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RestlessSpirits
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Posted - 2013.08.25 19:22:00 -
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Not sure how getting sniped is considered a cheap death. I'm not speced into sniper (yet), but I like to kill snipers when I notice them on the kill feed. Makes for a very easy kill since most pick obvious spots to snipe from, sit still as a stone when they get there, and keep going back to the same place when killed. In a STD Min Assault with a STD Shield Extender and a STD Armor Plate it was taking at least 2 shots to drop me more often than not. If the sniper was able to hit me again from a distance while I was strafing and hopping and juking, more power to him and he deserved the kill. And if I respawned with my Militia Sniper Rifle and found the guy sitting in the same spot and I kill him, more power to me and I deserved the kill.
Getting OHK sucks, and it sucks more when you know the guy was 300+ meters away, but in my eyes that doesn't constitute a cheap death. Granted I know nothing about the ins and outs of sniper related equipment at the moment, but seeing as how I, with absolutely no SP in anything sniper related, can OHK almost any sniper I come across with a Militia Sniper Rifle (or if i'm close enough just erase the dude with my AR) makes me feel that most sniper kills aren't cheap. These guys are taking a huge risk sitting still for even a second, and most are as squishy as I was 2 days out of the Academy. Simply knowing the maps has helped me avoid a majority of sniper encounters. You think that dude camped up in the hills has a great view of everything, but if you climb up there and take a peek for yourself, most likely you will find the effective field of view he has is not very big.
I've seen 2 or 3 threads about snipers being OP in my time here (not long, only a month), and I think OHKs combine with watching your blueberry sniper team mates sit waaaaaaaay back under the MCC and not do jack **** makes people dislike snipers more than they should. I personally feel that snipers are not OP or cheap. If I get killed by one I either kill him myself, round up a squad of miscreants to sweep the hill, or if those two options are not available, victory in general is most likely not going to happen, so I just avoid the area the sniper is in. I feel calling the Sniper cheap is like calling the HMG cheap because its full auto. They are doing what they are suppose to do, and bringing down the general effectiveness of a sniper invalidates the whole class. Why wear almost no armor and have virtually no CQC ability and extremely hindered short-medium short range ability if you have to stop moving completely and score 4+ direct hits back to back to back to back to kill someone?
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