test it out. i think it's still preference. in quake, your sensitivity is not changed with zoom. i have no problem hitting rails zoomed in. in tf2, i have no problem hitting shots with the default ratio. i don't think it's a big deal.

its just like sensitivity, everyone has their own opinion/preference.

1. since you main scout you prolly already have low sens so something like zoom_sensitivity_ratio 0.8 would be good.

rough guidelines..
if you have low sens (11" or more/360) I wouldn't use it
normal low/mid sens (8"-11") I would prolly use 0.8
mid sens (6"-8") use 0.7
high sens (4"-6") I would use 0.6
really high sens (0"-4") 0.5-0.6. wouldn't recommend going under that.

2. not as much as changing sens per class. not very much at all actually. but if you use a low value like 0.6 or less you will probly notice the effects when you switch off the class.

Quake has a similar command in cg_zoomSensitivity.

i asked bloodsire about this once, he said default

then i never asked about it again, now interp for sniper thats a whole different ball game

fov 75 on sniper saber07 style

My sensitivity is 10" /360 and I use zoom_sensitivity_ratio 0,5

Changing your FOV in any way will make your sensitivity feel different. That means zooming in will make it feel completely different even though your zoomsens is 1. The answer your question wonderland really answered it quite well. I personally use 36cm or 14.2"/360 and I just have it on 1 but Jukebox for example has it on 0.7 and his sens it quite high. I don't remember exactly how high but I think it was 19cm or 7.4"/360.

So what is better? Should I change my FOV? Thanks

I can hit almost everything (even scouts) in close/mid range but not long range

You should change your zoomsens if you really want to keep the same sensitivity but need it to be lower to track better when scoped but if you don't give a shit if your sens changes you should just change your sens to be a bit lower and get used to that. Don't change your fov.

As far as i know he used 19.3 cm/360 and 0.8 as ratio (but that could be outdated already.).

I use zoom_sensitivity_ratio 0,5 is it too low?

I use a 9"/360 and zoom_sensitivity_ratio 1. It works fine for me, but hey.

i've always used 1 or 0.7, it just depends on my mood. i have a little muscle memory for either of them, but 0.7 is better when i'm unreasonably edgy and can't control myself.

broder .conny: 19.24
broder .conny: with 0.7 zoom sens

I don't understand what all the fuzz with sens is about. I thought everyone was fully aware that zoom_sensitivity_ratio only affects your sensitivity while scoped in as a sniper, hence everything else will be unaffected.

But yeah just set it to whatever the hell you feel comfortable with and you're good to go.

The best way to think about sens is what works for you. You can find your "perfect sens" in a day or something of playing. Just work out what sens you can rocket jump/whatever with and move around properly with and still have good control over your aim and then practice with that. That's literally it. Jukebox, sheep and whoever else plays this game didn't find some weird secret where they worked out what the perfect sens is for everyone or anything they literally just found something they liked for what they did in the game and then they played for a long time with those settings.