Headshots on players

[Cyborg Ninja 93]

Are all headshots on players instakill? Even with pistols?

[CarefulSCV 0]

Yes but I've noticed incidents with lag where they don't seem to kill them instantly.

[Cyborg Ninja 93]

Alright, that explains why I didn't kill this guy who I shot in the head at point blank range with a M9 SD

[Thingyy 5]

M9 SD is the one of the few guns that take 2 shots to the head i believe.

[THE_REBEL 3]

Currently all weapons can one shot kill to the head. Execpt for melees I believe.

[HighPiez 59]

M9 SD is the one of the few guns that take 2 shots to the head i believe.

Pretty sure every gun is 1 shot kill to the head my man.

[adamtheheretic 106]

Currently all weapons can one shot kill to the head. Execpt for melees I believe.

Hatchet headshots are one shot kills.

[PoisonedAl 128]

Well on the rare occasion someone survives a shot to the head, most of the time they probably wish they had died. Being shot in the face by any caliber is really going to ruin your day.

[bazbake 456]

Currently all weapons can one shot kill to the head. Execpt for melees I believe.

I don't know about that. I've been looking up headshot damage to check this theory and I haven't found anything online to back this up. On the other hand, I did find a pre-nerf weapon guide online. Back before Makarovs were nerfed and still did 2,000 damage, it says it took two headshots to kill players. That would have been a one-shot kill on zombies. But now they do 889 damage, so that would probably be closer to 4-5 headshots to kill a player. The .45 ACP round does 1389 damage, so we're talking 3-4 headshots to kill a player and 1-2 to kill a zombie.

If headshots are a 3x multiplier like the guide implies (2,000 x 3 x 2 = 12,000 blood) instead of an instant-kill, then it makes sense that people using anything other than pistols previously thought headshots were instant-kills against other players, since the only non-pistol damage that wouldn't be an instant-kill under the old system would have been assault rifles and they can spit out 100 rounds per minute making you lose count.

But post-nerf, sniper rifles were left untouched and assault rifles still do enough damage to 2-shot players (2200 x 3 x 2 = 13,200 blood) but pistols would now require between 3-5 headshots to put a player down.

While hit detection is an issue (especially in third person), the reports of people requiring more than one headshot to kill people and zombies may not be lag at all and may just be the damage they're actually doing.