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George Moros
WarRavens
League of Infamy
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Posted - 2013.09.16 12:41:00 -
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Jathniel wrote:
- Eliminate sway penalty for movement while crouched.
This has little bearing on Overwatch Snipers, but this will enable Fire Support Snipers to be more useful than fodder, since it will allow them to move back and forth from behind cover, without totally losing their aim constantly.
- Eliminate sway penalty when NOT moving while standing.
Again, Fire Support Snipers benefit from this. This will allow snipers to stop in the middle of a fight, and take a quick shot at someone with zero sway, but if they try to strafe, they will instantly lose their aim.
Another solution would be to simply make a new sniper rifle subclass for the fire support role. Keep existing sniper rifles (and their mechanics) as they are. Add a new sniper rifle that has much shorter optimal (say, 250m), no sway, less damage per shot (less even than tac. sniper), tac sniper RoF, and possibly a larger clip (6-8 rounds). IMHO that would be perfect for snipers who wish to follow their squad and provide fire support. |
George Moros
WarRavens
League of Infamy
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Posted - 2013.09.16 17:05:00 -
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TheEnd762 wrote:
This would not be a sniper rifle, nor is a sniper one who follows a squad. What you are talking about is a designated marksman, and it's a completely different role/class, separate from sniper. See my above post.
Cool. Call it whatever you like. It could be a rail rifle or something similar, not a subclass of snipers. What matters is that it would provide a niche to play that some people would enjoy playing. Me included. |
George Moros
WarRavens
League of Infamy
107
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Posted - 2013.09.16 17:14:00 -
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Jathniel wrote:
Apparently, your idea may be implemented with the Rail Rifle.
I was hoping that at least the tactical sniper rifle could be repurposed in such a manner as well.
I agree. The whole concept of DUST's tactical sniper never really settled with me. Better zoom than normal sniper rifle, yet less damage and higher RoF coupled with smaller clip. All of this is quite contradictory to what you might expect from contemporary sniper rifles (although, I'm not implying that DUST should follow RL weaponry in every detail).
Yet, it would be more intuitive to have one sniper variant with larger zoom, more damage, less RoF and smaller clip (like today's big caliber anti material rifles), and another with less zoom, less damage, better RoF and larger clip (something like a "fire support" rifle previously mentioned).
Just my opinion. |
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