I've seen people who are scouting be first in the server and only have about 30% of their kills be head shots. I guess it just depends on the player for the most part.
ya you can sometimes get away with it, for instance if its late in the round, most likely everybody is damage some, or if there is a huge rush of terrorists and theres nades/other people shooting and crap, if you shoot at them most likely a chest shot will kill.
so you can obviously get kills without headshots, but i personally don't like to leave any doubt, so i always aim for the head. and anybody i teach on how to use the scout i tell to aim for the head.
you'll most likely miss low, meaning a chest shot anyway
EDIT: i just read some other posts, wanted to make some other comments. i dunno what people are talking about saying awp is hard because of the recoil, what recoil? when you shoot, the person is dead, the scope comes back up to wherever you were aiming before...there is essentially no recoil because of the time between shots, same with the scout....rofl
also i think it was slooker that summed it up best, saying for pure killing power to obliterate a team, there is no better gun than an awp. and its true, why? because its easy to get kills with the awp, it isn't as easy with the scout.
even more to add,
theres noob awpers and pro awpers and if u see a pro awper their reaction times are insane. so awping does take skill
reflexes/reaction time is not a skill, everybody can have it if they put their entire life into this game and care about nothing else, basically.
but im going to sum this up right now. if you want to be a great sniper, start off with the scout. if you get really good with the scout, you'll find the awp so much easier, and will be able to pwn with it even more. scouting will polish your sniping skills, easily.
1) a first time player comes into the game, buys a scout, gets 3 headshots in 1 round.
2) a first time player comes into the game, buys an awp, kills 3 players with arm/body/chest shots
which do you think is more likely? personally, the second one, especially since you need to think...a newbie isn't going to be running while shooting, hell they usually crouch, so somebody is running towards them shooting at them or something, they are not moving, meaning the awp is 100% accurate and yes they get the kill. I've actually had this happen many times, where i've witnessed first time players get a few kills with the awp right off the bat. you do not need sniping skill or experience to be decent with the awp. you won't be great, but you can get by. THIS is why its called the noob tube, because new players can use it just fine without even knowing what they are doing, because its that easy to use. you stop, point, shoot.
Since the awp is restricted they may settle for a scout instead and only hit the chest, since that is what they are used to aiming at. I always aim for the head, no matter what weapon lol. Sometimes its my downfall. i hate it when i just barely miss the head and they kill me. Once i get to spectating them i find that they had less that 60 health, which is the average damage for a body shot with the scout. That really grinds my gears lol.
