Snipping has never been an easy job and use to be extremely competitive. They've also never been powerful. Unless you could headshot you were never going to take someone in one hit. Running and gunning is easy. I prefered the extreme skill base of snipping. I know a lot of people complained about snippers in the past but honestly i think was because people who weren't in it didn't know how high risk it was. Running milita sniper gear wouldn't cut it. Most snipers paid more for their rifles then most paid for their whole suit. I have had my own teammates try and kill me because not only am I a sniper I'm a female sniper. Instead of focusing on the game and winning and getting kills they wanted to kill the female sniper. This hatred for snipers, nova knivers and heavy suits is ridiculous as well as the unbalanced game. They are aspects of the game just infantry, tanks and shotguns. There is nothing wrong with any role even if I do hate shotguns I would never ask to have them taken out of the game. Quit the being so butt sore. Players are another reason why I'm thinking about leaving the game. No one wants to play and have fun. I have met so many players that don't have fun unless their team is decimating the other. It's not worth playing with players like that.

Extreme skill base of sniping? lol You are out of touch with reality. You obviously haven't been up against some these scouts lately. Just sit back in your redline and think you are providing valuable intel , or you are somehow defending a point by yourself. Imaginary land is fun. Just sit in the redline tucked under some repping nano hives, probably in a heavy suit all nice and safe and warm while your team loses.

If you don't believe me, check out this youtube video. This guy even says he has no experience sniping, and made an alt for sniping. He goes like 30+ kills with 0 deaths. Point & click , Point & click. He admitted to that also.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lTWQSuzzCM

I hate snipers so much, I paid a dropship pilot 10 million isk to fly to the enemy MCC and kill the scrub that went up there 3 different times. I had tears of joy from laughing so hard. Then the sniper sent hatemail to the pilot. YUMMMMM that was icing on the cake. Tears . He called the pilot , cheating, ******, blah blah blah . Almost pizzed myself from laughing. Then I emailed the sniper telling him that was the best 10 million ever spent.

Put away your BB gun and join the fight, defend an objective or god forbid maybe you could actually attack one.

If not,,,go play Skylanders. That is a fun game, says my 7 yr old.