Poll: do headshots in FPSs matter?

[Legion]

I get annoyed when I am playing as a sniper and get body shotted by another sniper in TF2 because I feel like I got killed by a less proficient player. The same way that I get annoyed if I kill a player with a body shot over a head shot.

That said, there is certainly nothing wrong with body shot. It's not like it's an exploit or a cheat. Valve could have easily made them weaker if they didn't think people should do it.

It's just better to head shot if you can, especially on MvM.

 

[Bomberman4000]

From the shooter's standpoint, headshots do matter. They conserve ammo, increase damage, and when hit, increase the chance your target catches the dead.

As the victim, I don't see why someone would be upset about getting body shotted (which is why the kid apologized I assume) from a sniper. A kil is a kill. As the person dying, I'd actually be more upset about a sniper not giving me a chance to get away (not saying they SHOULD but when you get body shot generally you have a second to get away before the 2nd shot hits).

The whole thing is baffling to me. Me personally, I don't really worry about getting headshots or conserving ammo because I know I'm not very skilled at most FPS games. I enjoy them, but know I sit around the middle level of skill and always will. For me, I'm happy if I have more kills than deaths so I've never been to found of jerking it to my headshot percentage.

 

[Techno Squidgy]

at full charge can kill all classes (except for an over-healed heavy).

What? Fully charged headshots do 450 damage, which is what an overhealed heavy has as health. They kill every class.

And that's why you head shot. Body shots make your bullets worth less per shot.


The Hitman's Heatmaker is the best sniper rifle and it does less body shot damage. I like it because I don't try for weak ass body shots, so that doesn't affect me.

right you are, my apologies. Not sure why I had that idea. Either I was drunk or having a bit of a brain fart. I'll leave now.

 

[Evil Smurf]

at full charge can kill all classes (except for an over-healed heavy).

What? Fully charged headshots do 450 damage, which is what an overhealed heavy has as health. They kill every class.

And that's why you head shot. Body shots make your bullets worth less per shot.


The Hitman's Heatmaker is the best sniper rifle and it does less body shot damage. I like it because I don't try for weak ass body shots, so that doesn't affect me.

right you are, my apologies. Not sure why I had that idea. Either I was drunk or having a bit of a brain fart. I'll leave now.

Bazaar Bargain is where it is at.

 

[Ljs1121]

It depends on the game. In Fallout, for example, I go for the head as much as possible because it does more damage and I can afford to miss a few shots. In Call of Duty, though, I'll happily target someone's left ankle if it means a kill.

 

[Ron Alphafight]

Meh. My view is if they're dead and I'm alive, it doesn't matter how we got there. That being said, it is demoralizing to see a teammate's head explode right next to me.

 

[Jmp_man]

I don't understand all this ridiculousness over headshots.

Dead is dead no matter how you die. The only thing you should worry about when shooting is killing your enemy as EFFICIENTLY as possible. Sometimes it means going for the easy kill if doing the MAXIMUM damage possible wouldn't matter if the enemy died or not.

 

[Ishigami]

When I read the topic title my first reaction was ?of course head shoots are a manifestation of skill?.
Then I read the OPs post and it wasn't really about rewarding head shoots by increased effectivity (hit zone with most damage, has it own counter etc.) or personally enjoying a successful head shoot but the attitude that only a head shoot is even worth mentioning/doing.
And that sounds like bullshit. Mind you I'm not particularly talking about TF2.
Anyway what matters in the end is stopping power. If I can kill the guy by shooting in his little toe and the only thing I could possibly hit with certainty is his little toe then I darn right will shoot him in his little toe.
Now that example is probably not that good because his little toe is a small target but the general idea is that whatever gets the opponent killed is fair game.
If I had to take two shoots to take an enemy down then so be it. This is certainly not an instance where I would apologise to the opponent. After all I was victorious and he missed to exploit my blunder. The only one I would not be satisfied with is myself in this case.

 

[Bagged Milk]

The thing with body shots is that it shows a lack of skill and a refusal to get better. If you only try for body shots, you are going to get raged at. Just like if you only go w+m1 pyro. It's just annoying
Although, it was kind of stupid for him to apologize. He was obviously trying to be a good sniper since he was trying to get head shots.

 

[someonehairy-ish]

Depends on the game, surely? Being able to consistently get headshots with a BR in Halo is going to net you a whole lot of kills, bodyshots - not so much.
IRL military forces are generally trained to aim at the largest target presented. So they go for body shots.

 

[Matthi205]

As a Bad Company 2 player I can say this:
Headshots get the job done better and it is a manifestation of skill to headshot someone across the Map. It is, however, unnecessary. If you use the M95/GOL/VS98 it doesn't matter what part you hit, mostly it just gets the job done at medium range.
At long range, I'm always a very convenient target, but people tend to not be able to kill me because they don't aim for the head(in fact, people don't hit me much because they have quite poor aiming skills at long range). So headshots are something one should try to make, but I don't think that they're actually needed if you're at medium distance and your sniper rifle will kill the guy with a shot to anywhere on his body anyway.