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Subject: Headshots
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Poll: Are headshots instinct for you?  [closed]
Yes:  76%
(13 Votes)
No :  0%
(0 Votes)
Sorta:  24%
(4 Votes)
Total Votes: 17

I have been wondering lately on how people do headshots, do people take time and concentrate for one or do they do by instinct. It seems like the BR users almost do like it comes naturally so I wanted to know if that when you pick up a headshotting weapon, (BR, Magnum, Carbine) that people can headshot instinctively.

[Edited on 09.03.2007 10:31 AM PDT]

  • 09.03.2007 10:30 AM PDT

Made an account in 2006. Visited Bungie.net in 2005. Joined Xbox Live in 2005. It's amazing to see how the site, Bungie, and Halo have evolved over the years. Utterly amazing.

I can get head shots on carbine, BR, magnum, and sniper.(<------SO good a sniper head shots.)

  • 09.03.2007 10:53 AM PDT
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In mid/close range. Snipers i just worry about hitting them. If i can get a headshot ill do it.

  • 09.03.2007 10:54 AM PDT

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Yes, unless there back is to me then i do the smart thing and shoot them twice instead of going for the difficult head shot.

With a BR i always aim for the head and hit it most of the time.

[Edited on 09.03.2007 10:56 AM PDT]

  • 09.03.2007 10:55 AM PDT
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this game has been out for so long that its just become instinct to a lot players now. at first everyone had to concentrate on them but now its no big deal even with a sniper.

  • 09.03.2007 10:55 AM PDT
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With the sniper rifle, I am better at getting headshots than most people I have played against. That said, I am not even that great a sniper. Why? I ONLY go for the headshot - I take many seconds lining up the perfect HS when I should just double tap em in the back. In sniper games I play I almost always have the most headshots, and even though I frequently win those games, I sometimes fall to someone who isn't as great of a shot as me, but who focuses more on getting the kill than getting the perfect shot away.

Now don't get me wrong, being able to HS on a whim is a great skill to have, and it has helped me in many a Slayer match, but keeping your wits and going for the non-glamorous kills is just as good a strategy. And I'd have to say that being able to no-scope well (something I can't hardly do at all) is even more important than being able to tap off a headshot in most situations.

Halo 3 will fix all that, though... goodbye sweep sniping and firing off 4 rounds in 2 seconds...

  • 09.03.2007 11:29 AM PDT

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YEAH, PWN THAT FEETUS!

I only aim for the feet. Faces scare me.

  • 09.03.2007 11:33 AM PDT

i am worse at getting body shots than headshots. When i first started playing i was always impressed at the people that could aim for the head so consistently. Now its just something easy to do.

  • 09.03.2007 11:34 AM PDT

Play swat enough and practice headshots so when you play snipes you simply think you just have a BIG BR and smaller reticule.

  • 09.03.2007 11:58 AM PDT
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I'm pretty good at head shots with a BR (I don't use the carbine enough to judge myself with that), but I'm terrible at snipers. Especially in Snipers, I tend to move past their face when I face paint, and for some reason I can't bring myself to just body shot even though I know I should be doing that, so I just suck at it :(

  • 09.03.2007 12:02 PM PDT