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90m is a sweet spot for weapons like the tactical assautlt rifle, and scrambler rifle. That's no place for a sniper to be, unless he too uses a TAC AR or a SCR.

Hm. Sniper Rifles are quickly finding themselves to be useless weapons if CCP continues on this track.

For those saying that sniper rifles can still kill up close. I say this:
There are weapons more efficient for the ranges that you are using your sniper rifles at. I've eaten a fair share of my fellow snipers, by simply using a charged scrambler shot.
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You feel the sniper is weak or not a good player or they can kill you without meeting you "face to face" or "fighting like a man," most of all a good sniper renders you defenseless. You're helpless and you cant even shoot back. Well needless to say this is why long range rifle where created in the first place, to kill the enemy without the enemy being able to retaliate. A good sniper is a force multiplier and can deny an enemy access to certain areas or comfort on the battlefield. Much of these things can be said about tanks or mass divers or a good forge gunner and now a group of assault rifles. Yet none of these roles have had drastic map changes to limit their capabilities. If this role on the battlefield is so insignificant or so unfair than it shouldn't be a part of the game. Yet, it is and instead of letting the sniper do what a sniper should be capable of doing you slowly render them incapable of helping their team. With most of the fight happening within closed areas a sniper is forced to take to the ground meters behind their team mates and be subject to the amount of firepower they are. This defeats the purpose of the long range rifle. Why not just make a very powerful mid range weapon with a low rate of fire? The sniper shouldn't be able to pick of hackers on objectives, I agree, this is incredibly unfair considering the time it takes the average player to hack one objective. Although closing in the objective behind walls within a building inside of a compound has done way more than prevented snipers from camping objectives. It has prevented snipers from helping their team to maneuver around the battlefield. It has prevented the sniper from being able to find places in maps where a sniper should be because they just aren't there anymore. If these are the types of maps we can look forward to then the sniper rifles should be gone. It is hated by many and for good reason they don't like the fact that someone with enough skill and a powerful weapon can sit back and pull the trigger once without even batting and eye and kill them. To these people I say.. adapt. With all of the changes made to the sniper class adapting is no longer worth the outcome, you can no longer function as a combat sniper within this game anymore. You are now a ground pounder like the rest. With every game comes new challenges and with those new challenges is finding ways within your own experience and talent to defeat the other players. That includes snipers, which now can no longer function. If you can't find a way to defeat a snipers attack then go play candy crush or something this is a war game and with it comes the tools of war. Fix the maps or Nix the class.

Christ almighty....

FFS.... that really IS a big wall of text.

And you're right. Snipers can adapt right now, by utilizing and skilling into weapons like the TAC AR and Scrambler.... at least until a better remedy is found for either the map sockets or the sniper rifle itself.

I proposed eliminating sway for the sniper rifle while crouched, so that fire support snipers that use the sniper rifle, can crawl in and out of cover without worrying about losing their aim.

Just be straight up honest. Would you go into PC, and charge the front line, with a sniper rifle?

Let's bump it up a notch.
Would you go into a PC match against TeamPlayers, Synergy, or Ancient Exiles, and charge and try to flank their front line with a sniper rifle?
Would you?
Be honest.

Just because a sniper rifle CAN be used on the frontline effectively, doesn't mean it is being used efficiently.

Just the same, how a Scout suit CAN melee a Heavy suit effectively, but that doesn't mean that a Scout melee on a Heavy suit is efficient.

Everyone saying, "A sniper can still kill upclose." Is using a strawman argument.
Here's a question, would you run to front line combat in PC, using a sniper rifle. Just being bold, charging all those proto duvolles and scramblers with your militia sniper rifle?
If you say yes, then we know you're being humorous. Very funny.

If you say no, than why not?
Answer that honestly, and then you'll know why the new sockets are broken for snipers.

I'm not trying to be condescending.
Just letting you know... that when you finally face off in a top-tier PC match, and you find yourself with a sniper rifle, within 100m of hostiles.... you will find yourself singing a different tune too.

"Sniper Rifles Are Just Fine Up Close - by DJ Noob" is NOT be the song you will be singing.