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[theta123]

Something that rarely happens. But today i got 2 and got sniped by a jenner myself, right in the face

I have as of now, 5 headshots out of 1150 matches

[GrimReality]

From all the way back in Closed Beta, up until now, I'm pretty sure I can count on 2 hands the total number of headshot kills I have. According to the Guillotine achievement, I have 4 out of 926 matches (not counting Beta).

Edited by GrimReality, 15 November 2014 - 11:11 AM.

[MandyB]

Currently at 20/100 for the headshot machine achivement. I wonder if someone has the guillotine achievement yet??

[Durant Carlyle]

None at all. I don't die by them too often either -- maybe five since August 2012.

Actually, I shouldn't say I have none at all. I have had a few from AFK 'Mechs before the achievements arrived. But actual real combat headshots? Zero.

[Mcgral18]

Most of mine are from Arty and Airstrikes.

40 so far, but very few were from actually aiming at a cockpit. Except that one time a Fatlas called the WubShee a hacker. Good times.

It's surprisingly hard to keep those 50 damage bursts on that tiny hitbox.

[Aresye]

Last I checked I had 87/100 for headshot machine. Probably 1/3 of those were from arty/air strikes, some have been lucky accidents, but at least a good amount have also been intentional. Like this one:



Think the best headshot I got was on HPG as well, but against an Atlas D-DC. I was a good 300-350m away on the top of the platform when I saw the Atlas had orange internals on the cockpit. I think I remember saying something over TS along the lines of, "Ooooo, that cockpit. I'm going to get that cockpit."

Zoomed in with my advanced zoom, led my PPCs a bit in front (Atlas was moving), and fired. Cockpit vanished.

Granted, I think that was complete luck. I honestly was trying for the cockpit, but calling it out that I was GOING to get that cockpit over TS was more of a joke. I didn't actually expect I WOULD hit it. Nevertheless, the fact I called it before hand and then got it caused one person in my group to simply go, "That's disgusting."

[Gattsus]

2

[HlynkaCG]

I'm at 70 of 100 for the achievement, most of them in my HBK-4P against stationary opponents. 6 ML to the dome at close range will kill just about anything.

[Davegt27]

I've gotten four head shots

The kicker is I've been killed by 3 head shots this week

[Mothykins]

1.

Just 1.

[Kiiyor]

50 so far, but most are recent.

I created an alternate account in a moment of weakness long, long ago to compete in a tournament. Yes, I know, my soul is doomed. Nowadays I mostly use it when my 6 year old wants to play. She's surprisingly less terrible than many other players.

Every now and again, however, I jump in it with the express purpose of aiming for faces only. I use this other account for catharsis; there's few things more awesome to do after a crappy day than jump into a high PPFLD mech, stare a DireWolf in the eyes, and turn it's virtual pilot into a canoe. Chances are i'm dead shortly after, but still, DW tears of rage are like liquid gold.

I've been practicing by running through the training grounds, and seeing how quickly I can kill everything with only headshots. I've found that while i'm quite able to get a headshot at short to medium range against a reasonably stationary mech (and if you stand that still, you deserve it), I just cannot overcome my 'aim for the CT' conditioning, and I invariably end up finishing a match thinking "man, that DireWolf was shut down. WHY DIDN'T I BLOW IT'S FACE OFF?"

The results of this science are that there are few mechs more easily head-shottable than the DireWolf. They are almost always standing still, the hitbox isn't that difficult to hit, and they rarely torso twist to protect themselves. The trick is surviving for the extra second or so required to steady your aim

[Darzok]

I only have 1 and it was a lucky snap shot i was running in the YLW and a jager crested a hill i snap off a ac20 shot and twist to take his shot to my shield arm and bang was a headshot and killed it not sure who damaged it before me but was one hell of a shot.

[Eboli]

2, but mainly being a light player I am doing it wrong if I have too many

Those 2 may have been arty strike as well.

Most memorable was River City (Beta?) in my Jenner jump jetting off B5 upper base (where jet is) down towards the water where an undamaged Atlas was. Shot my lasers at his head and he dropped stone dead. Got some colourful and fun language in chat afterwards.

Cheers!
Eboli

[Thorqemada]

1 HS but i should have a few more i did by accident but for some reason they never were counted...

Edited by Thorqemada, 15 November 2014 - 02:55 PM.

[KuroNyra]

None.

And I try but you need to touch THE pixel.

[MandyB]

Make that 21 for me got an atlas, and he insisted it wasnt a headshot.

[Davers]

I think I have 4-5. One from arty on the day they launched achievements, the rest accumulated from afk players.

[CycKath]

11 since the achievements started counting.

[Karl Marlow]

Ever since the achievment system was put in I haven't had a single one. However one of my earliest memories of this game, and probably the moment I fell in love with this game, involved a headshot and one of the first kills I got in this game. I was on river city in my Founders Catapult over near the Docks area. I was beat up really bad and an Awesome came around a corner pretty fresh. It started hitting me pretty hard and sent me reeling backwards. I turned just to make an unaimed pot shot at him out of desperation and somehow got his head.

Aside form that I think I've killed som one by headshot only a handful of times. I don't normally aim for the head. I usually aim for center mass or the legs. Unless they have an open section I can exploit.

[Dirus Nigh]

I have had one sense the achievements were implemented. Before the head hit boxes were uniformed on all the mechs I got them every once in a while. One time I killed two HBKs standing next to each other with head shots. Got it on video too. That was well before the gauss charge was put in game.

Catapults and awesomes were most of of my head shot kills.

Edit
Well ****. I just looked at my achievement list right after I wrote this post. I have 17 head shots. I am guessing almost all of them came from arty strikes.

Edited by Dirus Nigh, 16 November 2014 - 09:59 PM.