First off, great Basic to PvP post +1 from me. 2nd, A few things that can certainly help any player, these two are the most used things to do in any PvP of any game. 1. Pre-aim your cursor - Some of you think this is a common practice, but the main difference between a good and a great pvp player is the preaim. After a few rounds of play you get used to where players will come in and out of in certain areas. Use this to your advantage. Aim your cursor for the head shot before the target comes through the door or area. You can use your teammates as a marker for where the head will be and be ready for the enemy. Like the OP said, its head shots or nothing in PvP. So if you are aiming for the head before they get to you and get the chance to aim at your head, you will have a larger advantage then they will. Learn when to scope and when to not scope. 2. Dance in the box - Again any FPS player will know what dancing in the box means, but for some of the newer players this will be new to them. I see most if not all of you that complain about PvP, do the exact same thing over and over and think its the games fault when really its just [b]YOU. [/b] Almost all of you PvE (Carebears) play PvP like its a strike or story mode and will stand in one single spot and shoot towards your target, you literally don't move an inch. In PvP, that will get you killed and fast. Dancing in the box will solve this issue for you. Imagine two players are about to quick draw shoot out like the old west days, they face each other and shoot. That is what most if not all of you are doing. Which is why its easy for the rest of us to kill you. Go back to the face off and imagine if you moved left or right, how much harder it would be to hit you. While left and right (strafing) moving is a good start, its not to hard to hit you. More so if you do the same move again and again. It may work one to two times on the same opponent, but once they see its you, they know you ONLY strafe they will get used to how you move and will be preaiming your strafe and be able to kill you. Now if you add in forward movement or better yet corner movement you will make them not only adjust left and right, but now up and down. This is the best way to avoid head shots, as your opponent will have to adjust not one but two different directions to continue hitting your head. One of the hardest moves to counter is the W, which is just a double V move but you get the idea best if you look at the W as a path way to follow each fight, as you approach your opponent, move back and right, then right and forward, then do the opposite, back and left and forward and right. You get the idea. Welcome to dancing in the box and the best way to get and avoid headshots. A lot of of the best players, do this with out even thinking about it, they have been playing pvp for so long its an old habit. Hopefully this will help some of you understand why you are not doing great in pvp, when you can be. DP™ #RONIN