I feel the feedback on successful headshot kills leaves to be desired, especially on light mercs.
Currently:
-The top message in the (default) hud is a finish. Did I just get the kill, why finish?
-The kill message is often inverse in coloring, meaning high damage dealt. I get used to it from slow targets (plus visual feedback on the field because a slow target drops a corpse pretty close).
-A headshotted proxy often doesnt reach the HP threshold for the inverse coloring message. Its just a message that I wont notice cause there is enough going on the game.
-These light mercs are often enough jumping quickly through sight so the corpse flies out of sight. Did I get the kill or not?
What Id like to be changed:
-The kill message is always on top. The finishing is a bonus and comes after it.
-Headshot kill message for maybe +10XP: “Headshot kill: n XP” . Inverted or not, but unified pls.
OR
-Headshot kill giving Kill and Finish XP in the same line. “Headshot kill: 135XP” but that could be misleading. Maybe just a simple “Kill 80 XP + Finish 40XP” but in one line would be the easiest for all involved, with 1 click you get 1 message.
I am sure you already discussed a headshot XP bonus for all mercs but maybe that would promote aiming for it a bit.
