I know you will say OF COURSE but I am here to make sure because I was playing apb and I found it disappointing how headshots weren't in, if they are in tell me, if you know, tell me how much damage it multiplies. I am happy if light rifles can ohk in the head.

This topic has been brought up before. Don't know in which topic it was though.
There will be headshots and they will do more damage than bodyshots, damage multipliers are unknown at this moment.
There won't be OHK kills, not with melee, not with knives, not with any weapon. However, if your weapon got a buff and you pull of a headshot in close quarters on an unbuffed light, it might be lights out, or atleast almost.


This is a quote from HORSEs compendium, he gathered all information we have as of yet. However, everything he mentions in there is subject to change (In other words, it's not an official thread)
http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1102014-brink-info-compendium-v2/

Well a short rifle buffed up by an engineer headshotting an unbuffed light would be a OHK.

says by default, means before buffs and stuffs (i wanted that to rhyme, thus the unnecessary S) but if the Engies do their jobs, lights will be in some serious [censored] if they come across someone with good aim

Only if the lights are standing still. :wink_smile:

Which they won't be. :toughninja:

I'm pretty sure knives can OHKO an unbuffed light.

also from H0RSE

Thanks, I missed that one

I already said that, anyway fingers crossed for the OHK backstab.

No OHK headshots? Seriously, are there sniper rifles in this game or not, or did splash damage just taunt us with that trailer?
If they did, shame on them, if they didn't well then bring on the headshots.

This is a lie, knives may still be ohk with a backstab kill, but there will be no ohk guns except maybe on unbuffed lights but I doubt it.
Plus it was a cinematic, next time don't base anything off the cinematic it was the second video ever made of Brink, If you can snipe good then you can attach long range scopes on your gun and bury 3 bullets in your enemies head, problem solved.
If I made the game I would be offended by sniping, when I spend 2 plus years on character models then I agree with Richard Ham, I don't want people seeing my char a few pixels tall. Some people on this forum are very rude to devs and the philosphy of Brinks playstyle :banghead:

Sooooo... they lied about sniper rifles? That's kinda a kick in the crotch don't you think?

No, a kick in the crotch is seeing someone make inferences off a cinematic and then complain. Cinematics are to draw interest, gameplay is where you go to find out what the game really is, the only thing you can get from the cinematic is maybe the games artstyle and name.
There are snipers you just can't go around quickscoping and ohking across the map.
Quote: We want battles to be up close and personal, snipers are really used to just soften up the enemy.
In this game snipers actually support other players not go ghost recon sniper style(which is a great game in its own right) thats just not the style of Brink.

I didn't base anything off of a cinematic. I can miss the ball to, you know.

I'll correct myself:
No gun does OHKO headshots.
Knives can do OHKO, when attacking an unbuffed light or backstabbing someone. Knives only work when using a pistol and they do more damage than buttstock melee.
However, we don't know a lot about backstabbing. Maybe it's a skill, maybe it's operative only. Right?

I wasn't directing my comment towards you and yes you are right, If backstabbing is implemented it will be an operative exclusive skill but there is no guarantee it is ohk so far but one can hope I guess.

Not sniper rifles in the traditional sense no.



No they have been quite clear over many interview that the light rifle is not a OHK.



I dearly hope so. It should be operative exclusive anyway.

I'm not trying to be disrespectful, it's just that I wouldn't put it in there if you know... it's not in the game.

I would have no problem if they didn't put it in, but advertising it kinda pisses me off.

And besides, I never said that there would be a "Ghost Recon" sniper, but It just seems like it would add to the 'customisation' of the game.

I really don't mind, since this game is awesome, but I would prefer not to be pulled into false expectations.

Maybe they'll put it in a DLC?

They never said they were going to add snipers you can make light rifles "like" snipers but there are not going to be any "real" snipers no OHKs unless your buffed and head shot a unbuffed light. I personally think snipers would not work in this game so in my opinion No No snipers. Not now, Not later, Not Ever.

Designated marksman rifles on the other hand...

Perhaps the gentleman was already damaged and the sniper simply finished him off. That is in the game, so it might not be false advertising.
Although, it is more likely that the cinematic is just that... a cinematic. I was disappointed that a roll was excluded, but that doesn't mean it was falsely advertised as Mirror's Edge 2.

yah, you won't be backflipping over rockets either...

it's a cinematic


Hell, look at BFBC2 ads.... they showed GAMEPLAY of an attack helo shooting rockets at a buggy in a fairly dense desert urban section....

COMPLETELY NON-EXISTENT in the game....

they must have set that up in one of their private sessions cause those elements never exist all at once together like that.

In fact, the ONLY level with an Apache and the Buggy is Port Valdez Conquest... which is a snow environment, and not urban.

actually... that game doesn't even have any REAL urban environments.....


extremely mis-leading... especially given that, as I said, it was GAME FOOTAGE.... not an obvious cinematic.

I know you will be wall hopping them if your a light. Also no rocket in the game.

The way I interpret it:

"By default no weapon is a one it kill before buffs and things..."

I think that the headshot damage multiplier might fall into the "and things" section, therefor a headshot with a more powerful weaponmight result in a OHK on an unbuffed light.

I don't think so. If I remember correctly they even said it in one of the interviews.

- By default, no gun is powerful enough to kill anyone with one bullet. (Did you hear that? NO GUN! This includes headshots with “sniper” rifles) BUT, there are in-game upgrades to temporarily increase the power of the gun, and equally, there are upgrades to increase the length of one's life meter. So there's kind of an escalating arms race of weapon power vs. life power that helps ensure that every encounter is unique, and the tide of battle can turn at any moment.

quoted from the compendium, technically not official but...

so in short no head shot can OHKO (without buff).

I'm not sure if grenades can OHKO if they land right at your feet