us 244 combat logger

[kbassil 2]

US 244, was sniping at the NW airfield and watched a player crawl from the firestation to the barracks. Let him loot the barracks, then as he came out I took the shot with my brand new SVD... Direct hit on center mass! Watched blood spew and zombies start chasing the player. I watch the player run into the forest (away from me) and then notice he's ghosting... next thing I know, the zom's all despawn. No confirmed kill in the chat, no +1 murder in debug. WTF?! I thought SVD was 1 hit kill!

[ExileBroc 14]

SVD may be a one shot kill to zombies.

[Ankhenaten 111]

Butthurt assassins aren't what they used to be.. :blush:

[kbassil 2]

I'm certain he Alt-F4'd due to how quickly all the zeds de-spawned. From BOOM to zed despawn was probably 7 seconds... and he stood around for a few seconds realizing wtf happened, so I know he didn't run far enough away...

So I'm guessing the SVD's DO NOT, in fact, 1 hit kill? Can anyone confirm?

[Scene 36]

Based on the info in this damage chart: http://i.imgur.com/BuY29.jpg

The SVD is only 8000 blood worth of damage, so if he was at full HP he would have have still had 4k blood.

Still Alt+F4 is a cheap move.

[DoshDosh 62]

The only rifle-type weapons that kill in 1 bodyshot are AS50, M107 and Lee-Enfield, I believe. Other than that it would be good to get good at headshots, but considering that Arma 2 is a military sim. engine over a FPS game like BF3 and COD, you're probably better off not going for headshots unless you're absolutely 100% sure you'll be getting it (for example on a player who's in the middle of looting and is stationary or a prone sniper who's zoomed in).

[kbassil 2]

Right, and let's remember I was only crouched, 550 yds away, and using the SVD with a fixed scope. Center Mass was the smart shot in that instance.

Man, I can't believe it will take 2 shots... that SVD ammo is as rare as diamonds. I can't go spraying with it!

[DoshDosh 62]

As long as you don't empty out your magazine/clip, it should refill upon login (note that this is a bug that's supposed to be fixed). Other than that, I agree that SVD ammo is extremely rare, so if you stumble upon a sniper rifle with more common ammunition (DMR ammo seems more frequent; CZ550 is good too, but the scope on that sniper rifle isn't as good) you can switch out for it. I believe that the SVD/DMR/M14 AIM/CZ550 have the same stats as far as damage/noise goes, so it would just be about clip/mag size and availability of ammo.