"snipers are the most qualified"

I just spit out my incredibly good tasting peppermint mocha. The majority of snipers are qualified to hit body shots and just hide the whole match near the redline which does nothing to help their infantry rapidly dying on field.

You know they have RR's with a scope that provide the ease of headshots, right?

Yes I did. Nice observation.

But the point remains, snipers aren't the only ones who can get a headshot. Just a little reminder, that is all. I do it all the time.

Besides what I think about snipers, the fact remains. Snipers are not the only ones who can get headshots.

Are you trying to argue against that or you want to argue about my opinion on snipers?

I don't even have the time for the latter...its pointless.

I am a former sniper (moved on to scrambler rifle) and I have had many headshot kills as well with the sniper rifle and scrambler. From what I remember, headshot kills are still revivable. I would prefer that headshot kills are non revivable as a way to reward precision.

In many instances, Ive been in a 1 vs 4 firefight and have downed 2 of the 4 while defending the target. In many of these instances, I aim for the head to ensure a faster drop and move on to the other players. In many of these instances, such killed players are revived and Im thinking to myself, "well thats dumb. whats the point of going for headshots if they can still be revived?"

This character is a pure sniper, I use proto weapons, and yes you can be revived after a head shot, it just depends on how much over kill is involved

Wow. You really need to chill out. And broaden your mind. So all the time, infantry is just running around like its COD, laying waste to enemies and have no time to see what happens afterwards?

Think broader and smarter. I have seen it with my own eyes...because...ya know, I have a RR with a scope and I'm just patrolling my section as commanded by squad lead.

How difficult is that perceive? You get mad at me for categorizing snipers, yet proceed to do the same with infantry.

stupid ****

Lore wise, it makes sense. Given the might these weapons wield, it makes sense that once the shields and armor are compromised, it's going to shred the skull in such a violent manner that a nano hive cannot even reconstruct.

Although... it does raise the lore question, what about the "mind/soul" scanning hardware that usually insures transfer of conscious to the next body? Wouldn't it be compromised as well, kind killing permanently the merc like the rest of mere mortals? With capsuleers it makes sense, the "egg" protects the hardware itself (and scan occurring at the slightest crack of the egg), allowing just enough time for that instant scan before the explosion fries the capsuleer itself. But in the case of a merc, how does that work out?

Yah I know, a bit of a Eve nerd. But it is curious how the soul transfer occurs with mercs despite the head shots.

Well it can happen, the scan is like the flash of a camera, and the flashes are faster than the bullets, meaning that when the bullet breaches the helmet of a clone, while it's destroying layer after layer of the armor the scan process will take the picture of your brain, killing you instantly and moving "you" to another clone.

The system is very sensitive at preserving the life of a clone, even the smallest and insignificant fracture in the hull of an EVE capsule will trigger the scan process in less than a second.

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That actually makes sense within the logic of the Eve lore. The body glove would be the detector itself.

That has potential for lots of comedy though, hehehe. Imagine a merc going about it's business, accidentally pulls a wee too hard the body glove, causing a rip (assuming the body glove is not that strong, which I imagine shouldn't be the case), BAM, accidental death and transfer to another body, hehehehehe.

Hopefully CCP will clarify wether head shots negate the use of hives or not. Quite useful tactical info. Although it is already instinct to attempt to aim at the head for some. Achieving the head shot is a reward in and of itself. ^^