I was playing a lot of Warthunder and using the HOTAS stick and throttle on my Xbox. Just got me used to stick and throttle manipulation. The ASTB simulator is the best for actually getting ready, but I just can't play that for 4 hours straight on a Saturday and have a good time.
I hear you man. I just been aiming for 20 times a day intermittently and spending the rest of my time with COD, studying, and pumping iron. I just got my stick and throttle in the mail today. I used to play a lot of flight/dogfighting sims back when DOS was the cool kid on the block, maybe I'll blow the dust off em.
I know that COD worked well for a lot of people but I really think that since the test uses a stick and throttle that any game with the stick and throttle will be more useful than using a normal controller. Good luck!
I am mostly just using COD to get used to those inverted controls and hand eye coordination. It does appear to be working.
Any practice with inverted controls will help, but I felt that Jantzen's was the best practice. Tracking two separate targets while completing the dichotic listening is a tough skill to acquire otherwise IMO. I was on Jantzen's for 20-30 minutes per day, and that was sufficient for me
Marines or Navy?
Navy.
Hm. Could be for your specific geographical area there just aren't many applicants. I know my Marine recruiter personally reccomended not taking it again if I get the qualifying scores. He also said it was pretty rare for people to do worse on their 2nd bite though.
Good advice, thank you. I'm going to try this out.
Yeah my recruiter said he doesn't get many applicants. Most apparently lose interest in their wait times for OCS, and since they don't swear you in until right before they send you to OCS, apparently a lot of the applicants just don't show. He even said my ASTB scores are probably good enough to get in, but I'm definitely going for a retake just to be safe.