I recently made a thread asking why the Thale sniper rifle had its scope zoom cut down and it quickly turned into everyone talking about why people qq about snipers and hate on them so much. So i decided to start a thread trying to get INFORMED opinions about why everyone loves to hate on snipers.

From what i seen this is the general opinion about snipers.

1) they sit in the red line
2) they have the least risk and the most gain
3) when they use sentinel or commando suits they have huge eHP
4) when teams are getting proto stomped everyone starts to snipe

I can see what a few reasons why people would want to qq about sniping just from those 4 things alone, but there are fact about sniper rifles that everyone over looks.

1) all sniper rifles have a 600m effective range, on a few maps that is lower then the distance from 1 MCC to the other MCC
2) with the amount of snipers and ADS in the game no sniper is safe anywhere, i have been killed by ADS that use after burners for the speed boost
3) i'm pretty sure everyone knows that the Cal Commando drop suit give a damage bonus to them so it's to be expected, and sentinels are just people that just look for the most eHP so they don't get counter sniped.
4) when you are in a match that it's close to impossible to win most people will look for ways to stay in the fight but generate less of a isk loss.

Sinpers have been hated on by people even worst then people ever hated on tankers, and for no good reasons, the gun have the longest range in the game so why can't people use them that way without everyone whine and cray and qq about it. If the sniper rifle has a range of 600m then let people enjoy that range without having to hear how much of a "scrub" they are for using them. Sniper rifles take the exact same amount of sp to get as every other weapon in the game.

They need a damage buff and better sniper mechanics. Just make it so you don't have to completely stay in one place. It should drastically reduce the sway, but it should be slightly more versatile.