BF2S Forums Sniping with the L96A1 ....

thats probably just a glitch with EA..happens all teh time..it sucks

Yes it is a headshot.  As for why your headshots don't work I'd say it's either lag, or the bullet drop over long distance.

With your second question, are you sure you've got at least five healing points (note this does NOT include reviving people) in one round?  If you are sure, then it's probably down to a crap server not recording properly.  Don't forget that in order to get heal points it requires you to heal 100% of a soldier's health (and obviously this will take more than one soldier as if they've lost 100% of their health they are dead )

Wraith

thats probably just a glitch with EA..happens all teh time..it sucks

i was promoted to gunnery sgt about four times because it never registered (no im not  hacker lol --and no i didnt get more than the two unlocks)

FALLOUTBOMB wrote:

why dont you just go play baseball

Why don't you go explode somewhere?

taxi2you wrote:

From my experience you have to put the crosshairs across the top of their head.  If you are trying to hit them in the face your bullets are dropping and hitting them in the chest.

Yeah,that's correct,but the bulletdrop is really noticeable at 150-200 meters,under that range it's a minimal drop,50 meter shots are right in the center of the scope.

Last edited by Mj.Blindfisch (2006-06-19 11:04:12)

Sometimes, they even die from one shot in the back, it can be usefull 2 know.

L96A1..............FTW!I love this gun. everything else might as well be 22's to me.  the crosshairs are the $hit and the reload time is supurb.

FALLOUTBOMB wrote:

why dont you just go play baseball

Way to jump the noob with a simple question, jackleg. Don't you have a cat to kick or something?  Jeez.

headshot, only way to go. That's the only thing im aiming for as a sniper, unless im trying to catch a guy running and at least take him down to two ticks, get an assist when he eventually dies. ive noticed though i cannot usually get off head shots on servers where my ping is over 80, for obvious reasons, so if you wanna get headshots, go to servers where your ping is better, obvious, i know, but some people......

BaseballRulez19 wrote:

Ok, I know that when you snipe at some one with the L96A1, it takes them down to 2 health ticks.

Nope, only unarmoured classes. The M95 takes any class down to 2 bars, the L96A1 takes armoured guys down to 40% (?) You'll notice this when you start getting used to whipping out the pistol to finish someone off; with another sniper you just need to get them once, you have to take a little more care with an assault or support player as they can kill you in the time it takes to try to hit them with two or three handgun rounds.

Practice with a friend on an empty server and you'll see how it works.

BaseballRulez19 wrote:

Is it a headshot thing? If so, why don't people die in 1 hit when I snipe them in the face?

That's a good question, I do it all the time and don't get an instant kill. Depends on their orientation to you and the range basically but if you shoot them in the helmet that'll kill them IF you get the hit indication (at longer ranges you have to aim above the head obviously). Recently I've been getting headshot after headshot on close targets (often Vodnik or Humvee gunners) that show a puff of smoke but no hit indication.

BaseballRulez19 wrote:

But, another question - at what range should I aim a little higher for the bullet drop to come into effect? Like 150 meters?

From about 80 metres onwards you want to start taking it into account; the longer the range the more you have to do it of course but remember it does depend a little on the angle of the person to you. Again you'll need to practice to get a 'feel' for it, if you want to be getting consistent headshots in the heat of battle the aiming point needs to be automatic.

BaseballRulez19 wrote:

FALLOUTBOMB wrote:

why dont you just go play baseball

Why don't you die in a fire?

No matches? LOL

Mj.Blindfisch wrote:

...the bulletdrop is really noticeable at 150-200 meters,under that range it's a minimal drop,50 meter shots are right in the center of the scope.

Yep and still you can shoot someone between the eyes or on the nose and not kill them. It sucks!

howler_27 wrote:

I played on a server yesterday where I was using the L96, and dropped armored and non-armored enemy players with one shot to the chest(about 30m running twards me).  Instant death.  It confused me because I saw the X and it was clearly centered in the chest.  I know that they did now have dammage bacause I watched them spawn at the surveylance area(Sharqi), run around the back of the building to the west, and turn back north, twards me on the roof top.

They must have been hit by something before you shot them... there's usually plenty of lead flying around. Body shots are always a wound to a full-health player, believe me I know since I sort of specialise in kill assists

Zeon. wrote:

Just so you know, you can get 1 shot kills with any gun...

http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=21400

Zeon. wrote:

Even the shite SVD (No offense to anyone )

I think it's shite too

aim like 1 pixel above head or for the scalp (where the head should be) aim more above head if ur heaps far away.

Twist wrote:

Seeing as noone else wants to admit it, I'll post it here....

Bullet drop is ONLY significant if you're NOT above your target. That is to say, if you're on top of a building, and he's running around 100m away and 40 meters below you, the bullet drop is SIGNIFICANTLY less than if you were at the same relative "height" as your target. For this reason people who specialize in sniping needs to know that bullet drop varies not only with the RANGE to your target, but also the vertical orientation. When shooting at a sniper in the TV tower on Sharqi, you need to account for bulleptdrop WAY more tha he needs to when he's sniping back.

Affirmaroger. +1.

mayebe you are moving the mouse when u click to shoot or maybe u need to hold the fire button down for a couple seconds after u shoot