One Shot Kills
As a follow-up to my weapon damage post, I was thinking about 1 shot kills. Sure, “Spray and Prey” is fun – so is the repeated unloading of small bursts, but I want to master the I shot kill and move beyond the glory cannon known as the M95.
In non-hard core mode there isn’t much to choose from. Short-range 1-shot kills (sub 40 meters) are mostly headshots with magnum ammo. For the sake of figuring out power – everything is magnum ammo.
There is only the M14 and M1 that can take someone out with a single shot at short range and it has to be a head shot with magnum ammo. (39 * 1.25) * 2.1
Of course my previous post mentioned the NS2000, Spas, and M870 which will blast them with one shot and that is at long-range as well.
The sniper rifle category is interesting because both the T88 and the SVU can do the job, but the VSS fails with one shot kills, even a head shot and magnum ammo.
So what happens when we jump to HARD CORE mode? Things change, not bullet damage but your health. You drop from 100 health to 50 health with weapon damage staying the same. This brings some more weapons into the one shot kill ability.
Head shots at sub 40 meters become 1 shot kills for the following weapons:
AN-94
09A-91
SCAR-L
UMP
M60
M14
G3
M1
And all the sniper rifles.
Of course all the shot guns at sub 10 meters are one shot head kills.
At distance, the list falls short on head one-shot kills.
M60, M14, G3, M1, and all the sniper rifles. Notice that all the Assault and Engineer weapons drop off when we move beyond the 40 meter range. We do get the Saiga and USAS shot-guns at long-range now, which we did NOT in the non-hard core mode. This is a bonus in my book.
But what about 1 shot kills – non-head shots? That is a short-list and you will not find any MP40 COD type weapons. In fact the only one to make the list is the MP-412 pistol, not even all the snipers make it.
There are some almost theres’, but at 48.75 damage you are not dead yet:
T88 with 48.75 short-range damage (sub 5 meters)
SVU with 48.75 short-range damage (sub 10 meters)
Both the M14 and M1 with 48.75 at short-range damage (sub 10 meters)
We do get the SAIGA and USAS at 48.75 short-range damage (sub 8 meters).
So even in Hard Core – you don’t get it as easy as COD.
However, there are some great new weapons to add to the sub-40 meter head shot range that I would take over a sniper rifle, since they can be used in CQB. Maybe the UMP becomes my MP40 in Hardcore, who knows.
Last edited by Silexx on Mon Apr 05, 2010 9:09 pm; edited 1 time in total
As a follow-up to my weapon damage post, I was thinking about 1 shot kills. Sure, “Spray and Prey” is fun – so is the repeated unloading of small bursts, but I want to master the I shot kill and move beyond the glory cannon known as the M95.
In non-hard core mode there isn’t much to choose from. Short-range 1-shot kills (sub 40 meters) are mostly headshots with magnum ammo. For the sake of figuring out power – everything is magnum ammo.
There is only the M14 and M1 that can take someone out with a single shot at short range and it has to be a head shot with magnum ammo. (39 * 1.25) * 2.1
Of course my previous post mentioned the NS2000, Spas, and M870 which will blast them with one shot and that is at long-range as well.
The sniper rifle category is interesting because both the T88 and the SVU can do the job, but the VSS fails with one shot kills, even a head shot and magnum ammo.
So what happens when we jump to HARD CORE mode? Things change, not bullet damage but your health. You drop from 100 health to 50 health with weapon damage staying the same. This brings some more weapons into the one shot kill ability.
Head shots at sub 40 meters become 1 shot kills for the following weapons:
AN-94
09A-91
SCAR-L
UMP
M60
M14
G3
M1
And all the sniper rifles.
Of course all the shot guns at sub 10 meters are one shot head kills.
At distance, the list falls short on head one-shot kills.
M60, M14, G3, M1, and all the sniper rifles. Notice that all the Assault and Engineer weapons drop off when we move beyond the 40 meter range. We do get the Saiga and USAS shot-guns at long-range now, which we did NOT in the non-hard core mode. This is a bonus in my book.
But what about 1 shot kills – non-head shots? That is a short-list and you will not find any MP40 COD type weapons. In fact the only one to make the list is the MP-412 pistol, not even all the snipers make it.
There are some almost theres’, but at 48.75 damage you are not dead yet:
T88 with 48.75 short-range damage (sub 5 meters)
SVU with 48.75 short-range damage (sub 10 meters)
Both the M14 and M1 with 48.75 at short-range damage (sub 10 meters)
We do get the SAIGA and USAS at 48.75 short-range damage (sub 8 meters).
So even in Hard Core – you don’t get it as easy as COD.
However, there are some great new weapons to add to the sub-40 meter head shot range that I would take over a sniper rifle, since they can be used in CQB. Maybe the UMP becomes my MP40 in Hardcore, who knows.
Last edited by Silexx on Mon Apr 05, 2010 9:09 pm; edited 1 time in total
