This is a Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds article on firing modes. Here you will learn all about the different firing modes, and how to switch between them.
How to Change Firing Modes
I had a very bad experience in PUBG right at the first few games I played. I had been wandering across an open field and didn’t notice that someone had been stalking me. I didn’t know how to move from cover to cover then, and I just said ‘what the hell,’ and kept moving toward my destination. Which is why someone caught me and opened fire. I saw them and fired a single shot. Just one. I realized I had not switched to full auto on my vector!
Suffice to say, I didn’t win a chicken dinner. However, I did get to learn about firing modes. Firing modes determine how many bullets are expended by your weapon. If you set it to single-fire, you’ll only be able to hit an enemy once before needing to pull the trigger again. Firing modes are important in combat, since they mean life or death for you.
Changing Fire Mode
Once you obtain a weapon apart from a pistol, you’ll be able to change the firing mode by pressing the default key B.
Do this immediately depending on your choice of firing modes. Each firing mode has their advantage.
Single Fire
Single fire is the most controlled of the firing modes, and is also the most common. All guns have single fire and start with single fire. This is important to know so that you don’t accidentally hold down the left mouse button in high-risk situations.
Single fire is good when you plan to fire head shots or fire warning shots. One-shotting an enemy, for death or tricks, will allow you to be spotted a lot less, given that you’re firing one shot at a time. Enemies won’t locate your location easily.
Burst
If you need more bullets in an engagement, but desire a level of control, switch your weapon to burst-fire. A lot of weapons don’t bother with burst, but those that do have the control of a single-shot, with more bullets of the automatic.
Burst fire is good in hot zones and actual gun fights with cover. A three-shot burst fire setting will be useful in these engagements because they will deliver enough damage to potentially take out the enemy.
Automatic
Automatics are shaky and will often lose the focus on your enemy. This means that there’s a chance to miss when you use automatic.
Automatics are great, however, if you think that burst fire just doesn’t have enough bullets. Just remember that even if you’re not using burst fire, you still need to fire in controlled bursts.
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