George Moros
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Posted - 2013.12.24 22:32:00 -
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TheEnd762 wrote:Ensar Cael wrote:You need to think a bit quicker then OP. Sniping in DUST is a hard role to play well. The best snipers move constantly across the field and take the shots as they find them. Every map is different but moving around them will help you find where to be. Static sniping is really just the low end of it all. False. Moving takes up valuable shooting time, and can expose you. The best snipers never need to move. Once I'm at one of my perches, I don't move unless the tide of the battle completely shifts from my view, or I get discovered/killed (which is very rare).
This.
I dunno how many times I've read the "good sniper moves constantly" argument. Do people making this argument pay attention to the position (and frequency of it's change) of snipers that are actually good? Sniper that changes position every 30 seconds, will spend most of the match running around, and very little time spotting and killing the enemy (and removing uplinks / nanohives - this is a very important role that many people overlook).
If a sniper can't make at least 10 kills per match, on a regular basis, he's doing something wrong. Sniping is, in essence, the art of positioning yourself smartly (having a good FoV of the area you expect your targets to be, while at the same time being covered from counter snipers), setting up a nest there, and doing as much damage as possible. That's all there is to it. And if a sniper does that every match, and does it well, nobody in their right mind can claim he's useless to his team.
/rant
Pulvereus ergo queritor.
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George Moros
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Posted - 2013.12.26 14:10:00 -
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Mitch Laurence wrote:
Dust snipers have 'ghillie' suits, they're labeled as 'complex profile dampeners". They work well.
They work well you say? OK, please, fit one on your sniper outfit (even better, fit several, just to make sure), climb a hill top, or the top of some building, and (assuming at least one half-decent sniper is on the opposing team), see how much time does it take for him to take you out.
The purpose of Ghillie suits is to make snipers difficult to detect visually. Profile dampeners do no such thing at all.
Pulvereus ergo queritor.
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