I think it's fine right now, but inconsistent.

Supposedly when we get precision rifles (minmatar sniper rifles), all the caldari ones will work like the charge sniper.

I love my sniper rifle. I just started to really build a silent killing machine. I mean I am really going hardcore ninja here. I use my proto suit and my Thale yes I said Thale sniper rifle and I go huntin wabbit. SHHHHHH be very very quite. Leave the weapon alone, what is wrong with players always wanting to change things. Leave it be unless it has a problem that prevents it from working like a glitch. If it works leave it the F alone and I must say it is only one of a few that works the correct way. I gave up my proto Heavy because of the glitches that is why I went sniper.

I'm a sniper and I love to snipe. I love redline sniping if it is beneficial. Sometimes it can be. I move around where I can be useful and have been useful many times where just being another assault wouldn't have helped.

I'd like to see sniping nerfed so that only those who have skilled into it can benefit though.


Make it like an actual rifle for sniping (there is no such thing as a sniper rifle in RL) only a rifle that is good for long range shots and therefore gets adopted as a sniper rifle.

Make it single shot and then you have to reload.

Make it more powerful per shot.

Make the skills give the rifle its power and usefulness even more so than they do now.

Allow for better identification of specific targets so a squad leader can mark a target that is being especially tough and the sniper can do what a sniper's job is mainly for GÇö to take out specific, hard targets.

Old enough to drink young enough not to be collecting social security. Does this answer your question?

This topic is so unbiased

I think dropping the sniper rifles to one shot then reload is a bad idea. They're fairly weak as
they are now imo. And I rarely snipe these days. And I rarely die to a sniper rifle unless I've
already been tagged a few times by something else.

I suppose I would be okay with a bolt action sort of function but then my geek side says
it's a sci-fi shooter so no.
If it moves to a reload after every shot deal then those T5 rifles should be able to one shot
high tanked proto heavies, headshots only. As well as body shot all other protos and drop
them no problems.
I'd be okay with that.
Though that may just be me...

have you even used it? If so, how many kills did you get and how helpful were you to your team? If you think its easy you're either an incredibly coordinated fps gamer or a moron, and I'm willing to bet it's not the former. I'm sick of seeing this judgement get thrown around like nobodies business, especially when the people who are doing it have strapped into a sniper suit once, maybe twice. Complaining about things like this is the reason why we can never have nice things

I really find it funny how every once and a while someone starts bashing DUST sniping as "easy mode" and "cowardly". These comments are usually accompanied by arguments about DUST snipers not having bullet drop, travel time, recoil and whatnot.

First of all, if you take into account the technology involved in railguns (even present day ones), you'll quickly realize that, at speeds those projectiles are fired, and typical sniper engagement distances, you actually can completely ignore bullet drop and travel time. They simply aren't a factor to consider.

Second, in most other shooters (not to mention RL), a sniper rifle will kill any infantry with a single bullet. In DUST, things are "slightly" different. Standard sniper rifles (i.e. not carge or Thale's) take 2 shots to down any decently fit medium suit, 3 for proto ones. Decently fit heavies take 4-5 shots to kill. This means one has to empty an entire clip to take down a heavy! You call this easy mode? You have got to be kidding. And if you use a tactical sniper, it's even worse.

The only sniper I would call "easy mode" is Thale's, because it outdamages even the charge sniper and has ridiculous scope magnification. You can literally aim people in the eye halfway across the map. However, Thale's sniper is a friggin' officer weapon, so I suppose it's meant to be OP.