Nova Knife
Seituoda Taskforce Command
Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.11.12 02:20:00 -
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Someone else said something similar above, but...
There are generally two kinds of snipers.
One who sits in a 'remote' far off place that the enemy generally won't look or shoot at them, and has a very narrow FoV of the battlefield, and just pops off shots with varying degress of success at the few people they see during the match.
One who travels with their team but hanging back somewhat, covering them as they capture objectives making sure no one sneaks up on their squad while they do their thing. I have only seen two or three snipers actually do this in almost 8 months of playing Dust. I have cried a small tear of joy each time I see it.
The first is an example of a horrible style of gameplay in an objective based game mode. In a deathmatch it is slightly more acceptable, but still less effective than the second method in nearly every scenario. In other games where KDR is far more important than the win, the first is an effective and excellent way to pad your stats. However, in Dust gaining the win as a team is far more important than KDR. When people are handing out contracts, people will not care what your mercs' KDR is, they will only care about how often you win. They won't care if you can get 40 kills a match sniping if your team still loses!
Now, people who adopt the first style as their own might say "Yeah, but those 40 kills a match let my team move forward and capture stuff because dudes are dead and not able to shoot them!" or some such nonsense. But really : A far out place generally can only cover one area decently. Can you honestly use that line, if your cliff is overlooking C, but your team is getting slaughtered by the enemy at A (which you do not have a clear shot to) and none of your team is even trying to take C?
Seriously. Cliff snipers, find yourself a squad. Learn to move with them in ways that cover them. You don't need to be on the front line, but if you're staying in one spot for the majority of the match, you're just robbing yourself of kills and a win. I can promise you that once you get yourself a squad (even if they are just random nubs) or if you just move around covering your team as they take each objective, your kill count will rise drastically. You will die a bit more often but your KDR will still remain well over positive. It might even go up because you're putting yourself constantly in a position that puts more enemies inside your scope!
And corps : If you find a cliff sniper, take him under your wing. Teach him to cover your squads properly and watch your corps' overall effectiveness skyrocket! |