Best Tactic / Mech For Headshots?
#1
Posted 24 June 2020 - 12:43 PM
I've tried hunting AFKs / DCs with stealth fleas etc, but I'm tired of that.
Does anyone have any great tactics of how to get that elusive headshot?
Thanks!
#2
Posted 24 June 2020 - 12:49 PM
https://mwomercs.com...localization-2/
Aim for the head. Do it enough and you'll connect eventually.
#3
Posted 24 June 2020 - 01:28 PM
#4
Posted 24 June 2020 - 01:32 PM
Or just hunt a disco.
#5
Posted 24 June 2020 - 01:40 PM
#7
Posted 24 June 2020 - 03:03 PM
Toast them with the flamers then pop the cockpit in one shop with the mpls when they shutdown.
#8
Posted 24 June 2020 - 03:05 PM
ZETECTIC, on 24 June 2020 - 01:43 PM, said:
No, it's just 45 pts of PPFLD (pinpoint front-loaded damage) that can one-shot a cockpit from like 600m. No splash damage from HPPC. Anything with burn time or spread is a bad choice (although small/med pulse lasers can do the work if you're a good shot).
Edited by Kubernetes, 24 June 2020 - 03:06 PM.
#9
Posted 24 June 2020 - 03:15 PM
#10
Posted 24 June 2020 - 03:25 PM
Kubernetes, on 24 June 2020 - 12:49 PM, said:
https://mwomercs.com...localization-2/
Aim for the head. Do it enough and you'll connect eventually.
Yeah, Dual HGR is how I got my single Headshot earlier today. Now to get a 2nd so I know it wasn't a fluke!
~D. V. "I guess they meant for those to be close & personal, huh?" Devnull
#11
Posted 24 June 2020 - 04:53 PM
it will happen sooner than later. ran like 4 matches with a friend and didnt even notice. lots of people with less than 30 cockpit hp in total.
#12
Posted 24 June 2020 - 08:52 PM
Edited by LordNothing, 24 June 2020 - 09:03 PM.
#13
Posted 25 June 2020 - 06:20 AM
#14
Posted 25 June 2020 - 08:17 AM
#15
Posted 25 June 2020 - 10:22 AM
#16
Posted 25 June 2020 - 11:32 AM
I've had 5 or 6 headshots, two of them on Atlas pilots who thought they could just power me down because they were big and I was half their weight. The two Atlas kills were deliberate (desperation) headshots, the rest were, huh, how did that happen deals. I have tried to pay attention to the cockpit locations of other mechs, but have never managed to target anything other than an Atlas on purpose. For some reason that left eye just screams "Shoot me".
Most of the time when I get head shot it is with a Gauss. For some reason peeking the ramp on HPG is especially poor judgement when you run ATMs and need LOS and a lock. People are rude and take advantage.
#17
Posted 25 June 2020 - 11:36 AM
Thanks for the replies and thoughts.
#18
Posted 25 June 2020 - 09:26 PM
Lanzman, on 25 June 2020 - 10:22 AM, said:
same. lots of mechs, especially clan mechs, like to put the head right at the center of mass, where you are aiming for the ct. its easy to pop a warhawk/dire/madcat/timby on accident. aim small miss small, and sometimes you dont miss.
aside from intentional headshot runs in solaris, i think i only got one other intentional hit against a wolverine that shut down right in front of me. most were accidental hits.
#19
Posted 26 June 2020 - 09:35 AM
Kubernetes, on 24 June 2020 - 12:49 PM, said:
https://mwomercs.com...localization-2/
Aim for the head. Do it enough and you'll connect eventually.
interesting!
I always just assumed all the glass, or the entire area of the glass and its frame, was a headshot. Never knew it was just a single pane, and not always the biggest or most up front pane.
Edited by chevy42083, 26 June 2020 - 09:36 AM.
#20
Posted 26 June 2020 - 12:37 PM
LordNothing, on 25 June 2020 - 09:26 PM, said:
same. lots of mechs, especially clan mechs, like to put the head right at the center of mass, where you are aiming for the ct. its easy to pop a warhawk/dire/madcat/timby on accident. aim small miss small, and sometimes you dont miss.
aside from intentional headshot runs in solaris, i think i only got one other intentional hit against a wolverine that shut down right in front of me. most were accidental hits.
It's pretty much always a "fluke" in actual combat because no one can headshot consistently against a moving mech. I've managed to down guys by chainfiring MPLs into an already-opened cockpit, but it's not by any means a high-percentage tactic.
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