Celix Kitannen
Covenant Security Solutions
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Posted - 2012.08.24 19:30:00 -
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As a dedicated sniper and scout operative I would +10 everything Gauss and Whisp said. But I can only +1, so you two know that it's 10 at heart lol.
I'm a sniper. I am, I know it, everyone on my team knows it, and sure as shootin' a few unlucky people on the other team will know it. What does that mean?
-My skill points are far and few between.
-My only real competition is myself and the occasional lost soul who is also a dedicated sniper.
-My games are spent, for the vast majority, running around not shooting, hopping up and down like an idiot at all the dropship pilots hoping they will swoop down and give me a lift.
-Dying. Repeatedly. In horrible ways as I try to get to one sniping spot or another.
-My attention is divided up between everything on the battlefield and the HUD.
-Desperately trying to keep my wallet afloat as I burn through fitting after fitting trying to get one kill.
-And at the end of the day praying that I come out with a positive KDR so I don't look like a goomba. *Since we're not scored by contributions*
It's not a rewarding way to play the game. To me it is, and a few other people, 'cause I firmly believe there's something fundamentally wrong with us as gamers/snipers. There's no other reason we would trek through hoards of haters, whiners, cry babies, liars calling OP on everything we use, and supremely aggravating deaths as we're killed seconds before the one shot we really wanna make.
BUT there are things everyone should know- even other snipers.
Never play without a mic. Your intel, what you see and what you gather from being a sniper, saves lives. Virtual ones sure, but it still saves lives. No matter how much you don't think people don't listen, or however much they hate on a sniper, they always pay attention when you say "You've got 4 tangos coming up behind you. And I don't have a shot." You might not be able to cover them, but you still got their backs.
Sniping is thankless. It always will be so while it's great to see everyone finally showing just a bit of love, suck it up 'cause it never gets easier. I've been hated as a fps player since I first jumped into online battles as a sniper. Your job, as a sniper, is to help your team achieve the W. If you want a good KDR then boost up your Dropsuit command and SMG skills; go ninja someone. Sniping, true sniping, is 100% support oriented.
The one constant in the real world and the virtual world is that everyone will see a sniper as a bad guy. Your team will think you're not helping; but they don't see the enemy heads vaporizing behind them. Everyone on the other team will always take being shot personally because you just killed them- you picked them, deliberately, out of a crowd and pulled the trigger. Or you shot their buddy, or the guy that was just about to win the game.
Snipers or combat marksman make some of the best commanders and squad leaders around. Not all of them, but the ones that play for the team and squad are always a cut above. We see the battlefield much different than other play styles.
Quote:Wait, people are whining about the sniper rifles in this game?
They are hilariously underpowered.... particularly the complex and proto versions.
Indeed they are lol. It's pitiful when you compare the damage stats of a BPO with a prototype.
Quote:Non-snipers need to learn how to deal with snipers better, but there are many things snipers don't have to worry about, such as being out numbered and worrying about opponents fitting that give them a major advantage.
Not true. My armor, even at prototype level, is paper thin. If I hic-up it rips. You're ALWAYS outnumbered as a sniper; we just happen to like it that way. Fittings are a new variable for us as well. We have to try and figure out what kind of armor and shields the target is working with.
Are they shield tanking? Armor tanking?
Will my gun take out one bar or one and a half? Can I make the next shot before I'm seen?
Are they passive tanking? Will the repair/regen rate ruin my chance at a kill shot on round 2?
If I shoot now can that logistics suit make the sprint to cover or do I take down the assault guy standing still?
***And if you don't know why logistics should go down first then shame on you***
And all of those questions have to be calculated in about 2 seconds.
Quote:While people "know" that the primary role of a sniper is to kill enemy soldiers, they tend to forget the secondary & tertiary roles; Squad Support & Sniper-Hunting.
My job is to support my team, guard objectives, call out anything I see, provide good usable intel, and surgically remove key threats. There is no secondary or tertiary role. 100% support. Anyone using a long rifle for kills isn't a sniper. They're campers- and I'm lumping them in with the guys who sit at spawn points with LAVs and rocket launchers.
And don't be afraid to take your "sniper" ribbon and change it out with a "Combat Marksman" one. Someone who knows how to shoot, and aim better than most can do work with a burst or single fire assault rifle.
There are about 50,000 different ways to snipe BUT all of the above will remain constant regardless of how you do it. |