{"id":1183727,"date":"2026-02-15T19:02:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T19:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/Q5ZQWCVRDmX3WasCcRXvfM"},"modified":"2026-02-15T19:02:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T19:02:24","slug":"marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\/","title":{"rendered":"Marathon alpha players surprised by heavy aim assist on mouse and keyboard, and Shroud really hates it: &#8216;PC players would rather improve their mechanics than have an assist&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>The Marathon alpha has only been live a day, but the slowly expanding player pool has already ignited its first major discourse. It&#8217;s an evergreen topic among FPS enjoyers, and a personal favorite to complain about until someone tells me to shut up: That&#8217;s right, baby, we&#8217;re talking about aim assist.<\/p>\n<p>Marathon has aim assist for controllers, which is entirely normal for an FPS launching on PlayStation and Xbox. What&#8217;s not so normal is that mouse and keyboard also gets aim assist, and it&#8217;s extremely noticeable. In the alpha&#8217;s settings it&#8217;s called &#8220;Aim Magnetism,&#8221; and it&#8217;s on by default.<\/p>\n<p>You would think there&#8217;s nothing controversial about giving all platforms the same assist options, but you&#8217;d be hilariously underestimating PC gamers&#8217; strong opinions about skill expression and the sanctity of pure, unadulterated cursor movement. On the Marathon subreddit, alpha players are sounding off:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As someone who plays games like Counter-Strike, I will not be playing this game come launch unless MnK aim assistance is removed and controller players&#8217; aim assistance isn&#8217;t egregious,&#8221; wrote user <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Marathon\/comments\/1k6fbqc\/aim_assist_on_mouse_and_keyboard\/?utm_source=share&#038;utm_medium=web3x&#038;utm_name=web3xcss&#038;utm_term=1&#038;utm_content=share_button\">Carmelo_v<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now that we have actually seen the aim assist being used in the closed alpha, let\u2019s call it what it is: soft aimbot. This is absolutely insane to have in any serious MnK game and I think there\u2019s no debate about it needing to be removed,&#8221; added <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Marathon\/comments\/1k6z8lp\/mnk_aim_assist_will_be_a_deal_breaker_for_the_pc\/?utm_source=share&#038;utm_medium=web3x&#038;utm_name=web3xcss&#038;utm_term=1&#038;utm_content=share_button\">Luh3WAVE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Feels like garbage. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve missed a shot the entire alpha so far,&#8221; wrote user <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Marathon\/comments\/1k6b7yb\/mnk_aim_assist\/?utm_source=share&#038;utm_medium=web3x&#038;utm_name=web3xcss&#038;utm_term=1&#038;utm_content=share_button\">suffishes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe allow=\"\" height=\"378\" width=\"620\" data-lazy-priority=\"low\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/clips.twitch.tv\/embed?clip=FlirtyWealthyJellyfishPMSTwin-hPeYmlPhK_n7G7Ie&#038;parent=www.pcgamer.com\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On one hand, it&#8217;s nice to get a taste of the generous magnetism that&#8217;s helped controller players perfectly aim-track me in Call of Duty thousands of times. How do you like it?! On the other hand, the current assist is so heavy-handed that I feel like I&#8217;m barely contributing to the fight once I ADS-snap to players&#8217; torsos. I&#8217;m with Shroud on this one:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They need to just remove the mouse aim assist shit,&#8221; the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/shroud\/clip\/FlirtyWealthyJellyfishPMSTwin-hPeYmlPhK_n7G7Ie\">streamer said<\/a> while playing the Marathon alpha yesterday. &#8220;I get that [Bungie] is trying to balance between PC and consoles for crossplay, but it&#8217;s only going to ruin the PC part of the game\u2026 PC players would rather improve their mechanics than have an assist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ruin&#8221; might overstate it, but aim magnetism is one reason I&#8217;m bored by the alpha so far. There&#8217;s not much tension once bullets start flying, and it doesn&#8217;t help that everything in Marathon moves so slowly. NPC robots just stand around waiting to get shot and, at least with basic gear, I don&#8217;t have the mobility to react to an ambush. That means most fights begin and conclude with two squads standing still while shooting at each other (and rarely missing). It&#8217;s FPS on autopilot.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-card\" ><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Marathon\/comments\/1k6ctzx\/marathon_mnk_aim_assist\">Marathon MnK Aim Assist<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Marathon\">r\/Marathon<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/embed.redditmedia.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>To be fair, aim assist is nothing new for Bungie games: These are all decisions designed around comfortable console play, which is understandably a priority for a Sony-owned studio. This isn&#8217;t even its first mouse shooter with aim assist: Destiny 2 has aim magnetism and &#8220;bullet magnetism,&#8221; which essentially makes near-miss shots hit the target, and there&#8217;s some magnetism baked into the PC versions of Halo as well.<\/p>\n<p>But Marathon represents new territory for Bungie. It&#8217;s the studio&#8217;s first exclusively PvP shooter, and it&#8217;s an extraction shooter to boot, a genre dominated by the PC-only Escape From Tarkov. We take first-person shooting pretty seriously around these parts, and when assists encroach on our precision aiming instruments, it&#8217;s not just pride talking: Aiming is the fun part of shooters, and you lose something huge when it&#8217;s too easy.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:3840px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"VgzvMEAi2HQhGMxPeUTDeY\" name=\"Marathon screenshot\" alt=\"Screenshot from Bungie's Marathon reboot. Do not use before 4\/12\/25, 11 PDT.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2160\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Bungie)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The good news is Marathon&#8217;s aim magnetism can be turned off, and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bBnCLvL6Nhw?t=3000\">according to gameplay director Andrew Witts<\/a>, mouse aim assist is just something they&#8217;re &#8220;trying out&#8221; in the alpha.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s something we&#8217;re trying out as a lever to keep the parity close between mouse and keyboard and controller. We want to get it out and get a feeling for it right now. We don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s in the most perfect spot or anything,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re not trying to have it be this must-pick kind of thing. So if folks feel differently when they play, we&#8217;re looking to get that feedback and tune aggressively.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Marathon alpha is live now and runs through Sunday, May 4.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"e93b5ff9-1b40-4ba6-934e-9b040f359660\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Hands-on with Marathon\" data-dimension48=\"Hands-on with Marathon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1025px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.10%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"9ZXdMNGoBvEQpRPCuwRyuQ\" name=\"marathon square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1025\" height=\"1026\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/after-thousands-of-hours-in-destiny-i-had-serious-concerns-about-bungies-marathon-reboot-but-now-ive-played-it-my-worry-isnt-whether-or-not-it-will-be-good\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"e93b5ff9-1b40-4ba6-934e-9b040f359660\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Hands-on with Marathon\" data-dimension48=\"Hands-on with Marathon\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>Hands-on with Marathon<\/strong><\/a>: We played three hours<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/marathon-guide\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Marathon<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong>Everything you need to know<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/marathon-wont-have-proximity-chat-because-itd-be-way-too-toxic-i-dont-think-anyone-has-a-good-solution-to-that-just-yet\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><br \/>Marathon proximity chat<\/strong><\/a>: Why it isn&#8217;t happening<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/bungie-says-marathon-is-about-losing-all-your-gear-but-still-having-a-great-time-because-you-come-out-with-a-good-story\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Marathon is a story engine<\/strong><\/a>: Bungie hopes dying won&#8217;t feel punishing<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/bungie-hired-an-oscar-winner-to-make-marathons-stunning-8-minute-short-but-only-real-sci-fi-nerds-will-spot-the-cult-movie-that-inspired-it\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Marathon animated short<\/strong><\/a>: Bungie hired an Oscar winner to make a pretty ad<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/fps\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Marathon alpha has only been live a day, but the slowly expanding player pool has already ignited its first major discourse. It&#8217;s an evergreen topic among FPS enjoyers, and a personal favorite to complain about until someone tells me to shut up: That&#8217;s right, baby, we&#8217;re talking about aim assist. Marathon has aim assist for controllers, which is entirely normal for an FPS launching on PlayStation and Xbox. What&#8217;s not so normal is that mouse and keyboard also gets aim assist, and it&#8217;s extremely noticeable. In the alpha&#8217;s settings it&#8217;s called &#8220;Aim Magnetism,&#8221; and it&#8217;s on by default. You would think there&#8217;s nothing controversial about giving all platforms the same assist options, but you&#8217;d be hilariously underestimating PC gamers&#8217; strong opinions about skill expression&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1183728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[91,748],"class_list":["post-1183727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-fps","tag-games"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Marathon alpha players surprised by heavy aim assist on mouse and keyboard, and Shroud really hates it: &#039;PC players would rather improve their mechanics than have an assist&#039; | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Marathon alpha has only been live a day, but the slowly expanding player pool has already ignited its first major discourse. It&#039;s an evergreen topic\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Marathon alpha players surprised by heavy aim assist on mouse and keyboard, and Shroud really hates it: &#039;PC players would rather improve their mechanics than have an assist&#039; | Arcader News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Marathon alpha has only been live a day, but the slowly expanding player pool has already ignited its first major discourse. It&#039;s an evergreen topic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-15T19:02:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-15T19:02:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cropped-arcader-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"320\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"headline\":\"Marathon alpha players surprised by heavy aim assist on mouse and keyboard, and Shroud really hates it: &#8216;PC players would rather improve their mechanics than have an assist&#8217;\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-15T19:02:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-15T19:02:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":824,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist.png\",\"keywords\":[\"fps\",\"games\"],\"articleSection\":[\"PC Gamer\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\\\/\",\"name\":\"Marathon alpha players surprised by heavy aim assist on mouse and keyboard, and Shroud really hates it: 'PC players would rather improve their mechanics than have an assist' | Arcader News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-15T19:02:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-15T19:02:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"description\":\"The Marathon alpha has only been live a day, but the slowly expanding player pool has already ignited its first major discourse. It's an evergreen topic\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist.png\",\"caption\":\"Marathon alpha players surprised by heavy aim assist on mouse and keyboard, and Shroud really hates it: \u2018PC players would rather improve their mechanics than have an assist\u2019\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Marathon alpha players surprised by heavy aim assist on mouse and keyboard, and Shroud really hates it: &#8216;PC players would rather improve their mechanics than have an assist&#8217;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"description\":\"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arcade News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cricketgames.tv\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/arcade-news\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Marathon alpha players surprised by heavy aim assist on mouse and keyboard, and Shroud really hates it: 'PC players would rather improve their mechanics than have an assist' | Arcader News","description":"The Marathon alpha has only been live a day, but the slowly expanding player pool has already ignited its first major discourse. It's an evergreen topic","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Marathon alpha players surprised by heavy aim assist on mouse and keyboard, and Shroud really hates it: 'PC players would rather improve their mechanics than have an assist' | Arcader News","og_description":"The Marathon alpha has only been live a day, but the slowly expanding player pool has already ignited its first major discourse. It's an evergreen topic","og_url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\/","og_site_name":"Arcade News","article_published_time":"2026-02-15T19:02:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-15T19:02:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":320,"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cropped-arcader-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arcade News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arcade News","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\/"},"author":{"name":"Arcade News","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"headline":"Marathon alpha players surprised by heavy aim assist on mouse and keyboard, and Shroud really hates it: &#8216;PC players would rather improve their mechanics than have an assist&#8217;","datePublished":"2026-02-15T19:02:23+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-15T19:02:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\/"},"wordCount":824,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist.png","keywords":["fps","games"],"articleSection":["PC Gamer"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\/","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\/","name":"Marathon alpha players surprised by heavy aim assist on mouse and keyboard, and Shroud really hates it: 'PC players would rather improve their mechanics than have an assist' | Arcader News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist.png","datePublished":"2026-02-15T19:02:23+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-15T19:02:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"description":"The Marathon alpha has only been live a day, but the slowly expanding player pool has already ignited its first major discourse. It's an evergreen topic","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist.png","caption":"Marathon alpha players surprised by heavy aim assist on mouse and keyboard, and Shroud really hates it: \u2018PC players would rather improve their mechanics than have an assist\u2019"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/marathon-alpha-players-surprised-by-heavy-aim-assist-on-mouse-and-keyboard-and-shroud-really-hates-it-pc-players-would-rather-improve-their-mechanics-than-have-an-assist\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Marathon alpha players surprised by heavy aim assist on mouse and keyboard, and Shroud really hates it: &#8216;PC players would rather improve their mechanics than have an assist&#8217;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/","name":"Arcade News","description":"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839","name":"Arcade News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arcade News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cricketgames.tv"],"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/author\/arcade-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1183727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1498629,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183727\/revisions\/1498629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1183728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1183727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1183727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1183727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}