So you want to punish every sniper because the mouse is overpowered? That is not how to fix a problem with one peripheral that not everyone has.

1. The sniper rifle is a railgun(which is actually being developed - at least according to

2. It's a sniper rifle, not a laser tag gun. If every time you took a shot someone would come to find you nobody would play as a sniper(cheers and applauds from those who don't know how to counter a sniper, I'm sure).

3. Once the marketplace opens up then we might want to look at this. We're very early in the current build and nobody has enough money to get out of the militia suits for more than a round or two. Basic suits are enough to not get one shotted by militia rifles and advanced suits by the charge and prototype rifles, but as I said nobody can afford them.

actually the sniper physics are fine IMO. sniper should be able to 1 shot kill if they can line up a head shot 2 to the body, otherwise why have a sniper rifle its virtually useless in close quarters.

Seeing as it's a control issue then maybe do something to the mouse controls such as adding a permanent sway when a mouse is used.

I honestly don't know why I'm discussing this one as currently they never even look up to find your arrow, it's only other snipers that are actively looking for you and for that we also have the muzzle flash in addition to the arrows.

I currently use both mouse and DS3 when playing and I can tell you that currently the mouse isn't as overpowered as you think it is. Sure I have an easier time sniping since it's just point and click, however having to track a moving target is not simple due to the hardcap that is in place. Sometimes I have to switch to DS3 for those scouts

You're asking for there to be permanent sway when using a mouse; unfortunately that is not possible due to the fact that many players such as myself constantly switch back and forth between KB/M and DS3. If permanent sway were introduced, it'd have to be for everyone and then by using sniper rifle proficiency does it go away.

I want a balanced game just as much as everyone else and I am by no means trying to defend KB/M as I'm more of a DS3 player myself; however, I just don't see how some of these suggestions of fixing Mouse users would work.

Change the DS3 sensitivity to a max and you can snipe very well.

Personally I think the best way to counter an over indulgence in sniping is through map construction. Yes you can nerf them so no one uses them, but that doesn't make for a healthy diversity in game play. Better to make controlled sniping an idea to keep in the back of the map makers mind.
That being said, the charges sniper rifle really does favor the KBM user a little too strongly imo. I'd like to see snipers have to focus on head shots for one shot kills unless they have a heavy SP investment in sniping.

Sniper are just fine as they are, it's already hard enough to swing that dot to get proper aim and OHK kills don't happen unless it's a militia suit you're shooting.
In last build even proto scouts tanked my ishukone rifle with best dmg mods and with militia you need 2-3 hits anyway unless you get a head shot.

This is probably one of the worst suggestions I've heard from the perspective of a sniper.

The point is to be somewhat covert. Having chevrons that blaze over our heads when a target looks sideways at us is enough of a handicap. Thanks.

lot's of stuff

its surprising to hear someone say snipers have it easy on mice.

Speaking of special equipment, though, why not do that? Why not have a sensor that can be deployed which eventually locates snipers on the map? It can look for players that stay still for too long. Or how about a deployable shield that is weak or ineffective against close-range weapons but repels sniper fire great?

Don't nerf the sniper any more than is necessary to bring it in line with realism. Make a better counter to it, as a galactic supercorporation would!

I'm just as annoyed as anyone else when I die without warning or explanation and see my name to the right of some sniper rifle. But if that suddenly went away, a little voice in my head would start asking, "Why does this never happen?" It's part of the reality of the game. Same thing goes for the kind of nerfs being discussed. I'd wonder why nobody bothered to build a better rifle.

Most 'over-powered' weapons/vehicles problems I've heard of can easily be countered with teamwork.

If a sniper takes you down, tell your team's sniper(s) and they will look for him and take him out. Sounds easy enough to me.

Quite frankly, yes. Part of a sniper's job is to find a relatively safe place from which to report enemy movement and provide cover for his team. Those who just shoot at random targets attract attention and get themselves killed. And teamwork is an important part of success in Dust. When the game launches, people who refuse to be part of a team will have trouble finding work.

Fair enough. But, instead of reducing a weapon's effectiveness, why not make the weapon more expensive? That's what they did with HAVs and dropships, and now you see a lot less of them on the battlefield. Then when incompetent snipers keep getting killed by competent players, they'll move on to the next fad.
I would like to add that most of your argument hangs on the assumption that everyone finds sniping (especially with a mouse) to be as easy as you do. From my experience this does not seem to be the case. Granted, I don't know what equipment they use, but most of the snipers I encounter range from average to mediocre. The lack of a flood of expert marksmen indicates that a crappy sniper is a crappy sniper, regardless of the controls they use.