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[Elizander]

My orion was almost a goner and all I had left was a UAC/10. A battlemaster was climbing up the hill on caustic and I was trading shots with it when it shut down. I was just mindlessly blasting its RT, but then a friendly mech moved forward and block that area and I moved my crosshairs a little to the left so I wouldn't hit my ally. Fired some shots and he went down from a headshot that wasn't even intentional.

Thanks to my shot-blocking teammate, I guess.

[selfish shellfish]

I once headshot a Cicada with AC20 when it peaked a hill. It was 100% luck at a distance of ~200 meters. The Cicada pilot wrote in the chat "That's bull***t!" and disconnected.

[YueFei]

I once ate a dual-gauss headshot at the start of a match on Alpine. Died having never even fired my weapons. It was a nice shot!

My own fault for pausing at the crest of the hill when I peeked. Instead I should've been moving diagonally, doing a parabolic arc up and back down the hill, that would've at least forced the shooter to lead the shot, preventing perfect convergence on the head hitbox, making it so that I would only take 1 gauss slug to the head at most.

[Vorpal Puppy]

Yeah, getting a headshot with anything but dual heavy gauss always feels like luck to me. Easiest mechs to headshot seem to be Marauder IIC and Stalker, but I am no expert.

[LordNothing]

best way to farm headshots is in solaris, take something with a 40+ damage ppfld, like a quad ac10 annihilator. take good aim and fire once.

only headshot i think i got in game actual that i actually went for was against a wolverine that shut down in front of me. and i got tons of accidental headshots, usually from mechs who keep their cockpit dead center on the torso (timbies, dires, warhawks, adders, etc).

Edited by LordNothing, 13 January 2021 - 06:14 AM.

[Lanzman]

Only headshots I've ever gotten have been accidental. Once in a great great while you'll run across someone who stands still long enough to line up a try for one, but it's rare.

[Dr Cara Carcass]

Elizander, on 11 January 2021 - 07:36 AM, said:

My orion was almost a goner and all I had left was a UAC/10. A battlemaster was climbing up the hill on caustic and I was trading shots with it when it shut down. I was just mindlessly blasting its RT, but then a friendly mech moved forward and block that area and I moved my crosshairs a little to the left so I wouldn't hit my ally. Fired some shots and he went down from a headshot that wasn't even intentional.

Thanks to my shot-blocking teammate, I guess.

Well 999 to go.

Vorpal Puppy, on 12 January 2021 - 06:15 PM, said:

Yeah, getting a headshot with anything but dual heavy gauss always feels like luck to me. Easiest mechs to headshot seem to be Marauder IIC and Stalker, but I am no expert.

Nah i "reliably" get a headdy every 2-3 matches if i really want to look for opportunities against peaking enemys.

[Spetulhu]

I was hoping for a headshot for the Event and actually got my first today since I was trying. Ran after an enemy light in my Wolfhound and as it turned to fight me it stood totally still. Full alpha strike to the head and down it went.

Yeah, more luck than anything.

[Bowelhacker]

I wasn't making any effort to get a headshot because I can't aim for buggery, but I somehow got three in the space of two games.

The only conclusion to draw is that I was hacking.

[LordNothing]

they aren't hard to get if you are actively trying for them. that said a lot of mine are accidental, many are against shut down mechs.

[The6thMessenger]

Good job.

Already did better than Thor in Infinity War lol.

[martian]

Bowelhacker, on 03 November 2021 - 06:02 PM, said:

I wasn't making any effort to get a headshot because I can't aim for buggery, but I somehow got three in the space of two games.

The only conclusion to draw is that I was hacking.

Spetulhu, on 03 November 2021 - 01:43 PM, said:

I was hoping for a headshot for the Event and actually got my first today since I was trying. Ran after an enemy light in my Wolfhound and as it turned to fight me it stood totally still. Full alpha strike to the head and down it went.

Yeah, more luck than anything.

Congrats!

Enjoy your 'Mech decals.

Edited by martian, 04 November 2021 - 12:15 PM.

[DaZur]

Long-long time ago when the Atlas eyes glowed, I headshot one from across the the map at the start of a match with a double gauss/PPC... Ah, the good ol' days.

[martian]

DaZur, on 04 November 2021 - 08:28 AM, said:

Long-long time ago when the Atlas eyes glowed, I headshot one from across the the map at the start of a match with a double gauss/PPC... Ah, the good ol' days.

Atlas eyes glow again - with the right add-on.

[YeOldeDrew]

Yes! I had my first one a week or so ago. Completely by accident. I was running my Warhammer with 2 snub peeps, and 2 light peeps. I was in a bad spot on Frozen City, in the death bowl, and I needed to get to high ground. I was getting pushed by this LRM Catapult, and as he was loading up on me, I spun on him, aimed center torso, and let fly. Achievement bells sounded, popups almost made me run into a structure, and angels sang. I was hyped. Then I got overrun and died 30 seconds later...

martian, on 06 November 2021 - 09:43 AM, said:

Atlas eyes glow again - with the right add-on.

I have no mods, but I saw an Atlas with glowing eyes yesterday...

[Alstren]

Did it in an AC20 Urbi once

[martian]

blastedmast3R, on 11 November 2021 - 02:00 PM, said:

I have no mods, but I saw an Atlas with glowing eyes yesterday...

Just buy it for MCs.

[Armsracer]

My first headshot was in a shadow hawk. I was on rubric oasis fighting an Archer in a 1 on 1 and losing. The only way out was to take out the pilot. The Archer overheated and I remembered where the cockpit was after firing a couple shots to the lasers ontop. Right in the middle is where the cockpit is. And I fired my 2 LBX 2s watching the sensors carefully for confirmed hits to the head staying on him till he went down. I got lucky that he didn't override and I was facing something I was familiar with.

Edited by Armsracer, 01 December 2021 - 01:55 PM.

[Spiraling Glaive]

I was running a dual HLL derp build on my adder once and had a LRM Novacat shut down in front of me. Normally I wouldn't think to headshot, but this was during that event that had a reword for headshotting, so I basically said "welp don't mind if I do"
I felt a little bad for the guy but then again, he was in an LRM Novacat

Edited by Nondescript Machine, 01 December 2021 - 03:17 PM.

[Sawk]

HMM i have got a head shot in awhile, but remmeber the first one in POP up a little headshot and pointed at the killed mech, and now i have to go look at how many i have, and that is 23 total, thinking maybe 5 i aimed at, i remmeber seeing guys drop just poking there head over a hill, and i hit them with clan large lazers, was maybe 5.
HEATSHOTS are very hard, and knowing were to shoot, is probally worth a doctor degree, the atlas is there left eye, or just below it, LOL 800 more mechs to go LOL.

SAWK -- PS I think i got most headshots with dual GAUSS