Sergeant Sazu
New Age Empire.
General Tso's Alliance
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Posted - 2014.08.14 14:08:00 -
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Product of this thread:
1. Snipers can be useful. (Protecting hackables, clearing rooftops)
2. Excessive redline sniping is unhealthy for the game.
3. People will be as immature, presumptuous, and elitist as possible to announce and justify their low-risk kill-farming playstyle.
I will add more as needed.
Also, here's a fun fit when outside of the redline:
Scout
Sniper Rifle
SMG (Or your stand-alone sidearm of choice)
Nanohive
Remote Explosives
This is a good fit on open maps for covertly guarding an objective. I like to leave a Remote, hang nearby while sniping, and set off the Remote when someone hacks. Also makes a good flank-and-shoot when there's a tough line of suppression.
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Sergeant Sazu
New Age Empire.
General Tso's Alliance
96
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Posted - 2014.08.15 12:30:00 -
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Product of this thread, part 2:
4. It is noted that snipers perform all the tasks that any other role can, and vice versa. This clarifies that no role is superior in the quantity of basic tasks. (Ex. area denial, suppression, etc.)
5. Experienced snipers explain how they're useful and point out that we should stop falsely associating the good and bad snipers. Some snipe tactically to help the team, and some snipe because it's easy and nearly inconsequential.
6. Regardless of the sniper's intentions and/or viability, it bothers people that one can shoot with invulnerability.
7. It is stated that the sniper and all the other roles/equipment are in the game for variety. The "prosecution's" argument seems to be that the sniper is an outlier.
Personal evaluation:
Redline sniping is most often abused as an easy and nearly inconsequential playstyle. It gets kinda tiring to suicide into the redline 2-5 times a match to deal with someone who can easily take up position again. When a mechanic is abused, the solution is usually to offer a better option. The map design needs to offer better sniping points from outside the redline. Right now, most of the maps accommodate sitting in the redline. Some people keep asking for buffs to the Sniper Rifle. I say a buff is in order as soon as people start entering the battlefield instead of being a nuisance to it.
I'm very biased on this subject, I intend no offense to those who intend to help the team and not farm kills.
I don't redline snipe, jihad LAV, cloak shotgun, protostomp, or FoTM chase.
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Sergeant Sazu
Crux Special Tasks Group
Gallente Federation
149
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Posted - 2014.10.18 00:48:00 -
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CommanderBolt wrote:Yo so for the longest time I have been a sniper hater myself but after everything I have heard and saw I duplicated my PLC dragonfly speed scout and swapped the PLC for an advanced tactical sniper.
You can get some stuff done with the sniper I tell you, I was quite surprised. I was running around in the thick of the action, none of this red line bollocks and I was doing surprisingly 'ok'.
I expect hidden gems like the PLC, Sniper and others will gain popularity over time once people understand that you can break the mould and do your own thing with almost any weapon. Stop sticking to convention, do your own thing, make your own fit, experiment and mess about. - That's the fun of the game to me anyway.
You. You're playing this game correctly.
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