Soozu
5o1st
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Posted - 2013.02.21 12:20:00 -
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I snipe, and I have a few points that haven't been brought up.
I'd like to see:
the ability for a sniper class to start the match and spawn with his secondary weapon equipped. Get 5-6 spawns in a row as a sniper next to a heavy and well,, you'll beg for this. A small hope of survival.
Nerf the militia sniper rifle. It's OP as a freebie starter weapon, any toon can switch to sniper and be way too effective. And yes, I'm guilty of this as my secondary character. Make people work for the better gun. You can't run up a tally in any other starter kit like that of a sniper.
Sniper rifles only have 3-5 shots per clip. That is low. And I'm fine with it. Any higher and THEN you would have a right to whine about something, and I would give it to you. <-- This explains why they can travel so far so fast with no drop. More powerful bullet.
There are tactics to dealing with snipers in the mountains, other snipers naturally come to mind. I've spent entire battles not even having a go at the people on the battlefield. I couldn't.... Ever seen the movie 'Enemy at the Gates'? Just like that, SNIPER BATTLE. It happens and if you're on the ground you might not even know there is a whole other personal war going on around you.
I can think of other tactics to deal with me, but frankly, I ain't telling. But the game does have them.
Hitting a moving target while he jumps around is harder than you think. Add a distance and all the popup info of guys he's grouped with and the objects his team owns plastering the area around him in RED until you can only make out his feet when he hits the ground, well,,,, I give a little cheer when I bag one and reward myself with a sip of coffee. I earned it. I'd like the option to not see all that red popup info. I'll just assume everybody is full up on health and aim for the head and then when I bag one, check the ticker to see who it was.
Because of map size and spawn points, snipers in skirmishes have it good. However, snipers in ambushes can have it bad, real bad. Nor are all maps equal in the eyes of a sniper. Some don't lend itself to it at all.
Careful, I practice shooting from the hip.
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