This also lets me take advantage of the aim assist bonus that comes along with having high zoom on a sniper.
  • @marzipanLC
    Shadow! You are a god among men, thank you so much for this content. I switched to PC 4 weeks ago and was wondering why I was struggling. I turned my FOV down and now my pacing and everything feels much much better. It feels like the D2 I played on console again and I been droppin 2+kd games ever since lmao. Night & Day