InsaneT-BONE on 13/3/2001 at 12:47
Well when I played DX for the first time I played it on Hard (or the one down from the highest difficulty setting) and with no patches as it was just released. And I remember a couple of the NPC's at UNATCO saying that the most lethal take down is a headshot "Always Remember That".
NSA terrorists, most of them took 2 shots to the head why is this? They flinched on the first headshot then went down on the second one. I can understand this happening on UNATCO troops as they have a helmet but i have shot them straight in the face with a well placed sniper rifle shot and they havent gone down.
Oh yeah I have the European Version of the game if that makes a difference.
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Bogeyman on 13/3/2001 at 13:48
That shouldn't happen.
What level is your rifle skill at this point? I suspect that your headshot might not be as well placed as you think.
"NSA terrorists." I like that.
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http://www.ttlg.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gifdavpod on 13/3/2001 at 16:21
Also, did you scope your shot? Apparently scoped sniper rifle shots cause more damage than unscoped ones (i.e. when you don't zoom in with your scope). It's probably just that your rifle skill is crap at that point in the game and you haven't upgraded your rifle at all (or at least not much) at that point.
Phydeaux on 13/3/2001 at 16:41
A sniper rifle shot to the head should take down any normal troop. Instead of the general area of the head, hit them in the back of the neck or face...this always works for me.
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wsthune on 13/3/2001 at 18:11
I found that with rifle skills at trained, I did better when not using the scope. Probably just me.
frozenman on 13/3/2001 at 21:16
I usually aim for the spinal stem, right where the neck hits the body. Works perfectly.
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Garboshnik on 13/3/2001 at 21:22
I get this too, occurence seems based only a bit on your skill with the weapon. I would run into specific guys who would take two headshots (with any weapon I tried) while their identical buddy next to them took one. I've heard that its because the locational damage sytem is really finicky. Anyone tried this with the targetting system?
HKPrince on 14/3/2001 at 02:12
I have never used sniper rifle after my pistol get a laser aiming mod. I have tried with skill of advanced but my hands shake so much that I can't hold still long enough. My laser aiming pistol is more reliable, one shot one kill.
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http://www.ttlg.com/forums/ubb/smile.gifInsaneT-BONE on 14/3/2001 at 06:43
In response to Bogeyman. My headshots were well placed I could see the bullet make contact with their heads by the graphical register. (i.e. The spark that u see when u hit troops in the head). My Rifle skill at that time was advanced I upgraded my skill cause I was so annoyed at the damn thing shaking and eventually got it to master and it would still happen. (Taking 2 headshots to kill some people).
I have only played the game once (Shame on me) but maybe the patches have fixed it up now.
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buglunch on 14/3/2001 at 09:57
Even on untrained, my zoomed sniper shots usually took regular troops down in one shot anywhere on head.
