Redline sniping has always been an issue. Not because they grant immunity or relative safety to snipers, but because they DON'T help the team enough. The reduction to range and the criticalness of headshots means that sniper have to get closer to avoid the range reduction AND to avoid lag. You have a higher risk of getting killed, but no where near as much as if you were charging at the enemy.

I'm not sure you know how to snipe good sir. The point of a sniper is to provide either covering fire or tactical kills. In other words, either help the team accomplish it's goals or kill key targets. Just because you get a range reduction does not mean that you have to be "in the battle" unless you're talking about what it takes to be able to see your targets or an area that your team needs to take.

As far as the Risk goes for snipers there is one thing that I want to say to you and all those snipers that REGULARLY get killed when sniping. Be aware of your surroundings. Actual trained snipers are taught to use their peripheral vision so as to detect enemy movement. If you're camped on a building watch the skies and occasionally go by the ladder and check it. It's really simple, you can even do that while you're reloading. If you're in the hills move every once in a while. Snipers are most often killed by counter sniping so it doesn't hurt to change your position to make it harder to pinpoint you. The risk that you're talking about only really comes about when you get lazy and relaxed. You're "in battle" so you cannot afford to take it easy.

Here's my problem. "Us snipers helped you guys" is a big assumption of ALL snipers. As a fellow sniper at one point (look at the bottom of my posts. I am a multi-purpose everything user. I've used every gun and every type of suit at some point in the game) I can tell you that the MAJORITY of maps do not provide decent enough spots for a sniper to assist with hacking a point. There are moments where it can be helpful i will admit, but most of those times involve either sniping from a place that you cannot get to by normal means (dropship only access), being in relatively close ranges for a sniper, or sniping just anyone that comes across your line of sight and not any of those near the points. Most snipers are not helpful, most snipers are just there to earn some kills, isk and sp, and most likely are sitting in the hills far in the redline.

I've sniped and for quite a while I was good at it. So good at it in fact that it was one of the few weapons that I actually put SP into beyond the operation skill. Eventually however i figured out that the main problem with being a sniper was that the lag affected what I saw at extreme ranges. When players go back and forth on the screen but squad mates tell me that they're just standing there. Lag always forced me to ranges of less than 200 meters so I honestly don't understand why people complain when 100 meters is taken off the ranges of sniper rifles, especially when you look at the HUGE damage buff to head shots. Being at 125-200 meters from someone forced me to learn some big lessons and eventually i was becoming so good at being a sniper that I was even invited to a "shadow corp" that was devoted to sniping. I had matches where I went as high as 60 kills and average death of about 1. But i got bored, and moved on. Sniping can have its moments, but most snipers are not "helpful". And as far as a skyrocket of my k/d spread goes? I have absolutely no problems doing well with or without the assistance of another player.

WHAT THE **** ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

You don't provide any reasoning or facts behind what you say. You want an increase in range of sniper rifles RIGHT AFTER they decreased the range, but don't provide specifics as to why. You refuse to understand from CCP's point or another players point even when I provided some reasons as to why I like the changes and how it brings snipers more into the fold of battle rather than just as a redline or rooftop camper sniper. Yes, it's the job of a sniper to snipe people, but they need to provide sniper support to areas that are critical to their own squads work or the teams. If a sniper is sniping at people in the redline, but ignores the scout that runs to the point across open terrain to hack the point, then that sniper is not helpful to the team.

You say that I'm twisting your words. How can I do that when I'm directly quoting you and providing a counter argument?

You say that I don't understand. Why is that? Is it because you're not being clear as to why you want the range increase? Is it because you've been unable to get kills any more due to the changes? Is it because you like sitting with relatively low risk and taking head shots at enemies? Is it because your definition of a sniper is different to my own? Is it different to the military's?

And stop calling me an assault. I was a logi first, an assault briefly, a heavy 3rd, a sniper 4th, a scout 5th, a tanker 6th, and a dropship pilot 7th. I'm not one thing, i've been everything.

It actually does matter what you say, if you have a strong opinion with some logic to back it up your voice can be heard and even accepted by CCP. HOWEVER, you are using nothing but opinion, you do NOT back up your thoughts with logic, facts, or examples and have therefore just come here to complain rather than try to improve the game. I'm not arguing against you because I want snipers removed, I'm not arguing that I want snipers to be nerfed to uselessness. I'm simply trying to understand what it is that you're trying to say and provide my own reasons as to why I like the adjustments that have come around this time to snipers.

Snipers should be in the game. Try not to read that and think that I want to remove them please




You have a nice day too.