Need to be a lot more expensive since they have a very low "ISK Risk". They're missing a part of the game. Pretty silly.

There's no such thing as "Sniper" equipment

Right, because a """"""""""""SNIPER"""""""""""" rifle is a Formula 1 car.

What about players that play tactical sniper as opposed to over watch sniper? There's a lot of isk risk there. What if I mostly use an smg, but carry the sniper rifle for the occasional long shot opportunity?

No sniper equipment is closer to the truth.

Also, stop thinking everything is going to be balanced. Play what you like. New eden will not accommodate to your concept of fairness.

Right, because a """"""""""""SNIPER"""""""""""" rifle is a Formula 1 car.

Yeah it's called a sniper rifle not a sniper equipment. Go into the market and under "equipment" there will be nothing labeled "Sniper" Why? Because there's no such thing as sniper equipment! There's only one thing in the whole game with "Sniper" in it and that's a Sniper Rifle and it's a weapon not equipment. So why don't you just start over and write what you mean.

Sorry Mom. I thought Dust players have brains to understand what I ment.

Need to be a lot more expensive since they have a very low "ISK Risk". They're missing a part of the game. Pretty silly.

What about people who run BPO's and Starter Fits? Aren't THEY bypassing the whole "Risk Versus Reward" dynamic of New Eden? I do believe in balance in this game, but I don't agree with coming down on one particular group of players (be it Snipers, or Heavies, or whatever) because some people feel they risk less. Not when EVERYONE can risk NOTHING by running BPO'S and Starter Fits. The Arbiter is a Starter Fit that comes with a Sniper Rifle. I risk nothing if I play that fitting.

Snipers might risk less, but that is balanced by the fact that they usually EARN less as well. You have to rack up a pretty high Kill score to match what Assault and Logi's can bring in WP wise.

You can play with an indestructible Heavy Suit. It's not about "balance", it's about logic. I don't care snipers, but I do care logic. It's just stupid full your mouth talking about "An intensive game where you need to take care about your money" when you can be with a Heavy Suit in the top of Mordor sniping as hell.

I agree with you. Sniper rifle have to be more expensive x10 or 20.

Listen, I'm going to just come out and say this. The OP's argument - or any argument regarding isk risk - is stupid.

Soon enough, the economy will be player driven. At that point supply and demand will dictate prices. What we have now is just a temporary system to make sure the game can run.

Sniping is stupidly easy at the moment. Standard/charge snipers need a ballistic system, distance drop, and damage modifiers over distance.

Snipers are useless, they don't help win.

Damage OVER DISTANCE Should Not Apply, a Sniper Rifle is a precision-rifle used to ensure more accurate placement of bullets at longer ranges than other small arms. A typical sniper rifle is built for optimal levels of accuracy, fitted with a telescopic sight and chambered for a military center-fire cartridge.

Its Designed to Destroy Target far away.

Also The Farther the round it the more Damaging is too, there a Huge Difference Between getting hit 100-m than 800-m
at 100-meters that round will punch right clean through you without stopping, " Clean", However at 800-meters that Round has to Work a little harder to go through the Target" so it begins to tumble, as it tumble is destroys the internal organs, think of it kinda like a Football you thrown, and its not that perfect Spiral Pass..

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Unless you're doing mid-range tactical sniping that places you close to your team, the Heavy suit is terrible for sniping. No equipment slot means no nano hives.

Damage OVER DISTANCE Should Not Apply, a Sniper Rifle is a precision-rifle used to ensure more accurate placement of bullets at longer ranges than other small arms. A typical sniper rifle is built for optimal levels of accuracy, fitted with a telescopic sight and chambered for a military center-fire cartridge. <-- Not true. They are a rail guns and fire small pellets.

Its Designed to Destroy Target far away. <--- Harm not destroy

Also The Farther the round it the more Damaging is too, there a Huge Difference Between getting hit 100-m than 800-m
at 100-meters that round will punch right clean through you without stopping, " Clean", However at 800-meters that Round has to Work a little harder to go through the Target" so it begins to tumble, as it tumble is destroys the internal organs, think of it kinda like a Football you thrown, and its not that perfect Spiral Pass.. <--- None of this applies...this is not BF3 or COD

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Sniper rifles should lose damage over distance.
This is not the current Earth Military.
This is the Eve universe.
Being very small pellets (not propelled by gun powder) they do not tumble.
They slow down over great distances and should do less damage at extreme ranges.

However if you want to make them more like military grade rifles. All you need to add is bullet drop.

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What?

That would put them way over the price of a HMG, and those are already expensive.

Grow up.

If you think playing a sniper is no / low risk......try playing a sniper. There are mercs out there who's favorite way to enjoy the game is taking out snipers...

We're hated...we're reviled...even when we killed the three mercs sneaking up on your six...but we still love it...we're still going to do it...and don't be suprised if you come around a corner and see a sniper rifle in your face...

Tactical snipers are real and there are more of us every day...we don't mind being hated...Hate is part of our objective, it targets enemy moral and impacts tactics...you're ticked...you're hunting us...in the mean time my squady is taking your objective or shooting you in the back of the head...as I'm wispering his next target in his ear

The more ranting...the the more QQing...it just shows us snipers that we're doing our jobs...you're actually invigorating us