I honestly think that rhe sniper rifle is in a good spot. Im able to two shot just about anything and im using a Thale. Every headshot works and bodyshots almost kill heavies on one shot. So to me its good. Only complaint is kick and sway after shot cuz then you have to realign the next shot and it takes skill to get the second shot on the target cuz they would move after the first if standing still.

A brief collection of thoughts on Range Reduction and Red Line Snipers.

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I honestly think that rhe sniper rifle is in a good spot. Im able to two shot just about anything and im using a Thale. Every headshot works and bodyshots almost kill heavies on one shot. So to me its good. Only complaint is kick and sway after shot cuz then you have to realign the next shot and it takes skill to get the second shot on the target cuz they would move after the first if standing still.

What is CCP/CPMs concerns about its currents state, and what steps are being taken to correct them?

I honestly think that rhe sniper rifle is in a good spot. Im able to two shot just about anything and im using a Thale. Every headshot works and bodyshots almost kill heavies on one shot. So to me its good. Only complaint is kick and sway after shot cuz then you have to realign the next shot and it takes skill to get the second shot on the target cuz they would move after the first if standing still.

I have to totally agree on this. When I started playing this game, all I wanted to do was snipe. I would always be on the map usually in an elevated position, keeping the bulk of the blue dots between myself and the reds. On a bad match I would get 15 kills, 15 assists. Any time a squad member would call out a redline sniper, I didn't even have to move to dispatch them. 1500wps and 20+ kills, 1-5 deaths per match was about my average using this technique.

Since the range, map, and mood nerf, It seems that the only snipers affected were the on the map snipers. Redline snipers are still present. The difference is on the map snipers have to choose to move closer to multiple reds to deal with one redline sniper, or stand back and leave em alone. I play this game like chess. I am the queen, and the blueberryies are my pawns shielding me. Therefore I am not moving forward to die instantly to a hail of fire to try to take out one guy. I die enough as is.

I used to assign my own threat levels to locations depending on red and blue positioning, elevation, and other elements to figure out were I needed to be. I would wager high risk high reward locations when my team was pushing hard on the enemy. I'd fall back to lower, low reward locations when my team gave up or was simply outclassed. My best games were when both sides came to fight and were both relentless. Sure I'd die more trying to get into more aggressive locations to better aid my team and to try and prevent my blueberries from being flanked. Lol, I almost forgot about that part of sniping. Slowing or denying players from pulling off flank maneuvers. The range nerf stopped that flat out.

At this point, even if range was reintroduced, and damage was normalized it still would not give sniping back those said roles. All the maps and sockets post 1.4 were completely anti-sniper made. Big complexes high walls, little to no high ground to see in except for very small pockets of possible opportunity if fighting was done in specific location.

Sniping used to have a few roles, but in game design and decisions made the SR obsolete. The main factors of the SR no longer having any are due to the range reduction, poor socket design, placing towers in front of elevated positions to block sniper locations, many hp increases, trying to balance sniping because of redline sniping (even though they were puppychow for big dog snipers).

TL;DR The old SR role before nerfs were killing, suppression, assisting in damaging enemy, counter-sniping, and reducing flanking enemies. Post nerfs, lol FU HTFU get gud, sumtin sumtin redline trololololo.

Also friend have you tried and Ex sniper with a cal mando? I can one shot most suits on the field but gal sents with 1100 armor and base shield, amaar sents with their 1200 armor, and cal sents or commandos with 700 shield and 600 armor. I've knocked proto snipers and Thales off of their high horses because sniping takes skill to master. The reason it takes skill is because it is to easy to find the sniper if the sniper pegs you a lot. I always go for the noggin but with current hit detection I blue shield or it's counted as a body shot 3 out of 5 shots. Most times people are sniped is when the person stands still or the person has low HP.