Why does the Huntsman have such a big hitbox?

[60]

A bit silly that you can headshot people by shooting besides their head.

[Doctor of Spice]

It is counted as a projectile, rather than a hit-scan weapon.

[cyzer]

It's a projectile. More or less the same as the rocket or grenade projectile from the Soldier and Demoman respectively.

[Heavenly Schizo]

Hitboxes are weird.
Not only is it counted as a projectile already, but the hitboxes are weird. While the body is in one way, the hitbox is in another, because of adjusting and fixing to everyone pings, stuff like that. While you can see the arrow in the Heavys chest, the hitbox, at the time of it registering as a hit, was there.

That's why melees and Demomen are so strange and hard to play to a new person, because of it being only projectiles and not hitreg.

Also, Pyros tank on his back is a hitbox. So, that's one part.

[60]

Originally posted by wes_lyn:

It's a projectile. More or less the same as the rocket or grenade projectile from the Soldier and Demoman respectively.

Do you think it will have worked if they made a special hitbox category for the huntsman since headshots are so important?

[cyzer]

Originally posted by Golden:

Originally posted by wes_lyn:

It's a projectile. More or less the same as the rocket or grenade projectile from the Soldier and Demoman respectively.

Do you think it will have worked if they made a special hitbox category for the huntsman since headshots are so important?

Might break the hitbox even further. They can try to modify it though.

[60]

Originally posted by wes_lyn:

Originally posted by Golden:

Do you think it will have worked if they made a special hitbox category for the huntsman since headshots are so important?

Might break the hitbox even further. They can try to modify it though.

They'll probably fix it in Source 2. As it's now i just don't bother playing against Huntsman snipers since precision are rewarded so much and even that doesn't work.