TheEnd762
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Posted - 2015.01.14 16:27:00 -
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DeadlyAztec11 wrote:Anyways, let's say that the range and scope nerf weren't because of the redline snipers. They are still the percentage of Snipers who got most screwed over.
Actually, they're the ones who got the LEAST screwed over. They can still plink enemies that wander too close to the redline like they always have. But actually taking them out with counter-sniping has been made many times more difficult.
The thing no one understands is that you could nerf the sniper rifle range to 10m... and it still wouldn't get them out of the redline. It would just turn them into AFKers with rubber bands on their sticks.
But lets be honest and real: people use the "redline snipers" argument whenever anything sniper-related comes up... because they're just annoyed by snipers in general, no matter where they're actually shooting from. I get hate-mail from butthurt redberries weekly, and the first thing they do is accuse me of shooting from the redline. It's the purest form of scapegoating ignorance. "Oh, I can't find this guy and mow him down with my HMG/Combat Rifle/Scrambler Rifle, HE MUST BE IN THE REDLINE! RAAAAAGGGEEE!" |
TheEnd762
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Posted - 2015.01.14 21:43:00 -
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DeadlyAztec11 wrote:The deal is that we are trying to keep redline sniping from being a viable tactic. You used to be able to defend points from the redline. Then the second people started counter sniping they would go back to their base and wait for you to lose interest and then keep on sniping.
It was a viable style of play. Though Dust in general doesn't want it to be.
Except players, like myself, who run sniper as a primary role, never lost interest. If I noticed someone defending a point from their redline with a sniper rifle (and any sniper worth a damn watches the kill feed for this kind of activity), I killed them, and continued to do so until they stopped, while still putting down enemies elsewhere on the battlefield. Hell, they were easy prey (they stood still). But now, with the range nerf, it's much easier for them to position themselves within the redline so they CAN'T be counter-sniped, unless you can manage to get within 150m AND get a good angle on them.
Redline snipers don't care if they get 20 kills a match or 2, so, like I said, not only has the range nerf NOT hurt them, it's helped them, by hurting those who would be in the best position to take them out. |