# Have to stand in the open to use overwatch?

**URL:** <https://forums.snapshotgames.com/t/have-to-stand-in-the-open-to-use-overwatch/5793>\
**Category:** Phoenix Point\
**Created:** [December 5, 2019, 12:32am UTC](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/t/have-to-stand-in-the-open-to-use-overwatch/5793 "2019-12-05T00:32:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Duskmare](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forums.snapshotgames.com/duskmare/32/175_2.png) [@Duskmare](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/u/Duskmare)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 12:32am UTC](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/t/have-to-stand-in-the-open-to-use-overwatch/5793/1 "2019-12-05T00:32:54Z")

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Every time I have my guys in full cover and try to set them to overwatch they can’t aim around the cover. So basically I can only overwatch where my flanks are, rather than defending from the direction I think the enemy will come from while also being ready to fire at them if they come from that direction.

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**Author:** ![Alitari](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forums.snapshotgames.com/alitari/32/1906_2.png) [@Alitari](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/u/Alitari)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 6:09am UTC](https://forums.snapshotgames.com/t/have-to-stand-in-the-open-to-use-overwatch/5793/2 "2019-12-05T06:09:28Z")

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Yeah that seems to be, at least from what I can see, how it works … I think it’d be helpful if it WERE to work that way that you could go into a ‘free aim’ mode, so you knew exactly WHAT areas are being covered, not just some vague cone.