Headshots don't intsa kill. Bug or intentional?

[Kounter]

I remember enemies in the old Stalker games being pretty tanky against early game gear, but I don't ever remember them shrugging off headshots. Just had a guy take 2 shots of 5.45 to the head and then continued to shoot at me with his laser beam accuracy. So, I'm wondering if this could be a bug?

I saw a comment by someone under another discussion saying that they think they noticed a problem with hit registration. If that's true then that would explain why enemies are surviving headshots.

[Zukabazuka]

Their armor is what stopping them being one shotted. Exoskeleton armor have a lot of defense.

[HiggsLP]

Get a better gun, pea guns only tickle enemies.
Good ones till mid game- AKM from side mission with scope, UDP fully modded and silenced, m860 cracker.
Enemies dropping like flies.

In the side note its a game, enemies dont drop from 1 bulllet and neither do you- 100th of med kita make u actually invincible.

ARMA and other war simus if u lile 1 shot games...

[Kounter]

Originally posted by Zukabazuka:

Their armor is what stopping them being one shotted. Exoskeleton armor have a lot of defense.

I'm still in early game though though, so they're not using exoskeleton armour yet. Just met Solder in the Sphere. If it was late game then I'd understand, becauss that's what I remember old Stalker being like

[Coolverine]

Some enemies are wearing head armor, it can take a few shots. If you can see their face/eyes, try to aim there.

Or just do the double-tap, works really well with silenced pistols.

[AllanWake™]

There is a hit box problem.I state this a long time ago. Mostly seen on tushkano, but i saw clear headshots went thru the head of a human NPC AND complete misses resulting in killing.

+ Armor is a thing.......... go AP.

[Kounter]

Originally posted by HiggsLP:

Get a better gun, pea guns only tickle enemies.
Good ones till mid game- AKM from side mission with scope, UDP fully modded and silenced, m860 cracker.
Enemies dropping like flies.

In the side note its a game, enemies dont drop from 1 bulllet and neither do you- 100th of med kita make u actually invincible.

ARMA and other war simus if u lile 1 shot games...

The AKM with scope is what I used to headshot him. Just after I posted this, I threw a grenade into a doorway with three enemies coming through and it's like it barely phased them, but when I used another grenade against a group earlier, I at least got one kill. I know OG Stalker had some tanky enemies but this just feels inconsistent, so I feel like it's a bug

[Coolverine]

Originally posted by AllanWake™:

go AP.

Integral-A is an awesome weapon for AP.

[Kounter]

Originally posted by Coolverine:

Originally posted by AllanWake™:

go AP.

Integral-A is an awesome weapon for AP.

Yeah I should use AP rounds more often, just being cautious of using it up too quickly since it pretty pricey in early game

[Poot]

Originally posted by Kounter:

Originally posted by Zukabazuka:

Their armor is what stopping them being one shotted. Exoskeleton armor have a lot of defense.

I'm still in early game though though, so they're not using exoskeleton armour yet. Just met Solder in the Sphere. If it was late game then I'd understand, becauss that's what I remember old Stalker being like

Head shots kill beautifully in this game and I think it is modelled very well.

I shot an npc in the head with my original silenced pistol from about 30 metres yesterday, he was wearing head armour and the first shot didn't kill him, nor the second, just sparks.

Similarly clad npc shortly afterwards I thought nope, didn't work last time, so I took careful aim with my AK. Nice spray of blood, dead one shot.

Both shots were taken using the apparently broken stealth approach.

[AllanWake™]

Originally posted by Kounter:

Originally posted by Coolverine:

Integral-A is an awesome weapon for AP.

Yeah I should use AP rounds more often, just being cautious of using it up too quickly since it pretty pricey in early game

Dont get to attacked to AP thou, i tested things out with expanding and AP ammo. I dont know how it works with 3D model visuals, do enemies with helmets have armor or just visual. Cause i shoot a bald guy in the head with regular 45 bullet, he died in 2 shots, loaded back, used AP 45 ammo, it took 4. The guy had no head protection and was bald. And in some cases using expanding ammo kills visually armored targets faster then regular ammo, the ammo made for 0 armor.

Just some info.

[Kuzess]

To be short in words - It's intentional. It's depends on which weapon and ammo type you do use versus your enemys and how well they are geared.

[atrox]

When you want to specifically go for headshot, take a weapon with high penetration. Some can be upgraded regarding that.

If enemies play the bow down animation you have hit, but did not enough damage.

And don't forget that range is important too, dmg falloff is extreme in this game. So even if you land a clear headshot, but being out of optimal range, it won't hurt much.

Also there seem to be some issues with obstacles/edges - e.g. when leaning you might shoot the wall without recognizing it. Or a decoration tree that is suddenly for real ;)

[Das Trojanische Pferd]

Originally posted by HiggsLP:

Get a better gun, pea guns only tickle enemies.
Good ones till mid game- AKM from side mission with scope, UDP fully modded and silenced, m860 cracker.
Enemies dropping like flies.

In the side note its a game, enemies dont drop from 1 bulllet and neither do you- 100th of med kita make u actually invincible.

ARMA and other war simus if u lile 1 shot games...

ow jea 5.56 ap is such a pea should 1 hit hs everything below the best exo suits but no even a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bandit with a balaclava tanks 2 shots easy thats just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.......

[Stroichik]

if Monolithian in heavy helmet doesnt spot player - he gets 1-shot in head with VSS.
If Monolithian in same heavy helmet do spot player - he needs 2 shots in the head to die.

Its lame. VSS should be able to 1-shot any head, especially if its a face-shot no matter if enemy spotted you or not.

[AllanWake™]

Originally posted by Stroichik:

if Monolithian in heavy helmet doesnt spot player - he gets 1-shot in head with VSS.
If Monolithian in same heavy helmet do spot player - he needs 2 shots in the head to die.

Its lame. VSS should be able to 1-shot any head, especially if its a face-shot no matter if enemy spotted you or not.

I would give props to the NPC for surviving VSS headshot, but when he takes a SVD hit to the head now thats bs.