They are useless. They do not hack, they do not push on the enemy. About the only thing they are good for was overwatch and marking enemies, but they can't even do that anymore. If any team has more than 3 of them that team will almost always lose, and everyone but the snipers gets slaughtered.
They are a completely selfish role, they often wait to shoot so they can steal a kill, even if it cost their ally a fitting. The only reason they play Skirmish and Domination is because there is a redline that they can hide in.
For any sniper that says "killing X enemies isn't useless". Yes it is. In a game where the enemy can just keep respawning, kills are worthless. Kill all the enemies you want, unless we clone them you were useless. Most matches are won with MCC destruction, not kills.
The only snipers I have much respect for are the Tac Snipers that get up near the battles(obviously not in them, but not 250m away on a mountain), and ones that provide overwatch with a mic, or (even better) a flux scanner.

At the moment snipers dont have many roles to fill other than killing!! This is not there fault they need new equipment modules and abilities to help the squad, besides snipers can make great assests, when deployed and used effectively, snipers work best in 3's 2 for the team down below and 1 countersniper!!

I regularly run with a sniper, grease spillet, from my alliance, he has more tactical advantages without firing a shot!! Besides if I have a guardian angel I feel much better knowing he has a sniper rifle!!

Unless the blue snipers are getting like 20 kills, they're wasting space in skirmish matches. Green snipers, if they're good, are another story, of course. The overwatch they can provide is invaluable, although a Flux scanner is arguably more useful.

As a vehicle operator, I LOVE having snipers on my squad. With Mics, I can coordinate my Anit- Anti-Vehicle response, as well as their ability to spot incoming vehicles that may want me dead. Just saying. (^^

As a vehicle operator, I LOVE having snipers on my squad. With Mics, I can coordinate my Anit- Anti-Vehicle response, as well as their ability to spot incoming vehicles that may want me dead. Just saying. (^^

mary's right. whenever I go tank hunting, I look at the position of the tank and then go pass the tank in search of the spotter. (sniper in this case) 85% I find them. I then message the tanker "Don't worry bro. I don't see any OTHER AV" Then I fire my proto SL.

Good snipers don't sit next to the tank lol. I know snipers love to look at my vehicle and around it too well.

They are a completely selfish role, they often wait to shoot so they can steal a kill, even if it cost their ally a fitting.

They do not hack

they do not push on the enemy.

They are a completely selfish role, they often wait to shoot so they can steal a kill, even if it cost their ally a fitting.

For any sniper that says "killing X enemies isn't useless". Yes it is.

The only snipers I have much respect for are the Tac Snipers that get up near the battles(obviously not in them, but not 250m away on a mountain), and ones that provide overwatch with a mic, or (even better) a flux scanner.

They are useless. They do not hack, they do not push on the enemy. About the only thing they are good for was overwatch and marking enemies, but they can't even do that anymore. If any team has more than 3 of them that team will almost always lose, and everyone but the snipers gets slaughtered.
They are a completely selfish role, they often wait to shoot so they can steal a kill, even if it cost their ally a fitting. The only reason they play Skirmish and Domination is because there is a redline that they can hide in.
For any sniper that says "killing X enemies isn't useless". Yes it is. In a game where the enemy can just keep respawning, kills are worthless. Kill all the enemies you want, unless we clone them you were useless. Most matches are won with MCC destruction, not kills.
The only snipers I have much respect for are the Tac Snipers that get up near the battles(obviously not in them, but not 250m away on a mountain), and ones that provide overwatch with a mic, or (even better) a flux scanner.

^^ He gets it!!

Ever played Ambush?

They're usually the ones found further back, with a longer zoom range.

They are useless. They do not hack, they do not push on the enemy. About the only thing they are good for was overwatch and marking enemies, but they can't even do that anymore. If any team has more than 3 of them that team will almost always lose, and everyone but the snipers gets slaughtered.
They are a completely selfish role, they often wait to shoot so they can steal a kill, even if it cost their ally a fitting. The only reason they play Skirmish and Domination is because there is a redline that they can hide in.
For any sniper that says "killing X enemies isn't useless". Yes it is. In a game where the enemy can just keep respawning, kills are worthless. Kill all the enemies you want, unless we clone them you were useless. Most matches are won with MCC destruction, not kills.
The only snipers I have much respect for are the Tac Snipers that get up near the battles(obviously not in them, but not 250m away on a mountain), and ones that provide overwatch with a mic, or (even better) a flux scanner.

They are useless. They do not hack, they do not push on the enemy. About the only thing they are good for was overwatch and marking enemies, but they can't even do that anymore. If any team has more than 3 of them that team will almost always lose, and everyone but the snipers gets slaughtered.
They are a completely selfish role, they often wait to shoot so they can steal a kill, even if it cost their ally a fitting. The only reason they play Skirmish and Domination is because there is a redline that they can hide in.
For any sniper that says "killing X enemies isn't useless". Yes it is. In a game where the enemy can just keep respawning, kills are worthless. Kill all the enemies you want, unless we clone them you were useless. Most matches are won with MCC destruction, not kills.
The only snipers I have much respect for are the Tac Snipers that get up near the battles(obviously not in them, but not 250m away on a mountain), and ones that provide overwatch with a mic, or (even better) a flux scanner.

You can thank my girlfriend for that.

She's the sniper in our household.

Does this look like a thread about snipers who'd actually do ambush?

A tank's spotter should be on the opposite side of the map from his partner at all times. Giving the tank a viewpoint that he normally does not get allows them to make the right decision all the time. Just have to make sure you are using simple to understand terms (clock positions are best based on the orientation of the tank in my opinion)

Does this look like a thread about snipers who'd actually do ambush?


Side point, but unless they've changed things, no, they don't have any better zoom. Try out two fits, one tac, one regular and look at the same object with both.