Most Effective Way to get Headshots?
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1. Quit Job.
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No but seriously it's based on reflex, timing, and aim. Also tons of practice.
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Point... and click
Seriously, it's all practice
Seriously, it's all practice
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Yeah. I just came back to playing sniper regularly after a long hiatus (due to a mouse that kept switching sensitivity levels and making it hard to play) and I'm a lot worse than I was, but I can still get a nice lineup of three or four headshots on a group of players.
I encourage you to use one of the sniper rifles that encourages headshots by nerfing bodyshots (like the Hitman's Heatmaker) or buffing you up with headshots (the Bazaar Bargain), because then you focus more on getting headshots because you know it helps you out.
I personally use the Bazaar Bargain, from a matter of preference. It does more damage on bodyshot than the Heatmaker, and sometimes you really do need to bodyshot. If some Heavy's running towards you with a minigun and he's really close, you might not have time to hit him with two uncharged headshots. So fire away unscoped and hope you kill him. The Heatmaker really screws that element up, which is why I switched back to the Bazaar Bargain recently.
There's no specific way to do it. It's really just practice. Get used to the hitbox of people's heads and stuff. Point and click. Follow their heads. Anything.
It's nice when you do get a headshot, but don't be afraid to bodyshot. It really is a viable option sometimes when you desperately need to get a Medic who's uber-ready.
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Shoot in enemy's general direction, hope for headshot.
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Afaik, Nik has been playing mostly Lucksman Sniper and Demoman recently.
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Alright, how I did it was I used the Sydney Sleeper for a week. Anyone who I've did 1 on 1's with about sniping I told them to use it for a little bit until you got a feel for movements. The thing with the Sleeper is that you can only do bodyshots with the weapon, but its a good thing to use at fist in order to get a feel for others movements. Once you're able to hit a nice portion of your shots with it, move over to the base Sniper and try to apply what you've learned from the Sleeper into the stock Rifle and try to aim for the head when you can. Another thing that is nice to do is to play on tr_walkway for half an hour. I do that when I plan on playing a class that has hitscan based weapons for a match. What the bots will do on default on that map is that they will move in a straight line. You do have the option to get them to strafe, but that's for later. Do it like babysteps: first, follow one class and see if your sensitivity is too high or too low. You know that it is good if you can follow 10 classes in a row and keep your crosshair on them. After that, try to scope in with the sniper and try to follow their heads. Don't feel discouraged if you can't keep it on them all the time, just keep trying it. Then, if you feel like you want more practice in that area, try to enable strafing on that map and see if you can deal with them moving erratically. The most important thing to know is that practice makes perfect. Sniper is the class that has the highest skill cap, so if you want to get better with him, play him like no other.
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Alright, how I did it was I used the Sydney Sleeper for a week. Anyone who I've did 1 on 1's with about sniping I told them to use it for a little bit until you got a feel for movements. The thing with the Sleeper is that you can only do bodyshots with the weapon, but its a good thing to use at fist in order to get a feel for others movements. Once you're able to hit a nice portion of your shots with it, move over to the base Sniper and try to apply what you've learned from the Sleeper into the stock Rifle and try to aim for the head when you can. Another thing that is nice to do is to play on tr_walkway for half an hour. I do that when I plan on playing a class that has hitscan based weapons for a match. What the bots will do on default on that map is that they will move in a straight line. You do have the option to get them to strafe, but that's for later. Do it like babysteps: first, follow one class and see if your sensitivity is too high or too low. You know that it is good if you can follow 10 classes in a row and keep your crosshair on them. After that, try to scope in with the sniper and try to follow their heads. Don't feel discouraged if you can't keep it on them all the time, just keep trying it. Then, if you feel like you want more practice in that area, try to enable strafing on that map and see if you can deal with them moving erratically. The most important thing to know is that practice makes perfect. Sniper is the class that has the highest skill cap, so if you want to get better with him, play him like no other.
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That's what I've been doing....
Practice, muscle reflex. This probably doesn't help you much so I'll try my best to describe how I get headshots.
As a sniper, first I make my crosshair small, so that I can see the head I am aiming at.
Always put the crosshairs on the head before you scope in and fire. There is a certain amount of twitch shooting involved.
For moving targets, do not move your crosshairs to much. Move your mouse only as fast as the target is moving, and line up your shot. Don't try to twitch your shot to where you think he'll be going, because the target won't be moving to fast, unless he's a scout.
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Reflex, timing and luck. Unless you use the Huntsman then its all luck and spray n pray.
That is the delay between shots that are in the game, which is known as cl_interp, if I'm not mistaken. Chris has an FPS Config that comes with three different types of network settings that makes it to the point that there will be very, very little to no delay in between your shots. I can post them in this thread if you guys want.
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I learned that trick long time ago with HL2 Deathmatch with the crossbow, i use it with the huntsman it works perfect.
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Want.That is the delay between shots that are in the game, which is known as cl_interp, if I'm not mistaken. Chris has an FPS Config that comes with three different types of network settings that makes it to the point that there will be very, very little to no delay in between your shots. I can post them in this thread if you guys want.
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