How Many Headshots Does it TAKE to Kill a Monolith Sniper?!

[WheresMyPants]

Please keep in mind these are ALL armor piercing rounds chambered in 5.45 (I believe I was using the Kharod at the time of this video) that I'm tagging the sniper with....

Don't get me WRONG, I LOVE this game but it really needs a bit more fine tuning in a lot of areas lol

https://youtu.be/BtGe5aYOu1E?si=Nfjizs9rNpYhz7Kx

[Protocol7]

Some of the weapon balance is definitely whack. Like yeah at some point my dinky 9mm pistol is going to be less effective, sure, but IDK why the unique Dnipro is so much better than some of the other weapons, even with the base 5.45 ammo.

The Kharod is 5.56 and those all seemed to not be worth using extensively in my gameplay. I liked the one sniper from the Zaton mission but beyond that I stuck with shotguns and 5.45.

[WheresMyPants]

Originally posted by Protocol7:

The Kharod is 5.56 and those all seemed to not be worth using extensively in my gameplay. I liked the one sniper from the Zaton mission but beyond that I stuck with shotguns and 5.45.

I was able to find a kharod very early in my play through and purposely re chambered it in 5.45 as I found, at least for me, that 5.45 is so much more abundant early to mid game vs 5.56 ammo. Plus I purposely had next to zero upgrades early on to limit repair costs. And I made a sh@t ton of trips to Rostok to sell Ragman a lot of red weapons

[Fryskar]

Never used a kharod. Took 4-5 with a vintar (fmj) and 1-2 with a whip (fmj) for an average monolith.
In general, i found little to no use for non DMR/sniper rifles.

[lockwoodx]

Originally posted by Protocol7:

Some of the weapon balance is definitely whack. Like yeah at some point my dinky 9mm pistol is going to be less effective.

Then you find a 9mm Zubar and realize its more powerful than 90% of the ARs in the game and wonder what the devs were smoking.

[WheresMyPants]

Originally posted by Fryskar:

Never used a kharod. Took 4-5 with a vintar (fmj) and 1-2 with a whip (fmj) for an average monolith.
In general, i found little to no use for non DMR/sniper rifles.

Later in my play throughs, I started using Whip/ SVU MkS-3 exclusively on armored enemies like monolith. That whip is also pretty d*mn effective on granite special forces enemies.. 2 dome shots on average on stalker difficulty.

But now that they buffed the H3LLLLLL outta the Guass Rifle in patch 1.1, nothing compares as far as raw blistering power is concerned lol. Can't complain over that buff as it was just last week I did a play through of Call of Pripyat and was able to kill a CHIMERA with A SINGLE SHOT from the gauss rifle.

[Sharkon]

probably Plot armor. had this sniper aswell and couln't kill him but there was a mission later on to clear that oupost and then it worked.

[lockwoodx]

Originally posted by Sharkon:

probably Plot armor. had this sniper aswell and couln't kill him but there was a mission later on to clear that oupost and then it worked.

In the old games the plot armor was called bullet hit register and some of your shots literally wouldn't count. Didn't make the game any harder you just had to chew thru more ammo until you landed enough.

[Sharkon]

Originally posted by lockwoodx:

Originally posted by Sharkon:

probably Plot armor. had this sniper aswell and couln't kill him but there was a mission later on to clear that oupost and then it worked.

In the old games the plot armor was called bullet hit register and some of your shots literally wouldn't count. Didn't make the game any harder you just had to chew thru more ammo until you landed enough.

well, I downed him with my kharod, moved up the guard tower and he was not dead but in the wounded animation. he got up eventually without me doing anything and started shooting at me again. dumped some shotgun shells into his head and he fell down to his wounded stance again. I tried to finish him with some more headshots but it didn't work at all.

so I lost interest and moved on.

[JRCOBRA]

Depending on where you are in the story they are invulnerable.

[Jackson Lamb]

This looks like you're in the South East corner of Duga where you enter for the confrontation with Faust?

If so, almost all of the Monolith snipers in those towers around Duga are invincible until after the Faust mission (some of them can be killed, but I think this is a bug) and then only a couple of them are invincible but I think that might be a bug. They can also one-shot you if you give them chance to line up.

This game has a lot of hard walls to prevent you from progress through areas/buildings/sections that are plot-related.

[lockwoodx]

Originally posted by Brother Barry:

This game has a lot of hard walls to prevent you from progress through areas/buildings/sections that are plot-related.

Yes found this out the hard way with some anomalies and trying to chill with my ward bros only they refuse to recognize my badge.

[WheresMyPants]

Originally posted by Brother Barry:

This looks like you're in the South East corner of Duga where you enter for the confrontation with Faust?

If so, almost all of the Monolith snipers in those towers around Duga are invincible until after the Faust mission (some of them can be killed, but I think this is a bug) and then only a couple of them are invincible but I think that might be a bug. They can also one-shot you if you give them chance to line up.

This game has a lot of hard walls to prevent you from progress through areas/buildings/sections that are plot-related.

That's precisely where I was at. I forget the name of the mission, but I sided with Scar for that particular play through. It was the mission where I was to help clear out the corner in that area just prior to destroying those 2 psi lanterns and see those "psi-duplicates" of Faust for the first time.

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...монолит...аааууууг

[Fryskar]

Originally posted by WheresMyPants:

Originally posted by Fryskar:

Never used a kharod. Took 4-5 with a vintar (fmj) and 1-2 with a whip (fmj) for an average monolith.
In general, i found little to no use for non DMR/sniper rifles.

Later in my play throughs, I started using Whip/ SVU MkS-3 exclusively on armored enemies like monolith. That whip is also pretty d*mn effective on granite special forces enemies.. 2 dome shots on average on stalker difficulty.

But now that they buffed the H3LLLLLL outta the Guass Rifle in patch 1.1, nothing compares as far as raw blistering power is concerned lol. Can't complain over that buff as it was just last week I did a play through of Call of Pripyat and was able to kill a CHIMERA with A SINGLE SHOT from the gauss rifle.

Did they up its RoF?
Else it only makes for a great mutant killer. Its ammo is too rare and i'd rather shoot twice and with a decent RoF.

[sobran]

ITs impossible to kill sniper until plot armor desintegrates by progressing main quest. I can down him with 1 headshhot ffrom sniper rifle, but he will just stand up in few seconds.