Anyone else finding sniping to be a bit odd since the latest patch?

First off, my new record for longest kill is now 550 meters (give or take a few.) I recall CCP mentioning something about firing distances, but man...an extra 100 meters? Many people complained about redline sniping before; now, it's even more effective. The added range allows snipers to sit even further back from the battlefield to (hopefully) monitor and defend a node or two. In your opinion, does this help or hurt the game? Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing a return to the 400-450 meter distance or, at the very least, a significant drop-off in the power of SRs over distance. For example, an SR would have 100% efficiency up to 400 meters or so, and anything after that would reduce the effectiveness of bullets significantly (maybe a 10% damage reduction for every 15 yards after 400.) That said, please keep the ability to "see" farther than our range for the purpose of identifying sniper locations and taking counter-measures.

Second, I've noticed an irritating lag when it comes to registering hits with the SR that wasn't present in the previous version. Instead of having immediate feedback of whether or not I'm hitting the target, I find myself wasting bullets as I can fire a couple of shots off before I can tell if the first shot hit or not (also works with the kill shot, wherein I can fire two rounds before the first registers the kill.) Yet when I switch loadouts within the same game to different weapon types, they all operate as expected...so I don't think it's an issue of lag on my part. Hell, even the trigger feels less responsive now...

Your thoughts?