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==Damage== | ==Damage== | ||
*Headshots do no more damage to shields than body shots. | *Headshots do no more damage to shields than body shots. | ||
*Sniper weapons,such as the [[Beam Rifle]] and [[Sniper Rifle]], are very effective headshot weapons. One headshot will normally kill a fully shielded target, but overshielded and high-ranked enemies will survive. Sniper headshots also do some more damage against shields. | *Sniper weapons, such as the [[Beam Rifle]] and [[Sniper Rifle]], are very effective headshot weapons. One headshot will normally kill a fully shielded target, but overshielded and high-ranked enemies will survive. Sniper headshots also do some more damage against shields. | ||
*Some weapons, typically explosive, fully automatic, or spread-shot weapons such as the [[MA5 Assault Rifles]], [[M7 SMG]], [[Sentinel Beam]], [[Brute Spiker]], [[Brute Shot]], [[M90 Shotgun]], etc. will not kill a player with a headshot | *Some weapons, typically explosive, fully automatic, or spread-shot weapons such as the [[MA5 Assault Rifles]], [[M7 SMG]], [[Sentinel Beam]], [[Brute Spiker]], [[Brute Shot]], [[M90 Shotgun]], etc. will not kill a player with a headshot | ||
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*Some people use the [[Elite]] [[Ascetic]] player model in high and blatant hopes that the lowered head stays all headshots from behind, mainly utilized on a [[Team SWAT]] game but in truth and reality there is still a small part of head exposed from the Elite's posterior and backside. It is simply harder to get a headshot from behind on an Elite. Also, there is a small spot in the back between the 'shoulder blades' of the model that will sometimes produce an actual headshot. It is also far easier to get a head shot on an Elite from the front, as their head is in the "center of their mass". | *Some people use the [[Elite]] [[Ascetic]] player model in high and blatant hopes that the lowered head stays all headshots from behind, mainly utilized on a [[Team SWAT]] game but in truth and reality there is still a small part of head exposed from the Elite's posterior and backside. It is simply harder to get a headshot from behind on an Elite. Also, there is a small spot in the back between the 'shoulder blades' of the model that will sometimes produce an actual headshot. It is also far easier to get a head shot on an Elite from the front, as their head is in the "center of their mass". | ||
*It is actually possible to fire between the mandibles of the [[Elite]] and miss. This can happen but is rarely achieved. | *It is actually possible to fire between the mandibles of the [[Elite]] and miss. This can happen but is rarely achieved. | ||
*If you get 10 sniper headshots in one game you'll unlock the | *If you get 10 sniper headshots in one game you'll unlock the [[Headshot Honcho Achievment]]. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
