I disagree with using drop uplinks as a sniper. If you get killed, then it's safe to say your perch is compromised. And truth be told, I love when snipers repeatedly spawn in and get insta-sniped as I sit there with my lined up shot.


I switched to the charged sniper rifle a week ago, and i haven't looked back. It uses a lot less CPU/PG than the other sniper rifles with a base 266 damage. The lack of a follow up shot is more than made up for tanking that one shot with complex dam mods. I one shot assaults lots of the time and if i don't kill them outright you can almost see the hershey squirts as they are brought down to their underwear left scrambling for any cover they can find. It is also the counter sniping weapon of choice because you can line up head shots on opposing snipers to great effect.

With practice, I've gotten good enough to hit a running target twice. Another issue it solves is firing into crowds. With a tactical you need two shots. Hitting the same person twice in a crowd further jumbled by their full names and health telemetry is pretty impossible. With the charged you can just fire into the crowd and usually any hit will net you a +50.

Also, I like to carry compact nanos. 10CPU/2PG is very light weight, plus it will heal armor which is good in a pinch.


FWIW, a logi sniper can make up for the lack of a sidearm with the right nades (if he's good at throwing them)... because they can also hole up on their nanohive and spam nades at the enemy if it came down to it.