DUST Search - Dust 514 Sniper Problems

Aeon Amadi wrote:

Oswald Rehnquist wrote:

Scheneighnay McBob wrote:

Oswald Rehnquist wrote:

It is bad.

I honestly don't think people will let up on snipers unless they redo the sniper rifle. Honestly the only argument people have against it is "oh, red line, zero risk, high reward", I don't snipe because its low reward and boring, and very map dependent. I bet you if we cut its range and uped its stability and stopping power people would lose their argument line and still whine all the same.

I don't think the range should be cut. It's already a sniper rifle with less range than a RL assault rifle.

Real sniping is dead, and domination killed it. Nothing we can do about it without turning them into CoD snipers, which would cause Dust players everywhere to storm the CCP offices and kill everyone.

The ScR functions like a high power short range sniper rifle. Its what I use if I want to be a "sniper", clears out shields and you can use a bolt pistol to clean up, its also easier to aim for headshots too, fixing the sniper rifle to be more within the line of the Laser rifle is not a radical suggestion.

Or just giving the Laser Rifle a scope and a range buff and making it a really awesome sniper rifle that rewards staying on target instead of maybe kinda/sorta getting lucky with hit detection.


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Tech De Ra Electronic Sports League 1159	Posted - 2015.05.13 23:32:00 - [1] - Quote 99% of snipers are a detriment to the team you cant push out of the redline without actually.... you know...pushing Prime League champion SGL Sidearm champion Fanfest '14 All star champion
Tech De Ra Electronic Sports League 1159	Posted - 2015.05.14 00:10:00 - [2] - Quote Aeon Amadi wrote: Oswald Rehnquist wrote: Scheneighnay McBob wrote: Oswald Rehnquist wrote: It is bad. I honestly don't think people will let up on snipers unless they redo the sniper rifle. Honestly the only argument people have against it is "oh, red line, zero risk, high reward", I don't snipe because its low reward and boring, and very map dependent. I bet you if we cut its range and uped its stability and stopping power people would lose their argument line and still whine all the same. I don't think the range should be cut. It's already a sniper rifle with less range than a RL assault rifle. Real sniping is dead, and domination killed it. Nothing we can do about it without turning them into CoD snipers, which would cause Dust players everywhere to storm the CCP offices and kill everyone. The ScR functions like a high power short range sniper rifle. Its what I use if I want to be a "sniper", clears out shields and you can use a bolt pistol to clean up, its also easier to aim for headshots too, fixing the sniper rifle to be more within the line of the Laser rifle is not a radical suggestion. Or just giving the Laser Rifle a scope and a range buff and making it a really awesome sniper rifle that rewards staying on target instead of maybe kinda/sorta getting lucky with hit detection. Dont you relegate my LR to a ******* cowards weapon, its perfect as is >:[ Prime League champion SGL Sidearm champion Fanfest '14 All star champion
Tech De Ra Electronic Sports League 1162	Posted - 2015.05.14 13:52:00 - [3] - Quote Aeon Amadi wrote: Kain Spero wrote: Oswald Rehnquist wrote: I bet you if we cut its range and uped its stability and stopping power people would lose their argument line and still whine all the same. I actually think this would be a dramatic way to improve the sniper role and how it plays out in the game. Even 250 to 300m the sniper rifle would outrange 90% of the weapons on the field while still being far enough away from the fight to encourage tactical play. The extreme ranges of the current sniper rifle tend to encourage bad habits that are further exacerbated by the redline design. Redline is the problem, not the rifle. Any more of a range nerf and the Sniper Rifle might as well be removed from the game. last i checked 600m is 6 times the range of other light weapons, even if you halve it and remove/reduce the sway you would still outrange them by a factor of 3 Prime League champion SGL Sidearm champion Fanfest '14 All star champion