IcyFreshWerewolf

^What roshnak said. I was mainly referring to the fact that headshots are encouraged in arcadey games like CoD, and I felt as if I were indirectly encouraged to make headshots in ARMA III, which differs drastically from traditional military convention. But yes, in CoD you're encouraged to make headshots to show off skill and get bonus points and achievements or whatever, whereas in ARMA III I felt encouraged to make headshots for practical purposes.

I agree with the OP, the damage system is quite ridiculous. It's very annoying when I shoot a soldier at center-mass only for them to just flinch for less than half a second and then continue firing. The soldiers also don't go prone if you shoot at their legs as has been shown in one of the previous posts. They can keep on walking around fine even if you shoot them directly in the knees. And then, of course, if you shoot them in the legs enough they'll go from "walking around fine" to "instantly dead." It just makes no sense. It is certainly becoming more reminiscent of CoD, what with me always having to aim for a headshot to take enemies out quickly.