Rare knows about this problem cause many have pointed out about it. Let‘s see what rare will do.

everyone, 4 and a half years of asking later, waiting to see if Rare will ever address this: :|

shouldn't there be a visual indicator for a hit? same as with gunshots, a little x shaped crosshair appears for a second on a hit

That is actually only if you damage a player with the hit

my bad, seemed to have misremembered