Headshots.. what I did wrong?

[Highbinder]

It depends on the weapon, the range, etc, while a magnum works a lot like a sniper riffle the fall off on the dmg at range is insane, snipers can hit in the head but you need to see if it has a chance of missing the mark, AR's and LMGs pretty much never hit where you are aiming. As to head shooting 99ers they can be a pain just because they move so dang much.

[cjhaus123]

Yep been sniping the entire game.. lvl 12 sniper, I wasn't getting a single head shot.. by luck or off chance I was getting them.

[MrCawsan]

I am not sure if this is just me but.. is anyone else having weird problems with headshots? I never had trouble before, I would line up my crosshairs and hit them in the head...

Now, well specifically today, I line it up, and either its not a critical headshot or it MISSES completely. I did this on many occasions with both Raiders and 99ers. Is it the scope? The gun? Lag? Am I missing something? Headshots were so fun but now its just frustrating because I am not sure if I am going to hit it or not. Its resulted in me just going for body shots now in order to not waste ammo.

To be fair, in real life a bullet actually ascends a good distance before it takes the projectile lane of descending to the ground. So aiming directly for the scalp of a headshot at 200-300m distance would result in a missed shot.

Gotta love military rifle training.

[Shima]

To be fair, in real life a bullet actually ascends a good distance before it takes the projectile lane of descending to the ground. So aiming directly for the scalp of a headshot at 200-300m distance would result in a missed shot.

Gotta love military rifle training.

Fortunately the game isn't designed that way :P

It's just a bug with the accuracy stat on scopes causing you to miss. Not gravity or wind.

[MrCawsan]

Fortunately the game isn't designed that way :P

It's just a bug with the accuracy stat on scopes causing you to miss. Not gravity or wind.

I know, just wanted to share my experiences from the airforce... like a baws.. of some sort.. I should stop now.

[Sterling191]

As to head shooting 99ers they can be a pain just because they move so dang much.

They may move a bit, but relatively speaking the amount of head movement compared to say a Raider is fairly minimal.

Plus they have very convenient light up targets for you to aim at.

[Santana Ortega]

Body shots with an Auto sniper rifle works best

[Reaper85]

On the subject of sniper rifles, does anyone know why the crit % multiplyer from the weapon skill doesnt add to the weapon? my headshot damage is the same now with level 16 in bolt actions as my alt with level 1 sniper skill.

[Dazz]

Sounds like maybe bloom went up for the OP.

[MahChew]

aim for the jugular works 95% of the time for me