I will agree sense of progression has been lost though and I am going to try to convince a scaling headshot damage bonus per tier leaving protos where they're at now.

Charge magazine I do not think will ever go back up to 5 shots again, 4's pushing it but that is highly risking putting the Standard or Tactical out of play again and I really don't want it to break it anywhere else

Range is not likely to change for any of the weapons.

Ammo Skill I have been asking for a change in to 2-3+ shots a level instead of the measly 5% which is about 6 shots

Damage of the charged was very considerate of at least giving scouts the opportunity to fit against a charge shot of a full proto maxi fit. While it is unreasonable for a scout to fit in such manner the option IS there.

I understand all of that , I have my SR tree maxed , reload and extra in the clips ... the CSR is such a gimmick gun it's ridiculous , not saying SYM is a bad sniper , we all know that's not true but no wonder that's the weapon that was used to win the officer event or pull up some of Nod Keras ( or however it's spelled ... forgive my misspelling ) and see , they all use mostly charged .

It's easy mode when one round insta-kills most on the map .

dont know where ya been buddy, but rarely are you able to insta kill with any sniper rifle now

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Would be more inclined to listen if you got the point.

If the 'point' were in any way clear or concise.

EDIT: Or did you mean if -I- got to the point? In which case, here: Your headshot scaling idea is a nerf. It is dumb. I gave reasons why.

I will agree sense of progression has been lost though and I am going to try to convince a scaling headshot damage bonus per tier leaving protos where they're at now.

STD and ADV get -lower- headshot multipliers (dumb for reasons of #UnnecessaryNerf and #WhyDoYouStillHateSnipers)

STD and ADV get -higher- headshot multipliers (unlikely)

This is not a reason.

This is drama.

Let me stop you right there

We're not playing uprising 1.0 anymore.

This is clearly not the path to go for the following reasons

1. It devalues higher level game play severely reducing the values of progression for a sense from a new player and old players who already progressed on the skill; does nothing to address the original complaint that is no or lesser of a reason to skill up the rifle at all as sway is not much of a factor unless you're playing around with the tactical.

2. It defies logic as to why a more advanced weapon in a normal tier progression would lose combat stats. No other weapon does this in the entire game.

3. Increasing the headshot multiplier would greatly devalue the use of damage mods. In many conditions the sniper rifle is a very powerful weapon in the correct circumstances and with the more recent armor nerf there is I am afraid no more maxi suits that can tank a maxi charge rifle let alone the officer one.

4. Because of the devaluation of damage mods the value of more HP mods would lead to more tankier snipers to which may be able to get their shield high enough that it would knock a larger number of countering suit fits off the table as they're no longer able to arm themselves sufficiently to deal with the issue anymore and thus has a cascade effect of further devaluing their SP investments and ultimately

5. Proto or go home mentality will set in again just no longer focusing on the rifle but the mods supporting it and with lower fitting penalties of the lower tier rifles the suit can easily afford to prototype everything else.

Yeah, we get that, so why are we using the same mechanics of Uprising 1.0 on the Sniper Rifles when they were unanimously considered bad..?

Do you understand what I'm trying to tell you?

I'll be honest

No; I don't; too many distractions in your arguments; far too much reliance on me trying to read your mind.

Pull up a calculator and put in 300 - whatever number you want headshot multiplier to be.

Is it lower?

Then it's a nerf.

I prefer it as a body shot weapon more than a head-shot/execution-style one as well. im not all for it being a head shots at close range weapon. i could agree that the reduced clip is bearable. more damage + slightly more range, and a decreased HS multiplier would be the best way to go about that, but watch out for tears.

obviously. so you're just gonna let one gun stay nerfed into the ground because there's other variants? ones that got tactical buffs in comparisson. well look at it this way. there's multiple assault rifles, yet you guys don't hesitate to balance and re-balance those. i can name a few for you: combat rifle, scrambler rifle, rail rifle, duvolle AR. not everyone is gonna flock to just one gun or one variant of that gun unless it's FOTM. the Charged is and has not been FOTM ever since the other variants got buffed. If it's not being used at all, then there's good reason: it's underperforming. and even when it's being used, it's still underperforming.

I use the charge when sniping exclusively, pretty sure its the best countersniper rifle in the game.

I used to have a lot of fun with the tactical, worth specing back into?

There are other rifles aside from the charged.

I used to have a lot of fun with the tactical, worth specing back into?

How much dmg does the FORK do with 3x dmg mods and max skills on headshot? I got 1 hit by it in my amarr sentinel and it said 2300 dmg but I cant see anyway thats possible unless i lagged and it seemed like a single shot