I think they're all considered hitmarkers but I'm not sure.

: I think I'd hate that, not being able to see the target properly because of
: hitmarkers.

Yeah it makes me very annoyed and I really want there to be an option to turn them off because I only want them for multiplayer.

: I guess that could either be considered as poor design, or you could just say
: it's a natural realistic difficulty of tackling those guys, because of
: their brightness. At any rate, I certainly wouldn't consider it
: justification for having hitmarkers.

Touche

: I wasn't particularly talking about seeing flinching though. I was thinking
: primarily of impact flashes or whatever. Aside from the issue with bright
: guys, don't you normally get something like that?

Hmm I'll have to pay closer attention next time I play to bullet impact flashes because for some reason I feel like I don't see them that much especially with promethean weapons, but that could just be me being a filthy casual who doesn't notice because I've been conditioned to just look for hitmarkers.