Too bad a sniper can't call out where people are, because you can't see far enough. Another team mate has to have his eyes on them, in close range, before they will render.

Last night I was in a PC match, my fitting was the Advance Caldari Medium Ishukone Sniper Rifle, using 3 complex damage mods. It was a battle against Ill Omens, my main targets were NIKIA and DJINN Rampage. Both of them were near an instillation, so whenever they ran onto it they would stop rendering but their chevrons remained. I shot Rampage 5 times in a row and he remained alive. Cal-Logis are still amazing if you stack complex regulators and 1 or 2 rechargers. Because I was aiming for invisible opponents I had a virtually 0 chance of getting a headshot (which would have only done 600 damage anyways). The time it takes to line up a shot was enough time to reduce damage because of shields and repair the armor

Sniper positions are well known through the regular PC players. "[player X] is using a Thale's" cries out a team member, "where were you at?" the snipers ask, "at [y location]." Give it a minute or two before that person loses an officer weapon. There aren't many places one can go that gives them much of an advantage. Assault dropships are my bane when i'm up high and LAVs or tactical assault rifles are the counters when a sniper is on the ground.

This isn't about going 20/0 is a pub match. Except for the plasma cannon and scrambler rifle I can go into a pub and do that with any weapon, the plasma cannon is horrible and I haven't skilled into scrambler rifles.
This is about being effective and being a viable option while playing with a full team.