George Moros
WarRavens
League of Infamy
71
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Posted - 2013.08.31 13:51:00 -
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Panther Alpha wrote:
I make a Sport of hunting snipers ...they are the easiest kill... they just sit there, waiting to pick the easy kill. Their contribution to the battle is nearly ZERO...But a Logi that Dies repairing my suit....That sacrifice itself so i can live a bit longer... I love that guys... their contribution is HUGE.
LOL, what a silly argument. So, snipers are the easiest kills because they "just sit there"? You see, the problem is that you first have to figure out where "there" actually is. And while you're doing that little hunt of yours, that guy who's "just sitting there" is killing your team mates one by one (if he's any good). Personally, I find those people who call themselves "sniper hunters" (usually scouts with shotguns), the most useless and least contributing people in battles. Sure, I get killed by them from time to time (although 4/5 times I get killed, it's by another sniper), and yes, I usually don't notice them coming, which makes me a ridiculously easy kill. But since they probably spent several minutes just looking for me, while I was killing their friends who are actually trying to win the battle, I know that my time spent in that battle was certainly better spent than theirs.
Furthermore, saying that a sniper who just did 20/0 in a battle has contributed zero to their team is plain nonsense. Sure, there are bad, and there are good snipers. There are also those who are more concerned with their K/D rather than helping their team.
But, can't you say the same for every other role in this game? |
George Moros
WarRavens
League of Infamy
71
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Posted - 2013.08.31 14:36:00 -
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Panther Alpha wrote:
And how many battles are won by depleting the other teams clone supplies ? 1 of every 100 ? Most battles are won by destroying the enemy Command Center... By hunting snipers i free hacking terminals, i allowing my team to take over that cannon..and by doing that helping to destroy the Command Center. I agree i wasting time doing that.. but i helping my team allot by killing snipers farming kills in Hacking Terminals.
You are presuming that snipers kill only people whose presence in a battle is completely irrelevant to it's outcome. This is hardly the case. If I take out a guy who's trying to hack a objective, or swarm a tank, or kill my team mates who are holding ground, am I influencing the outcome of the battle or not? Regardless if it ends by clone depletion or MCC desctruction.
There are many instances where I could clearly see that during a engagement of, say, several reds vs. several blues, me being able to kill and/or severely damage a few reds made an impact to the outcome of the engagement. If that isn't helping my team to win, than I don't know what is.
One other thing. You are actually right when you say that simply killing people doesn't necessarily win a battle. And the game mechanics actually do recognize this by awarding WPs for a whole set of actions other than kills. Due to the nature of sniper role, they quite often have the most kills in a battle. However, even when they have the most kills, they are very rarely the top WP scorers. This is because (dedicated) snipers usually don't hack objectives, repair/revive/resupply teammates, or place drop uplinks. All they do is - kill people. But saying that a sniper didn't help his team because he didn't capture any objectives and/or repair someone's armor is just like saying that a logi didn't help his team because he didn't kill anyone. |