The tac sniper rifle is fine if you know how to use it. Confidence helps too.

Harder to quickscope with charged ;D

Totally agree. Charge is very useful in rare situations, for example when you don't want to do a massacre just to kill some important enemy player (laser rifle from above with high shield and armor...etc).
In any other case I prefer Tactical because thats a beast when you can aim rapidly (specially on ambush maps). I use 2 high damage modifier and usually 1 headshot/kill. My usual stat is 14/1 when I fight against normal enemy with some heavy SP load (above 8mill). When I fight against my lvl (3mill SP) than my stat is around 25-30/1 or 0.

Tactic rifle is the best when you want score some frag (top3) and not just counter snipe.

Actually easier if you keep it charged

i agree zan. can't wait for the proto charged rifle, that's going to do a lot of damage.

Not as easy as the standard sniper and the second shot is a lot harder to pull off unfortunately but i get what your saying

Start with the Militia Sniper rifle in the Assault Sniper Starter suit. The suit is free and has what you need to get started. Once you have increased your fitting skills (Electronics & Engineering) enough, fit a Nano Hive to it so you can replenish your ammo.

Using the free starter fit will allow you to use all your ISK on buying skill books as you get started, and will allow you to start sniping right away. For a while you will want to just crouch (triangle) to reduce sway, and put your skill points into core skills.

Once you have purchased most of the skill books you need, you can start spending your ISK on some basic equipment. Once you start levelling Sniper Riffle Operation you will be able to buy the Basic Sniper Rifle which gives you 5 rounds per clip instead of only 3 for the starter militia Sniper Rifle.

As to the other variations on the Sniper Riffle, the Tactical Sniper Rifle does not do as much damage, but has a higher rate of fire. If you are good at tracking your target and can hit consistently even after they start running for cover, then you might like the Tactical Sniper Rifle. The Charged Sniper Rifle does more damage if you charge it by holding the button down. People who use the Charged Sniper Rifle stack damage mods and try to one shot people. If the first shot does not kill them, hopefully their health will be low enough that a low damage quick shot without charge will be enough to finish them off. The Charged Sniper Rifle is a Prototype level weapon though, so you canGÇÖt get it until you level Sniper Rifle Operation to 5.

I've recently been having fun with another build for a great sniper alt role.

I call it my REAL Commando fit as opposed to CCPs definition of a commando.

I skilled up in scout suit and I love it regardless. But then you equip two SMG and go to town with CQC. I equip one regular SMG and one Breach.

Skill up the SMG skills and it rocks! It is fun as hell!


Watch as your enemies reload their AR and you simply swap SMG and continue.

Keep jumping and you will keep the enemy from keeping up with you as they turn so you can shoot them down before they can get enough shots on you.

Otherwise, skilling up the SMG allows you to not only run the sniper rifle and still be closer to an assault guy for damage with the SMG but you can also be a vehicle sniper and run a swarm launcher too for heavy vehicle traffic matches.

What's good about a tactical sniper rifle compared to a regular sniper rifle? I only have a couple of skill points IIRC in it, so just the basic versions?

I can't tell what advantage tactical is supposed to give?

What's good about a tactical sniper rifle compared to a regular sniper rifle? I only have a couple of skill points IIRC in it, so just the basic versions?

I can't tell what advantage tactical is supposed to give?

- You are backup on high.
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Positioning:
Find a place with a field of fire which includes several objectives or strategic targets. Make sure you have cover that you can easily duck into. Crouch down to avoid rifle sway, and try to expose no more of your body than you have to in order to see the area you are covering. Be mindful of enemy snipers. Frequently scan other potential sniper spots. Drop the scope and look around you once in a while to make sure no one is sneaking up on you.

Some snipers-in-training seem to think that this sort of general advice makes the top of those uber-tall towers,
"B3st Spot 3vaR!"

After all:
- it's high
- people can't sneak up on you, since it takes a dropship to get up there

And the observation mentioned elsewhere, that people never look up.

Except for the small problem that apparently, other snipers, are not "people"

Really silly examples I've seen of this, are people getting dropped off up there, then putting down a respawn and/or nanohive... on the incline. Which makes for a REALLY NICE glowey "hi, I'm up here!" beacon. You just have to have a little elevation to see it, rather than be up on their level.

Plus, they start sniping on the edge of the incline, then "back up" for cover. That makes them safe, right, 'cause after all they cant see who they''ve just been shooting at....

Lulz.

In summary: the ubertall towers can be a fun game if you're going up against a team of complete newbs. However, it's a deathtrap if there's even a marginally competant sniper on the other team.

In one match, there was a group of snipers up there. One guy obviously knew what's what, and did a para-bail off the tower after my first shot. The others just stayed up there.. and kept giving me WP...

Yeah, the GÇ£tree cancerGÇ¥ bit farther on about how easy it is to see the bump of a head on a straight edge, covers roof tops fairly well.

When I am running on the front line and I see tower campers I switch to my Marksman fit and defend/assault objectives with my SMG and then switch to my Sniper Rifle every once in a while to get a few free kills off the roof. It is amazingly easy to get head-shots on snipers peaking over the edge of tall towers. I can one shot them even with a standard Sniper Rifle.

I would really only recommend roof top sniping for people in Heavy suits. They have enough health to tank a few shots while they back up to safety. Not that I have not taken out my fair share of roof top heavies, but they are definitely harder to take down.