I aim in using circle, put the circle on the direction line of the enemy ship, guesstimate the lead and shoot and couple of seconds later a couple of hits, maybe even break a module or start a fire on the DD, so suddenly our DD has a great advantage in the upcoming knifefight.

Suddenly I get hits on ships I never would have gotten hits on before, like a DD that gets spotted for a brief moment far away at start of the game. So now I aim more with the little circle then I do with the real sight and its Amazing. So I started to compare my aim I took with the regular sight in the game and then looked at the minimap at where the little circle was, and I realized that my 'regular' aim was usually pretty of, even tho I was quite confident in how well I aimed. So, I have started to use the little circle on the minimap (the one that tells you where you actually aim) and I aim with that circle instead of the actual sight in the game and my hits just starts racking up more and more. I think PQ also mentioned this in many of his videos. That guy.) did a pretty great aiming guide video, how to delete smoked up ships etc using minimap circle and lock on to something near by. But I have mainly played DDs and cruisers so aiming long distance haven't really been something I do that much. So, I always thought I was pretty good at aiming in this game, having the right lead for each ship and the right elevation of the sight for the angle the ship is sailing. I just wanted to create this thread for the few out there that might be a bit late to the party as I was.

World of warships aiming controls