I don't think this would make a significant difference, personally. Although something needs to be done with sniping, just on principle I'd prefer to not have anything random, but instead have predictable mechanics that reward skilled players. Something like what you've suggested wouldn't really have a learning curve to it, while stuff like adding ballistic properties to rifles (shot travel time/drop) and scope sway would.

I have a suggestion that would add some balance for sniping with sniper rifles vs other weapons.

All the other weapons should experience the same accuracy deteriation effects as sniper rifles. Inaccuracy while moving, aim waving around when not crouched. Most people "sniping" at me are doing so with ARs while jumping around happily.

Considering the hate that sniping has gotten recently for being too easy. . .

Will never happen dude - there would be so much rage it would be insane. This is a game, there's no such thing as "skill" when guns are involved.

Too easy?

Just because pros make it look easy, doesn't mean it is.

Every sniper I see, on nearly every match I play, almost ALWAYS gets stomped on, and almost NEVER gets a KDR comparable to his AR/Heavy counterparts. It costs me a lot of time and isk to plan my approach and place myself in the battlefield, just so I don't get a stupid hotshot with an AR shooting me in the back, or from 100m away with perfect accuracy.

Do you have any idea how much skill it takes to provide recon info, meaningful sniper support to your squad, AND remain hidden?

Go do a 20/0 Ambush or a 40/0 Skirmish as a sniper then come back and tell us how easy it was. Better yet, make sure your side wins when you do. Then tell us exactly what you had to do to get those numbers.

If ballistics are introduced for snipers, then the damage for rifles better go up, and I mean way up. I mean, 1 shot 1 kill. It's already challenging to aim and hit a mobile target at 600m. You can't make aiming that much harder, leave damage as it is, and call that balanced.

If you want the reality of ballistics, then you need the reality of sniper rifles. 1 shot, 1 kill.




Unless, you're a sniper. Most of the people that fuss about, lack the skill to do it. Then they cry to CCP to nerf players that can. I really don't think I can handle another nerf to my favorite class. If these guys want to play a war game that's sniper-free, let them. I'll move on to some other game. I have no respect for, and would not want to play with people that literally cry my class to death. (Sadly, no game is free of that.)

I may toy around with the upcoming scrambler rifle. Watch how fast, the AR babies wail in lamentation.
If they are facing an opponent they can't strafe and bunny hop around to kill, they cry about it being OP.

wow i thought this was going to be another cod boy asking for snipers to be even stronger than they are now. also that might work but why not just re add sway to the scope after each shot? not to maximum sway of course but enough to stop immediately shooting the same spot.

How about bringing back the bullet physics for the guns? Oh, thats right... i heard the snipers QQ'd over it because they had to lead their targets.

People need to remember the sniper rifles are small railguns, ie as soon as the trigger is pulled the projectile has already blasted through whatever the gun was aimed at, there simply no time for physics to affect the shot. I do however like the idea that the sniper rifle should have a low shot power with huge head shot multiplier.

Having snipers hide and randomly blast away from extreme range is what pisses people off, if people were headshotted though theres not a lot to complain about.