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Cooper Eudaemon
DUST University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2012.10.13 02:11:00 -
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I played one of my best ambush matches yet as a sniper. 8 kills, 0 deaths, did nothing else to earn WP. I made 50,000 ISK.
My next ambush match was with a squad from my corp. We all played frontline builds, you know, in the thick of it with an AR. I got 8 kills, 3 deaths. Might have gotten WP for a revive, I'm not sure. But I made 100,000 ISK.
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So, yeah. Guess I'll just hang up my sniper rifle. I know we're supposed to be able to be successful with any build we want, but it seems like there are some major balancing issues yet to be worked out. |
Debacle Nano
Shadow Company HQ
639
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Posted - 2012.10.13 02:12:00 -
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I get 225000+ with a miltita shotgun. |
Cooper Eudaemon
DUST University
Ivy League
31
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Posted - 2012.10.13 02:14:00 -
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Debacle Nano wrote:I get 225000+ with a miltita shotgun.
Is that at about the same level of Kills/Deaths? |
HowDidThatTaste
Imperfects
Negative-Feedback
2242
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Posted - 2012.10.13 02:15:00 -
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Nope working as intended.
Snipers are mostly for the new kids, with some notable exceptions.
The real game is in taking the objectives and doing something besides camping in the hills. |
ugly nature
ZionTCD
Legacy Rising
67
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Posted - 2012.10.13 02:17:00 -
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HowDidThatTaste wrote:Nope working as intended.
Snipers are mostly for the new kids, with some notable exceptions.
The real game is in taking the objectives and doing something besides camping in the hills.
Where is the patch note that says snipers are for the new kids. Silly rabbit |
Icy Beast
5
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Posted - 2012.10.13 02:18:00 -
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Snipers are overused. |
Aighun
Zumari Force Projection
Caldari State
666
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Posted - 2012.10.13 05:19:00 -
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ISK payout is also partially based on the value of the gear you destroy, not just warpoints. Best way to get big payout is destroy vehicles and more expensive things the enemy has on the field.
Sniping you only ever kill mercs, and not a lot of mercs are running in their most expensive gear for every game. |
Zero Harpuia
Maverick Conflict Solutions
421
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Posted - 2012.10.13 06:01:00 -
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Icy Beast wrote:Snipers are overused.
True, but so are ARs. I'd kill to see more variety among mercs... just spotted the first non-me Forge Gun today, it was like seeing a panda wandering the American east coast. |
D3aTH D3alER54
The Southern Legion
130
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Posted - 2012.10.13 06:06:00 -
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Aighun wrote:ISK payout is also partially based on the value of the gear you destroy, not just warpoints. Best way to get big payout is destroy vehicles and more expensive things the enemy has on the field.
Sniping you only ever kill mercs, and not a lot of mercs are running in their most expensive gear for every game.
I go 10 or 15 to nill most games, and i bearly get 70k a match, i guess it's all about how expensive the stuff you destroy is and i'm pretty sure that counts as salvage aswel. You guys are lucky you're in the U.S or wherever, people here never use good stuff, ever.. |
HK-40
9
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Posted - 2012.10.13 07:22:00 -
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D3aTH D3alER54 wrote:Aighun wrote:ISK payout is also partially based on the value of the gear you destroy, not just warpoints. Best way to get big payout is destroy vehicles and more expensive things the enemy has on the field.
Sniping you only ever kill mercs, and not a lot of mercs are running in their most expensive gear for every game. I go 10 or 15 to nill most games, and i bearly get 70k a match, i guess it's all about how expensive the stuff you destroy is and i'm pretty sure that counts as salvage aswel. You guys are lucky you're in the U.S or wherever, people here never use good stuff, ever..
Do you have a problem with full militia fitouts huh 
But yes, same experience with my sniper. Can go 11-1 or so and get 70k ISK, or go Shotgun Scout, 8-5 and get 170K + depending on objectives hacked etc. |
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RankRancid
Seraphim Initiative.
CRONOS.
51
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Posted - 2012.10.13 08:08:00 -
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HowDidThatTaste wrote:Nope working as intended.
Snipers are mostly for the new kids, with some notable exceptions.
The real game is in taking the objectives and doing something besides camping in the hills.
That's why we smash people all day long in domination. Don't forget to defend.
Edit to explain what I mean not to cause confusion or grief for the corp I belong to.
In MW3 there are 3 points in domination. Most clans I have faced run the map collecting A,B and C. My clan collects the 2 end ones. Enemy spawns in the middle and get screwed. Every time. Sort of how SI does it here and think that's why I'm enjoying playing with them in this game. Good tactics. |
D3aTH D3alER54
The Southern Legion
130
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Posted - 2012.10.13 08:20:00 -
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RankRancid wrote:HowDidThatTaste wrote:Nope working as intended.
Snipers are mostly for the new kids, with some notable exceptions.
The real game is in taking the objectives and doing something besides camping in the hills. That's why we smash people all day long in domination. Don't forget to defend.
True dat. |
Necrodermis
GunFall Mobilization
Covert Intervention
460
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Posted - 2012.10.13 08:29:00 -
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snipers get enough isk for their risk.
there is use for snipers to their team giving away enemy positions and generally over watching the battle.
it's just when everyone and their kittening mother is a sniper they are as useful as a bag of wet mice.
one sniper per squad to help the other three traverse the battle is a pretty good setup or when they manage to put an actually commander and full team co-operation you would only need 1-2 snipers to give Intel. |
D'Finn Rhedlyne
Planetary Response Organisation
Test Friends Please Ignore
266
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Posted - 2012.10.13 11:52:00 -
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Necrodermis wrote:it's just when everyone and their kittening mother is a sniper they are as useful as a bag of wet mice.
I know this is slightly off-topic but I gotta share this...
I was playing a Skirmish on the plateaus map and my team got red-lined behind points C & D pretty quickly, so I donned my trusty profile damped, fast hack, drop uplink deploying scout suit and sprinted behind the enemy threw down an uplink and hacked points A & B. Then retreated to a safe spot to await the spawning of assault soldiers to help my weak scouty clone out.
What seemed like an eternity passed and no spawns! WTF, I thought! So I pulled up my map and sure enough they were all still behind the redline. Points A & B were recaptured by this time, so I decided to sneak back to Point D as it was unguarded to see what the frak was going on.
I lolled so hard at what was unfolding before my eyes, the entire team were spawning in the MCC as snipers and were all lined up on top of the mountain taking potshots at LAV's whizzing around shelling the frell out of them.
15 snipers LOL!!
I just crouched down, rolled a cigarette and watched the stupidity unfold for the last few moments of the match, chuckling to myself !
Wet mice indeed!!. |
Chankk Saotome
CrimeWave Syndicate
170
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Posted - 2012.10.13 11:58:00 -
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Necrodermis wrote:snipers get enough isk for their risk.
there is use for snipers to their team giving away enemy positions and generally over watching the battle.
it's just when everyone and their kittening mother is a sniper they are as useful as a bag of wet mice.
one sniper per squad to help the other three traverse the battle is a pretty good setup or when they manage to put an actually commander and full team co-operation you would only need 1-2 snipers to give Intel.
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It all depends on your sniper and squad capacity.
Having a fast SL too is nice too. We've left defend on our sniper who is a beast on and off the field and then quick-swapped to local members when we get into fights or capture targets before setting it back to him.
It all has to do with knowing who's doing what and how good they all are.
Snipers are not worthless. Our one (Yup, still talking about you Nod Keras) has saved our asses more times than we can count by both sighting red dots on the field as well as knocking out enemies while we're busy or in trouble with other things as we run an objective-support heavy logi outfit. (Assaults, go suck an egg).
Just wait till you get in a good proper squad that has a proper support sniper, not just a lone-wolf gunman who doesn't really know what he's supposed to be doing. |
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