i wouldn't mind too much but you cannot really sneak up behind them. most are perched up in these high mountains you will end up dying a few times trying to find the right path to mountain goat. So what just say eff everything else and start training in sniping?

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So true.


In the last build I would rarely get sniped - now it's all the time

Give snipers just 3 bullets per match

Once suits get better snipers will be less of a problem and be more about sharing kills with your teammates by softening enemies hp and picking off weaker ones. Scrubs will still have no mercy but as people start building up passive skills and moving into better shielding and armor most snipers now will have a harder time, and as for snipers not helping anyone, one good sniper defending an objective or providing over watch can be very effective. Also a good counter for people grouping up, if you are sniping from a good position you are in a perfect spot to thin out the other teams ranks so your guys can have a much easier time breaking them.

This is actually something I have always done, between taking out the other snipers targeting my team I will fire into the enemy line and take 3 peoples armour down to 1% in about 3 seconds (charge time). From there I let my assault teammates get some easy kills while I headshot-kill 3 or 4 more. The snipers role is very extensive depending on many different factors and personalities.
I like to think of myself as a semi-hardcore sniper, I watch over my team while keeping the hills in my peripheral, I never stay in one place for too long, I will hack objectives any chance I get, and take down anyone who is a threat to me or my team. With this new build they can be a scout strafing full speed or a heavy charging away, I'll take 'em down.
And those comments saying all snipers don't get objectives is utter BS, in multiple games I have hacked damn near every hackable system on the whole map, I even got 4/5 objectives on the biggest one and all but one of the turrets.

well said!! One of the reasons i enjoy being a sniper myself is the challenge of sniping the other side's snipers. getting into sniper vs sniper battle can get more thrilling than running around with your head cut off spraying amachine gun around randomly to kill people wich takes no skill and gets boring quickly. being successful as a snipper with limited ammo and slow firing rate. that takes skill especially if you can hit someone as they are running.