Are headshots and crit hits the same damage?

[VincentVolaju]

When zooming in with a bow or gun, you get that little diamond that pops up on the mob showing you where to shoot to land a headshot. When you hit, the numbers pop up like a critical hit.

Is that mechanic basically just a "100% crit" chance thing?

Like if I were to shoot the same mob in the leg and just randomly landed a crit shot, would that crit shot do the exact same damage as the headshot (shooting in the diamond)?

[Miro Fox]

headshot is a "100%" Crit, but Criticals can also be random if you unlock them in the Ranger tree

[VincentVolaju]

Originally posted by Miro Fox:

headshot is a "100%" Crit, but Criticals can also be random if you unlock them in the Ranger tree

So if I am on a controller and bad at aiming, but build my char to have high crit % chance with attributes and gear etc and end up with like a 50% crit chance ... would that basically make aiming for headshots not all that important? Because landing a random crit on another part of the body would be doing the same damage as the headshot anyway?

[stax]

Originally posted by VincentVolaju:

Originally posted by Miro Fox:

headshot is a "100%" Crit, but Criticals can also be random if you unlock them in the Ranger tree

So if I am on a controller and bad at aiming, but build my char to have high crit % chance with attributes and gear etc and end up with like a 50% crit chance ... would that basically make aiming for headshots not all that important? Because landing a random crit on another part of the body would be doing the same damage as the headshot anyway?

Yes.

However, it is also possible to buy a passive skill that slows time when aiming a ranged weapon power attack, which should make headshots ("weak spot" shots in game terminology) much easier to achieve.