They sway is mostly to prevent quickscoping- crouch and wait a little bit to make the swaying stop. I believe either sniper rifle operation or sniper rifle proficiency also decreases the scope sway.

Ever try standing up and shooting a gun with that long of a barrel on it? You aren't going to be able to hold it steady enough to snipe like that.

Skilling up removes some of that sway, if I remember right. Definitely don't want to make it easier for snipers. I can't snipe for ****, but other people are able to head shot me out of a moving vehicle. I think it should stay like that.

The last thing snipers need are easier kills. Once crouched the scope doesn't move after one second and there is no bullet drop. I would love to see some bullet drop in the future.
At least then we could finally get a few rivers coming off the mountains from the blueberry tears.

If you can't navigate moving out of cover and switching in and out of crouch, you should probably wait in the MCC for the adults to finish capturing objectives.

EDIT: "You" is not OP specifically.

Your going to complain about a weapon that has no bullet drop and is basically an insta hit weapon dealing extreme damage..... no. Level it up and enjoy red line sniping with the rest of the blue-berries.

lol I am not a sniper so that is funny.

why bother trying to stand and snipe?

I didn't know there was skills to reduce it but still at the least reduce it some? Like I haven't moved and yet my guy is like everywhere :P thanks for the feedback btw :3 I can't snipe for my life XD it's just something I came across when testing the weapons out.

This post is going to be talking about sniper rifles and the horrible sway they have. Anyways, when you stand even when you have not moved from spawning the sway is all over the place. Like is my char. having a panic attack is that what is causing him to sway everywhere? There should be the ability to hold your breath with sniper's so when your standing the sway is reduced greatly but when you shoot standing up the "recoil" between shots is greater then if you were crouched. When holding your breath your stamina goes down faster then if you were running and if you hold your breath till stamina is depleted it will go to the "normal" sway we have now but after your stamina starts to regenerate it will still sway if your not moving and standing but not as bad as it is now. When holding your breath while standing sway is still there but its way easier to get a shot on someone. If your crouched sway will be reduced when holding your breath but it isn't perfectly still giving players the skill to line a shot up and shoot. This "holding your breath" feature would allow players to snipe over cover easier then having to crouch move out of cover and shoot. Leave me your ideas below or what you think of this, take care everyone (:

I specifically said that wasn't referring to you.


There are very few reasons for standing and sniping. It seems to be intentionally discouraged by the game mechanics as a balance for the fact that if you put your targeting reticle on an enemy's face and pull the trigger, they'll instantly die.

If my team is getting eaten by snipers, I'll go countersniper, so I do it a lot. If I could stop the sway while standing, I would have a ridiculous advantage. You seem to be working on the assumption that there's a reason why we should be able to stand and fire our rifles but I haven't seen you give one yet, other than crouch-walking out of cover being tricky. It's fairly trivial to stand, move, crouch again and wait a second to line up your shot. If the window of opportunity is too small for that, you have to learn to compensate for standing sway and attempt the shot standing, but it's not supposed to be an easy way to fire.

The Sniper Rifles skill reduces scope sway by 5% per level. Won't remove it entirely, but it can make a difference.

The only way to completely eliminate scope sway at the moment is to crouch down and hold still for a second. When you do this, the scope will be perfectly still.

If a sniper wants unhindered aim they need to make themselves vulnerable in the process, which seems to be pretty intentional game design

Totally agree. You should be able to accurately hip-fire sniper rifles while sprinting, also.

Also HMG should be able to reach sniper distances.

Playing through the sway can be very rewarding and being able to snipe while standing can actually be a viable tactic over using the AR.

Also a Scout suit secret, we have less sway then other suits

The sway is mostly to prevent quickscoping- crouch and wait a little bit to make the swaying stop. I believe either sniper rifle operation or sniper rifle proficiency also decreases the scope sway.

Ever try standing up and shooting a gun with that long of a barrel on it? You aren't going to be able to hold it steady enough to snipe like that.

yea we don't need more snipers that said a hold breath steady that takes time and stamina is really not a bad Idea. +1 op

I didn't know there was skills to reduce it but still at the least reduce it some? Like I haven't moved and yet my guy is like everywhere :P thanks for the feedback btw :3 I can't snipe for my life XD it's just something I came across when testing the weapons out.