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Stile451
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Posted - 2014.08.21 01:53:00 -
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I don't mind snipers - I pick one up from time to time when I feel like it(or it's necessary). I don't like selfish snipers(they don't destroy uplinks for the easy kills, don't cover objectives, usually only padding their K/D), bad snipers, or snipers clustered in one location(it's a waste of manpower and it's an easy 5 kills for a decent counter-sniper or warbarge strike).
Kyr Kitar wrote:Can't tell you how much I hate getting sniped while sprinting and cloaked :) It's so ridiculous.
Cloaked players seem to mix up invincible with invisible(and they're not quite invisible when moving) - they run in a straight line and take no evasive action while running making it easy to predict where they're going. |
Stile451
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Posted - 2014.08.21 03:56:00 -
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LT SHANKS wrote:If a solo redline Scout sniper with a Thale's attains 20-30+ kills regularly whilst using a cloak to avoid detection from countersnipers and ADS, would said sniper be considered an asset to his or her team or would he or she still be hated on and considered a scrub?
I'm curious to know. Some might argue that if the sniper is not directly holding an objective and instead is cherry picking easy targets, then he or she is unskilled and is abusing the redline mechanic. However, considering he or she is capable of taking out 1/5 of the opposition, shouldn't praise be given instead?
The opposing team will more than likely have a negative impression of the sniper, but it boggles my mind to know that fellow teammates will also think the same. This is evidenced by players purposely calling in vehicles over the sniper or by placing uplinks and nanohives in the vicinity of where the sniper is perched. I don't understand all this hate.
It's the Thales use that gathers the most anger - the scope incentivizes players to go farther into the red line negating the ability of other players to engage him/her.
The sniper would be an asset either way, but there's a difference between an asset and an invaluable asset.
That sniper would be an invaluable asset to the team as long as they were choosing targets near allies, objectives, clearing enemy groups or countering enemy snipers and A/V(generally helping the team). If not then unless there was a win by clone count the sniper wasn't very useful(padding the K/D) but still an asset. |
Stile451
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Posted - 2014.08.21 17:56:00 -
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843-Vika wrote:Stile451 wrote:
It's the Thales use that gathers the most anger - the scope incentivizes players to go farther into the red line negating the ability of other players to engage him/her.
That would make sence if the thale had a further effective range, but all snipers have the same range reguardless of how much the scope zooms in, and since you say its the zoom on a thales, why not say the same about the TAC sniper, which has a increased zoom compaired to a regular sniper rifle
It's not that it has longer range, it's that it has a longer usable range due to higher magnification.
The reason the tactical sniper isn't an issue is because you don't see it on the kill feed. I see more Thales kills than I see for all of the tactical variants combined. |
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