head shots

[MrAtHrOuGhZ]

i wonder why head shots with arrows does'nt do anything..

[Sightless17]

Are you sure? Every time I get a head shot it does more damage then it would anywhere else.

[Derek]

Perhaps you're not really hitting them in the head. You do realize that arrows drop in range, the crosshair doesn't necessarily tell exactly where the arrow would hit.
For me headshots usually have resulted in instant kill/major damage caused. (playing on expert difficulty)

[MrAtHrOuGhZ]

so are we talking about between the eyes or like neck up? cause when i hit them in the neck its the same as the
body

[Derek]

Neck for me seem to kill them. Back of their head is the usual target for me, mostly because I either snipe from a long distance or that I sneak among darkness.

[Dadio483]

it would also depend on the rang damage and how much the npc would have to loose to die, i have done some with no dead and others with one shot kills in the head, even had a kill shot video show the kill

[MrAtHrOuGhZ]

alright cool guys.. thanks.let me try again and see if theres any change for me.

[Sam the beast]

i usually get slow-mo kill cam when i get a head shot.

[Westlandresider]

the bow shots are so buggy, I hit someone in the ankle and got a instant kill, but shot the other one in between the shoulder blades and it barely fazed him.

[Ombudsman]

Vanilla Skrim does not have locational damage. All hits deals the same ammount of damage.

There is however a mod for it -> http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/12615

[jjb-54]

Originally posted by J3X:

Vanilla Skrim does not have locational damage. All hits deals the same ammount of damage.

There is however a mod for it -> http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/12615

I smiled when I read this .. reminded me of the phrase - "We have an app for that!" (cell phone related.)

[Ombudsman]

Originally posted by jjb-54:

Originally posted by J3X:

Vanilla Skrim does not have locational damage. All hits deals the same ammount of damage.

There is however a mod for it -> http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/12615

I smiled when I read this .. reminded me of the phrase - "We have an app for that!" (cell phone related.)

As intented then.

[jjb-54]

As some of the post already said - Personally, I really favor the bow.

I try hard to do head shots and thought for sure I "had it" ... but as I started to pay attention, as one can - the NPC can move just 'enough' and sometimes I hit the shoulder - arm - hand, depending on the motion of the NPC, since they obviously are not standing still.

Also I found, and I'm not using any special mod - that certain arrows do more and/or less damage if head shot is not achieved and thus it may take more than one arrow of various kinds ....

[Ombudsman]

Placedo effect.

Since there is no hit location recognition in Skyrim, trying to achieve headshots will not cause increased damage but may cause your shot to miss if you do not properly account for the arrow's trajectory.
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Archery

[jjb-54]

Originally posted by J3X:

Placedo effect.

Since there is no hit location recognition in Skyrim, trying to achieve headshots will not cause increased damage but may cause your shot to miss if you do not properly account for the arrow's trajectory.
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Archery

Yes - why I like the bow. There is more of a challenge to it. You do have to account for certain things .. speed of the NPC/Animal and such ... distance ... and.

They are a lot of fun to master. In all three of my play throughs (first 2 due to Steam Crashes) - I started to go for different weapons, but they were less of a challenge to master and just found myself, "you favor the bow, huh? ..." Yup - I guess I do! :)

[Numb7numb]

Originally posted by sammy_malone:

i usually get slow-mo kill cam when i get a head shot.

I hate that slo-mo cam. 95% of the time I wind up looking at a wall or something else. Mostly never do I actually see the arrow in flight. I wish I could remove that slo-mo.