Every other pub match I play there's always the kid with Thales that goes 22/0. If I'm solo, and not trying to actually win, I'll sometimes try to find this guy, yet I'm always unsuccessful.

Is there some map exploit people are using, or is there some really clever hiding spot that I don't know about?

We will never tell you

Anywhere high up, if its a Thales usually in their redline. It your hit by a sniper look at where the blood splatter comes up. That will tell you the general direction and then you can get a sniper and look around the hills in that direction.

Thale's can hit you out from 400m very easily. It's not unusual to manage shots at 600m with the Thale's zoom - this allows Thale's snipers to sit far, far back in the redline. To most hunters, they won't actually render for you.

Does the thale's have a higher zoom fidelity than the kaalakiota tac sniper? I'm not really a counter sniper, I just like the science.

Does the thale's have a higher zoom fidelity than the kaalakiota tac sniper? I'm not really a counter sniper, I just like the science.

If Thale's redberry kill somebody from our squad I run scout with CreoDron Flux Active Scanner (200m) on redline and we drop OB on him. In 99% it kills :) We prefer to drop OB on one thale's user instead 10 redberries :D

Can you say overkill? All you need is one merc with a sniper rifle.

Too much work with counter sniping.

I hope I don't get kicked out of the Sniper's Guild for this, but here are my tips for hunting snipers and what I do when counter sniping. (Just kidding there is no sniper's guild.)


Okay so finding your target. There are some terrible tricks that snipers use.
1) MCC snipers. You can find them up there, unfortunately they cannot drop nanohives for themselves and after exhausting their ammo the have to come back down and fly a dropship back up. Only extreme KDR snipers do this.

Method of dispatch: Hit them from the ground. You can normally flank to the left or right of the MCC to get a good posistion on them. If you get blue hit markers keep moving to where you're almost perpendicular to the MCCs long axis and you should be able to nail them to the sky.

2) Mountain snipers. Creeping behind hills in the furthest mountains away. Most snipers aren't sniping for sh*t at this distance. A Thales sniper can do well from here so that's where they are likely to be found.

Method of dispatch: You should either find a high point that's at least halfway into the map or countinue flanking towards the redline. They typically set up to where they can't be shot in a good frontal arc but if you get far enough to their side or above you should be able to get a headshot no problem.
*A note about getting high. Once you landed a dropship on a high point to take out a sniper. Your first action should be to lay low for a minute. A sniper is watching a tower that a dropship just visited. It's easy pickens. Establishing an uplink is sometimes a problem as blue dots have no idea half the time an will draw unwanted attention.

3) Buildings and cistern Snipers. There are tons of little hideaways. As a countersniper you should always scan across rooftops. Thos big round buildings that look like they have parapets on them (I call them cisterns) are frequently ripe with snipers.

Method of dispatch: You just have to spot them. If someone in your squad knows a direction they're in I always find the best method is an Assualt Dropship. 9 times out of 10 they don't even move. These guys are typically not in the redline and are relying on finding sneaky places to hide. Hives are always a dead giveaway. Good snipers will keep a hive out of view.

4) Ground snipers. I fall in this category. I move around the battlefield taking opportunity kills and countersniping.

Method of dispatch: The easiest way to kill me is to walk up on me and melt my face with an AR. I'm typically hiding behind ground cover and traveling around the outskirts of the map. Trying to get a vantage point on another sniper.

Additional tips: Get a headshot with a rifle that can kill. No pro sniper is gonna get brought down with a militia sniper rifle.
Heavy snipers are a pain in the ass, but they typically will let you kill them when they are found because they think they can tank damage long enough to find you. It rarely works out in their favor. If the enely is dumb enough to keep spawning on a tower or someplace where they are easily sniped you have every right to camp the sh*t out of them. Especially other snipers.

Happy Hunting!

Too much work with counter sniping.

Does the thale's have a higher zoom fidelity than the kaalakiota tac sniper? I'm not really a counter sniper, I just like the science.

Additional tips: Get a headshot with a rifle that can kill. No pro sniper is gonna get brought down with a militia sniper rifle.

I was joking before but I just checked and on 1 map, IT IS C-2...!!!!..

hahaha

Whaa? Not many people I shoot at survive a pair of shots to the head and body, so I'm curious how you came to this conclusion? Well it's a standard sniper, but eh.. damage is the same as MLT.