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Otosan Ookami
Royal Uhlans
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2012.09.05 05:01:00 -
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Hello Fellow Long-range obsessives. and K/D Manipulators
As others call us... "Jerks" , "Kittens", "Oh hell, not again!" , "Cowards" , "Bad Players" and "Useless guys who hide because they can't handle real shooter mechanics"
Or as those in the "family" call ourselves. Snipers.
I'll admit to obsessive Skirmish overuse, and a few "why are you so mean" sessions in the railgun installations. (Same shot, more "style" )
Couldn't have said it better myself, you've covered most of my Mantra Fivetimes.
I'll admit to making kills past 700m now... how far? Lets not spoil the surprise.
I'd love 2 Km and optics to make use of it. I'd expect a mob with Pitchforks and torches shortly thereafter.
Better damage scaling so that "anyone with level 2 snipe" isn't an instant death machine with near max DPS would have helped,
Prototype snipe is underused. Our reticle Sucks, and we need a return to Anti-Materiel sniping, (for which an "enhanced" Prototype chargesnipe would do wonders)
And yes, Crouching should have a TINY bit of up and down flutter with your heartbeat..
People want free reign to stand, in sharp relief against a skyline and force all comers to come within 100m, allowing them to demonstrate their John Woo movie style moves instantly. vaporizing all comers.
We're "mean" because we don't play "their" game. it's not "fun" for them.
Duck!
Hire/Befriend a Better sniper to cover your "standing in the meadow picking flowers" keester.
BE a better sniper, Change gear when you die! REVENGE!!!!!!!
Enough said.
Keep shooting folks.
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Otosan Ookami
Royal Uhlans
Amarr Empire
33
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Posted - 2012.09.05 05:44:00 -
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Nope... Ishukone :) Light Sharpshooter Spec works.
To be Specific, I've had snipers outside of Railgun range, that I can take with the Snipe now.
Of course, I don't have much of any other skill at all built, and i'm made of wet tissue paper.
Oh well, the sacrifices we make. |
Otosan Ookami
Royal Uhlans
Amarr Empire
33
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Posted - 2012.09.05 08:09:00 -
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I'll have to agree that there are Snipers who just hunt easy kills....
And snipers who snipe other snipers first, then defend multiple objectives at once.
Part of the problem is level 2 gives Beyond Prototype Damage, to anyone who wants to snipe, but can't be bothered to dump 2m + into it. |
Otosan Ookami
Royal Uhlans
Amarr Empire
33
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Posted - 2012.09.05 20:53:00 -
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I love being called useless. (not in this thread, just the general impression of what we do at times is plain silly)
My current record shot is 726m. (readouts are awesome for sniping drivers/Gunners out of vehicles... shoot when it changes to a suit!) I haven't managed a kill at further distance. Yet.... But it's letting me mark them even further out.
Just can't quite seal the deal.
Now advance that sniper to any elevation, or cover, 200m further in. and imagine the Sphere of 700m
Only another sniper or someone watching the kill-feed would know the difference between just spawn camping, and a Force Multiplier.
Ground troops can't be everywhere at once, so it falls to us to slow the enemy down, or thin their overwhelming ranks. and give them that half second pause the next time they run blindly at a hill.
Mostly so we can use that half second to reload while they're worrying. |
Otosan Ookami
Royal Uhlans
Amarr Empire
33
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Posted - 2012.09.06 03:06:00 -
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Relic Cross wrote: I remember I'd be lucky to go 1-5 KDR when I first started playing. Now with hit-detection a lot more stable I'd go at LEAST 10-1, or 20-1.
I'm not stroking e-peen. That's probably nothing...
That isn't E-Peen at all. If you're doing your job well, You should die rarely, but HORRIBLY to the most minor hits.
Snipers should have unnaturally High K/D, which is part of why the number is moderately useless outside of the context in which it was earned.
If you hang on the wrong side of Hills all day long, the number goes down.
If you shoot at 600M plus, You become the master of the "What the hell just happened?" moment.
Props to Atryeu (probably misspelling) for putting multiple rounds right into my berm. you almost had me. I haven't had a real counter-sniper taking shots at me in ages. And to the mystery sniper in that same match who actually got the kill,Missed the killfeed but you earned the hell out of that shot.
The car hitting me later was a bit anticlimactic... I deserved it though. |
Otosan Ookami
Royal Uhlans
Amarr Empire
33
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Posted - 2012.09.06 20:25:00 -
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Assuming everyone we shoot is an idiot, is just damning the sniper who earned that shot with faint praise. |
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