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[ColonelMetus]

landed behind me so i never even saw it then i instantly died and was like "wtf"

then after i died i saw what happened, cause of death head destroyed. in my battle master with 18 armor on the head.

how is this fair that an artillery strike can land behind you and get a head shot?

[Trauglodyte]

What mech were you driving? Some mechs, like the Blackjack and Awesome, have notoriously high chances of getting beheaded.

[Goose]

Call of Medal Duty has it, so we got'a have it.

[KharnZor]

cool story bro. tell me moar

[ColonelMetus]

i was in a battle master 1-s

[xMEPHISTOx]

ColonelMetus, on 03 February 2014 - 02:00 PM, said:

landed behind me so i never even saw it then i instantly died and was like "wtf"

then after i died i saw what happened, cause of death head destroyed. in my battle master with 18 armor on the head.

how is this fair that an artillery strike can land behind you and get a head shot?

Yes...it does happen on occasion, thank PGI for their wonderful idea to give EZMode weapons that may or may not be meant to even the playing field a little, ie. a weapon that hits regardless of how bad my aim is as I need a LARGE radius.
One of the worst implementations since 3PV imo.

[3rdworld]

Happens pretty often TBH.

In a 4 man last night Twinkyoverlord had an arty double kill (at least 1 was a headshot), and I had a Air kill (cause of death unknown)

Either way, we killed 25% of the enemy team with consumables.

[Sephlock]

[Wispsy]

Not uncommon.

[Sephlock]

Stop steptarting and fight like a real man.

[Kaeseblock]

Since the shell drops are random such a headshot can happen anywhere in the arty radius. Well, since the impact locations are random hitting the head is completely up to luck. Till now I had ONE occasion where I might have killed a mech by headshot (oh lady luck, why have you forsaken me ).

[Mudhutwarrior]

It happens and I have gotten two kills from a well placed one. I see no need to nerf it at all as I have died from head shot myself not seeing the smoke behind me. Its part of war, you never know when death is coming and from where.


It happens, get over it. Do not nerf anything more please.

[Sheraf]

Head shot happen, deal with it , have fun.

[Nick Makiaveli]

Mudhutwarrior, on 03 February 2014 - 02:49 PM, said:

It happens and I have gotten two kills from a well placed one. I see no need to nerf it at all as I have died from head shot myself not seeing the smoke behind me. Its part of war, you never know when death is coming and from where.


It happens, get over it. Do not nerf anything more please.

I am somewhat in shock, but I have to agree.

[Bhael Fire]

ColonelMetus, on 03 February 2014 - 02:00 PM, said:

how is this fair that an artillery strike can land behind you and get a head shot?

It didn't land behind you; one of the artillery shells hit your head.

The red smoke plume is just the general area that the strike hits. The actually shells land in a "shotgun" like pattern around that area.

[Roland]

Mudhutwarrior, on 03 February 2014 - 02:49 PM, said:

It happens and I have gotten two kills from a well placed one

There really isn't much involved in the placement, since it's effectively total luck where the shells fall.

Getting two kills with artillery on fresh mechs isn't about skill. It's about winning the lottery.

[wanderer]

Yep, Battlemasters can get decapitated that way.

Twice for me yesterday. Once was even friendly fire, guy behind me accidentally dropped smoke on my back and FOOM. Cockpit destroyed. Random shells are random, artillery grenade headshot happen.

Only reason I know it was him is my timer on arty had just reset, and someone on the other team proceeded to dump their own airstrike in and blew him to bits for good measure.

[Noesis]

Weapons can kill if they hit your head, well fancy that.

[aniviron]

Gods forbid you're in a light mech and don't see the smoke behind the oil rig you're capping. You will lose both legs almost every single time. If you're really lucky, you'll get what happened to my Jenner yesterday, lost the legs and head to one shell; a new way to die!

[Butane9000]

Did it come in like a wrecking ball?