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Subject: You can get headshots with other guns too...
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I've noticed in Halo 2 you can only get headshots with the following weapons:

* Pistol
* Battle Rifle
* Carbine
* Sniper Rifle
* Beam Rifle

Technically, you should be able to score a headshot with any gun. People will say it's cheap to be able to get headshots with SMGs and shotguns and stuff, but in real life and EVERY SINGLE other game I have ever played, you can get headshots with any weapon.

  • 06.30.2006 1:04 PM PDT

You can get a headshot with any gun. The key is that the bullet must hit the head of the person. And if it's a gun that fires multiple shots at once, all must hit the head. Not likely. Also, headshots are supposed to be noted because they often do more damage, dramatically. With the SMG, not so much.

  • 06.30.2006 1:12 PM PDT
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I have to agree with Ajk141, a head shot is a head shot, but with an SMG it would obviously not be a one hit kill. Still, if you hit someone in the head you should get some sort of damage bonus, or even just throw off a foes aim. It is a bullet straight to the face, even if it is small…

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  • 06.30.2006 1:25 PM PDT
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Most weapons do twice the damage if you aim for the head, you just dont notice because you're caught up in the fight.

  • 06.30.2006 1:26 PM PDT
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thats true ive gotten headshots with other guns. I noticed when there were no snipers on the level and i looked at my stats and saw the headshot stuff

  • 06.30.2006 1:28 PM PDT

Posted by: wet base
what a stupid thread. Every second Im in here, I lose Brain cells


You calling yourself an idiot?

  • 06.30.2006 1:29 PM PDT
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To get the headshot stat the shot that kills them has to be a headshot.

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  • 06.30.2006 1:29 PM PDT
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or bungie could make it like counter-strike where if you throw a rock at someone's head they die....

  • 06.30.2006 1:30 PM PDT
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Posted by: ferret
or bungie could make it like counter-strike where if you throw a rock at someone's head they die....

this is bungie.net, not valvesoftware.com

  • 06.30.2006 1:32 PM PDT
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you can get headshots with any weapon, but when you use a shotgun theyre gonna die anyway and an smg spits so many bullets you wouldnt notice a headshot anyway

  • 06.30.2006 1:41 PM PDT

Give a man a fish, feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
Teach a man religion, and he will starve to death praying for a fish.

If your round(s) hit the bad guy in the head, it's a headshot. Even if its with a banshee, you can get headshots. Brute shots, ghosts, hogs, tanks too.

  • 06.30.2006 1:42 PM PDT
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If all the gun's gave you head shots then it would be incredibly lame.

  • 06.30.2006 1:43 PM PDT
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Posted by: SuperSniperMC
If your round(s) hit the bad guy in the head, it's a headshot. Even if its with a banshee, you can get headshots. Brute shots, ghosts, hogs, tanks too.


Lol, I can just imagine you shooting a wraith tank blast, and a grunts wandering around. A shadow falls over him, and he looks up to see a wraith blast over him. He barks a few times in his language, and then runs around in circles a few times before it hits

  • 06.30.2006 2:48 PM PDT
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OK, now really, what does this have to do with HALO 3????

  • 06.30.2006 3:08 PM PDT