[srcreigh]

I believe crosshair placement would be harder to memorize/reflect on.

Coaches also often say “see yourself from your opponents POV and be in an unexpected place”. eg royalG valorant guide. That’s just a figure of speech for aphant folks.

[romanows]

I have aphantasia and wasn't seeing how it'd have a particular effect on FPS games, at least the ones I've played.

Crosshair placement for things like leading shots? Or more for building a mental map of where the enemy is likely to poke their head up? I would think these things involve spatial imagery/memory. I do remember putting a tiny piece of post-it note on my monitor to act as a red dot sight in Killing Floor, but my guess is that'd help anyone headshot zombies better, not just us aphantasics.

[srcreigh]

Crosshair placement as in positioning your aim at head level when peeking corners or holding an angle.

I'm decent at it. Struggle more when there's verticality (im sure everybody does though.)

In Valorant, there's often objects to use as guides. But when there's not, I imagine someone with good visual memory could pull up the post-it note of their last fight and reposition off of it. Whereas I'd have to reason my way through it or use muscle memory through lots of practice.