Just another quick idea to give the aiming key some practical sense. Quite on the contrary to my previous ideas on aiming, but still sounds fun.
I was surprised to discover that in games like Strike Force, etc., where there's no crosshair while not aimed, I somehow was still able to hit enemies just by guessing the approximate crosshair position in the center of the screen. People who play Call of Duty games are familiar with this sort of things, I suppose.
Another thing that gave me this idea is that most weapons in BW have quite a spread, and the crosshair is also a projectile spread indicator, changing its size as the spread changes.
Finally, I thought it was queer for a semi-realistic mod like BW that a virtual crosshair helps you to shoot things from a mile away even you're not aiming.
So here's the idea:
As an option, all the crosshairs lose their crosses and dots, becoming just circle and oval-like thingies, indicating only the approximate area where the bullets will go. However, it's not hard to guess the actual center of that circle - just a bit harder than if you had it explicitly indicated by a dot or a cross.
While aiming, the crosshair disappears completely - just because the iron sights give you a much better idea of the projectile direction, pointing exactly where the bullet should go (I always found it confusing to have both iron sights and the crosshair activated: in this case, the crosshair only distracts player's attention).
So, if you're running around unaimed, your accuracy is limited at long range but you still retain a good accuracy at mid and short range - an empty circle instead of a crosshair is still good for that. Also, unaimed mode remains great for wild burst fire from SMGs and stuff alike.
While aiming, you have to keep your eye on the iron sights and be more concentrated and that gives you a better accuracy. However, running all the time in the aiming mode will eventually get on your nerves: the gun blocks the FOV in a big way, and keeping oneself concentrated on the iron sights makes the player less tactically aware and all.
Hope that's all.
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