I mean running with your squad shooting guys with a sniper while standing I've only encountered one other sniper that dose this and that's sleepy zan just wondering as I don't see anyone else doing it (mind you I know that some can do this but are stopped by lag) so yeah..........post below my fellow dusters!

A few snipers within ROFL do this, I wouldn't allow them in my squad if their sniping with no risk, makes it no fun for anyone tbh.

anyone doing this +1

anyone sitting in the redzone with proto / officer snipers, should try risking more in a game and you might have more fun then waiting for the dot to be red and hitting a button. But yeahhh, people will do what they do.

Sniper across the map takes skill. You have to lead your shots. Anyone who goes 15 kills with a sniper rifle across the map is a good sniper.

There is no shot leading in dust for any gun except forge guns, railguns, and mass drivers.

Snipers will instantly hit wherever you are aiming (Except for the experimental version, I guess) There really is 0 skill required in sniping atm. It's honestly just point + shoot. No recoil, no sway. No travel time. No drop. There's no challenge to it.

Definition of a Sniper ;- A sniper is a highly trained marksman who operates alone, in a pair, or a team who maintain close visual contact with the enemy and engages targets from concealed positions or physical distances exceeding the detection capabilities of the enemy personnel, without being detected. These sniper teams operate independently, with little combat asset support from their parent units.

Snipers are meant to cause confusion in the enemy ranks. If any enemy is pushing forward snipers are supposed to push them back. It is supposed to make the enmy think and gues where you are. A good sniper is also well hidden. He is supposed to make the enmy guess his/her position and try and hunt them down. Snipers are also supposed to communicate enemy movements for instance if an enemy is pulling in a tank and how much shield/armor that tank has.

This effectiveness of the sniper is lost when he is running and gunning. It also makes him an easy target. Although this may be fun its not using the snipers full potential. Its the game thing as having a heavy sniping. Totally wasteful.

Sniper across the map takes skill. You have to lead your shots. Anyone who goes 15 kills with a sniper rifle across the map is a good sniper.

Fine smart guy technically it's called a designated marksman

And the only leading you have to do is to compensate for lag and the distance you have to lead remains constant no matter the range, I really don't think traditional sniping takes skill atm. Not until they add ballistics instead of hit-scan for snipers.

Also would like to mention that the effectiveness of sniping from a vantage point is usually overrated and probably won't serve an effective purpose until we get larger maps. You can go 40-0 sniping from a mountain top and your team can still suffer horribly. Usually another man on the ground makes more of a difference, I have tested it over and over again.

Sniping in this game is broken. In all the FPS games I have played sniping is generally an OHK. Here it is not unless you line up a headshot. Generally its 2 shots. Unless you are shooting at someone standing still, you have to anticipate the players movements.

With that said sniping across maps is generally 400 ms or more. Its not only lag and distance that you have to compenstate over here but also sensitivity of the controller. That's in the gaming world. In the real world there are factors such as wind speed, your location, breathing, mounts, distance to your target, type of gunpowder used and the earths magnetic field.

There also other factors to consider such as dropsuit loadouts and enemy skill levels. Have you ever tried to snipe a dude with his proto gear on and kill him? How many snipers in this game can say that they have killed experienced players in proto gear? It would take a minimum of 3 rounds to take someone like that out. Now please tell me that's easy and anyone can do it?

And how is a sniper usefull if he is in he middle of the battle and cant spot the battle ground. How can he relate to his team that there are 5 red dots heading towards A? You may as well put an AR and move forward in the field.Snipers are meant to cause havoc in the enemy lines. Divide and conqour. Confuse and confound. These are a snipers themes.

With that said there are scrub snipers out in the game. Barring Gem Cutter I yet have to see a really good sniper in this game. There are a few average snipers out there and I would put the ones that atleast get the kills. And then there are the scrub snipers that cant do anything for **** and who go 2-0, 3-0, 4-1.

do you snipe sitting down?

I haven't sniped in the last two builds as I have been working to improve my gun game close up, but I can tell you that there are good snipers out there, I consistently went 15- or 20- and only 2 or 3 deaths previously. I remember one match where Sleepy and I went a combined 54-0 (he probably doesn't remember it, if he even remembers who I am).

That said, there are a lot of snipers that could use some work, there are some good ones, then there are a few great ones (Sleepy and Gem come to mind off the top of my head).

Fine smart guy technically it's called a designated marksman

And the only leading you have to do is to compensate for lag and the distance you have to lead remains constant no matter the range, I really don't think traditional sniping takes skill atm. Not until they add ballistics instead of hit-scan for snipers.

Also would like to mention that the effectiveness of sniping from a vantage point is usually overrated and probably won't serve an effective purpose until we get larger maps. You can go 40-0 sniping from a mountain top and your team can still suffer horribly. Usually another man on the ground makes more of a difference, I have tested it over and over again.

Damn sorry man don't remember that particular match but I remember most people who have sniped me in the past.

I've seen this snipe monster red line under the mcc standing, strafing, and sniping the innocent clones that drop down to the burn zone. RIGHT IN THEIR FACE

It's a cool story.