What do you guys and gals think of the 24 guns in Brink? I think there really should be One Shot Kills in this game, because after all, a rifle shot to the head should really kill anyone.

No OHKs. Imagine that your about to get to an objective and there sonly one second left, and BAM! Some jerk headshots you

Actually, according to one of the people who played at PAX, he used a Short Rifle that one-shotted mediums if you hit them in the head. He wasn't sure if it was buffed or not, but he said it one-shotted lights and mediums and did 75% on Heavy's

I think that the guns look really good so far (hjammerdian ftw!) but as for the 1 shot kills, I heard that some of the guns do have 1 shot incapacitate capabilities.

Yes, it is a complete pain to get OHK'd but the little example you gave us I believe is called a "Buzzer Beater".

Actually, I completely hate OHKs sure its realistic but what about the fun of the game, we've heard from numerous interviews that this game is about balance and fun.

Nope it shouldn't. Not in a fast-paced game. Not in SD's games either. Not because I don't like it (Fail reason, because it's an opinion).
There are plenty of people (here) who are sick of OHKO's in general.

I wouldnt be angry if i got OHKed in brink cuz the only way would be in the head n that takes skill so it wouldnt happen much, U know?

It would happen A LOT. Brink is comparable to W:ET and in generally every public match I had 1.8 - 2.5 times more headshots than kills.

Eh whatever. Shows how much I know haha. I guess we will see how it plays out then. With no OHK.

Exactly. The key being (and one of the things I love about SD games) is that the TTK (time to kill) amounts between headshots and bodyshots is considerable, giving you a good chance of killing a camper who gets the jump on you and sprays and prays if you burst a few into there head. Needing a few bullets to the head to kill also helps negate the odd random bullet from a pray and sprayer taking you down.

True it does seemed a bit OP until you realize you only get 12 shots and have a mother of a reload time.

I'm pretty sure a Drognav will reload about as fast as an assault rifle, and the Drognav only comes with six shots stock.

Ah, that's true too. He also said the reload time was a complete pain, and that the time in between shots was incredibly slow

Maybe but he was talking about the Barett 50 cal. Sounds like god coughing and no doubt getting hit by it is comparable to getting b!tchsmacked by god.



A true sniper rifle in every sense of the word. Take a shot then run off before they find you.

Ah, the bolt-action one. Well, then, that would make more sense.

That might be the best description of a sniper rifle I've ever heard



Right, which might make the game a little more realistic, and take away some of the sniper overruse that comes with games like CoD and Killzone, where there's no punishment for missing your shots and everything is a OHK

While fine in theory using long times between shots to balance OHK weapons, the problem is the balance completely breaks down when say 6 out of 8 (1 objective class + medic or 2) players are using them, turning the game into Brink: sniper wars. The only way to balance it is to then up the damage of all the other weapons, leading to the generic FPS experience of pretty much every other "realistic" shooter out there.

I mean to use this gun effectively you've got to be keeping your distance, it hardly sounds ideal for closer quarters. And with the speed of Brink, it sounds like getting the time to headshot or get in 2-3 body shots is going to be INCREDIBLY difficult taking into account all the gimps listed.


Thing is, Brink maps are tightly-packed and with numerous routes. If it came to down to "sniper wars", the team with all the snipers is letting down their close-range guard because of the lack of ARs/MGs, I imagine they'd be very easy to push back in such a circumstance, possibly even forcing some of them to drop their sniper rifles and swap into something more CQC-appropriate.

Which would be completely ineffective in a close quarters area or a team who knows what they're doing

The bolt-action will definitely not be an OHK weapon stock, but it would be capable of a lot of damage even for heavies. Which leads me to my next point:


Well, true, but then you have to remember that switching to a pistol is very quick, and considering the firing speed of the Kolt it would be relatively easy to finish off the guy you hit with the bolt-action. So technically you already have an OP class: high-leveled Light Engineer with a super-powerful buff, the bolt-action sniper, and a pistol like the Sea Eagle or Kolt.

I dont think thats possible because one headshot is one kill, so 1-1 is the maximum ratio. Please reword.

That isn't true for all games.

In his total number of kills, the ratio of headshot kills Dysfunkshion made to normal kills was 1.8:1 to 2.5:1. So for every normal kill Dysfunkshion made, he also made around two to three kills through a headshot.

I guess.

Maybe i'm wrong but I think he meant he shot people in the head more than he got kills. Meaning a headshot isn't a instant kill? I could be wrong......

Thanks, saved me some time writing Highest dmg weapon one shot to the chest (or head for qscopers / dotters), quickswop and pistol to the head for close quarters, and the best ranged weapon also in one package.....

In W:ET, you needed more than one headshot to kill, and given that battles quite often involved team hit and runs on enemy positons it wasn't unusual to have been headshotted 5 times in a life and still be alive (especially with a good LT handing out helmets!). This is different to nearly every other recent FPS, and is one of the essential parts of the combat mechanic that made W:ET so frantic and fun.

Edited to include W:ET info.