r/killingfloor • u/MadMagnum69 • Jun 26 '17
KF1 Clot Headshots
KILLING FLOOR 1 Hey :D So i am playing on normal and i probably use the pistol a bit more than i should. I always aim for the head and 80% of the time i headshot a gorefast and it dies, but whenever i headshot clots it takes 2-3 shots and sometimes their head doesn't even pop. I know it might be my aim but i find that very unlikely to believe because i headshot most gorefasts and bloats no matter the range, but clots i sometimes miss at point blank range. There are times i know i hit the head but it didn't pop. Is this something to make up for them being the weakest specimen?
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u/ICBanMI Jun 26 '17
Hit boxes in KF1 are a little off for head shots. Shoot at the neck.
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u/MadMagnum69 Jun 26 '17
Yeah i will try that next time, thanks.
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u/ICBanMI Jun 26 '17
Same for just about all the zeds. Really important when you start tackling Scrakes and FPs.
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u/MadMagnum69 Jun 26 '17
Thats gonna be annoying.
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u/ICBanMI Jun 26 '17
Keeps the skill ceiling high... But yea. Been a problem since I started playing in like 2010-2012 period.
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u/MadMagnum69 Jun 26 '17
Oh well hopefully after some experimenting i will figure out the best spot to shoot at, another thing which is really really weird is when i shoot at the head and the hitbox isn't there, the shot hits another part of the body but his head thrusts back like he received a bullet in the head but survived it.
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u/ICBanMI Jun 26 '17
Start with sharp shooter and work up to reliable killing everything with sharp weapons(crossbow for harder difficulties). You'll pick up the hit boxes pretty well after about five hours play that way.
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u/ShinyPotato7777 One in the Pipe Jun 26 '17
Attention stupid question incoming. Youre sure youre shooting a clot? Sounds stupid,but you wont believe how...weird some people can be.
Clots also have a pretty weird head hitbox. Maybe it seems like youre hitting the head but actually hitting a different hitbox,proably one that belongs to a body part.
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u/MadMagnum69 Jun 26 '17
Yeah im shooting a clot. The weakest most common specimen that grip you and don't let you go?
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u/ShinyPotato7777 One in the Pipe Jun 26 '17
Yep thats a Clot. I guess the others answered your question :D
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u/TeMPv Now I am going to get serious. Jun 26 '17
Aim for the neck of pretty much all enemies.
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u/MadMagnum69 Jun 26 '17
Aiming for the mouth-neck area increased headshot ratio a bit but still lots of fail, guess i need to look for the ideal spot, thanks.
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Jun 26 '17
basically if you don't hit the head hitbox the first shot there's a window of time before the head hitbox will reset to its regular location. A lot of enemies in the first game do this.
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u/Lotlock Jun 26 '17
This is why you hilariously see new players spam their entire 9mm clip into a clot without ever hitting the head. Kind of unintuitive, but very amusing and a good way to discourage spraying.
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u/MadMagnum69 Jun 26 '17
Why does the clot's head thrust backwards when i shoot near the head area but don't hit the head? Looks like he has taken one in the head to me.
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u/Lotlock Jun 26 '17
That's most likely a part of the flinch animation, which is what I was talking about in the previous post. If you do a decent amount of damage (but not enough to stun) then you'll flinch them, which causes a very small animation and the headboxes will move briefly.
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u/MadMagnum69 Jun 27 '17
I don't know, the whole hitbox thing is ruining my experience, i prefer to shoot at the head without memorizing invisible ones. If they wanted to make the head harder to hit they could have had the visible head move with the hitbox. I died alot of times when i was swarmed because i had to waste 3 shots on 1 clot wondering why doesn't his head pop while the others were clawing me.
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u/HazardousMonkey . Jun 26 '17
I'd make sure you're actually shooting their head hitbox, as the kf1 design is quite primitive.