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2100 Angels
The Southern Legion
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2013.04.13 05:39:00 -
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My advice if you're planning on running as a sniper is fivefold:
1.Always support your squad. This is especially relevant for skirmish matches where you are trying to push and hold strategic objectives. If you can make work for them just a little bit easier by either softening heavy shields, calling out flanking manoeuvres or thinning the enemy force you're doing your job.
2. Situational Awareness is key. Don't get tunnel vision sniping. Always be looking around and making sure you're keeping tabs on people trying to creep up on you. The long range scanning, profile analysis and profile dampening skills all come in handy here.
3. Move around. Constantly moving positions will keep enemies guessing about where they're being hit from. There is nothing more frustrating than a sniper that you can't find.
4. Stay behind cover as often as possible. Don't be blazon; it will get you killed. This also makes it harder for people to spot you after you've taken a shot.
5. Put as much damage into your sniper fits as possible. The more people you can OHK, the easier your life will be and the more effective you will be on the battlefield. This is also handy if anybody ever gets in close range with you.
It's often hard to do these things perfectly, but if you can incorporate some of these into the way you play you'll become much more effective!
Hope it helps |
2100 Angels
The Southern Legion
RISE of LEGION
50
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Posted - 2013.04.13 09:42:00 -
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Lord Sesshomarux wrote:Ok, well I played a bit earlier, and I have to say,s niping is fun.
Ive been doing pretty well, depending on the map.
I have to say I prefer ambush(getting the kills to win) alot more fun, but ive been getting annoyed when I dont find a good spot.
^^
I love the default and the one shot to the head thing.
I always aim for head.
Uh the tactical sniper?
Um can you guys explain it to me?
how good is it?
what can it do cmopared to a basic sniper that does dmg per shot?
It all just depends on your playstyle.
Sniper Rifle: 5 shot clip, more damage, slower ROF.
Tactical Sniper Rifle: 3 shot clip, less damage, much higher ROF.
Charge Sniper Rifle: 5 shot clip, shitload of damage, slow ROF. With this variant you hold down the fire button and release to shoot once charged. |
2100 Angels
The Southern Legion
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2013.04.13 09:58:00 -
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Garrett Blacknova wrote:2100 Angels wrote:Lord Sesshomarux wrote:Uh the tactical sniper?
Um can you guys explain it to me?
how good is it?
what can it do cmopared to a basic sniper that does dmg per shot? It all just depends on your playstyle. Sniper Rifle: 5 shot clip, more damage, slower ROF. Tactical Sniper Rifle: 3 shot clip, less damage, much higher ROF. Charge Sniper Rifle: 5 shot clip, shitload of damage, slow ROF. With this variant you hold down the fire button and release to shoot once charged. You forgot to mention that the Tactical Sniper more zoom on the scope. It's slightly better for extreme range counter-sniping, but not as effective in close quarters because of it.
I'm pretty sure the zoom fidelity is the same. The Tac AR has an increased zoom fidelity but I haven't noticed anything for the sniper rifles.
Lord Sesshomarux wrote:Ok between sniper rifle and tactical.
How is the recoil on the tactical?
Is the tactical more reliable for headshots? Body shots?
well "reliable" is probably the wrong term.. It's entirely dependant on skill, and with the same (if not, very similar) zoom fidelity there is really much of a muchness. A headshot will do 195% of the damage though, so you'll OHK more with the standard sniper rifle when you get a head shot |
2100 Angels
The Southern Legion
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2013.04.13 10:57:00 -
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Garrett Blacknova wrote:2100 Angels wrote:I'm pretty sure the zoom fidelity is the same. The Tac AR has an increased zoom fidelity but I haven't noticed anything for the sniper rifles. Last time I looked at sniper descriptions, zoom fidelity was mentioned for the Tac Sniper, and while I haven't used them since the last reset, they DID have a slightly higher zoom back then. It wasn't a huge difference, but it was enough for me to notice. I'd be inclined to defer to your (more recent) experience in this case though, since I haven't looked at it in a LOONG time.
Yeah, your comment made me wonder about it and you're right it does say so in the description, but after testing it doesn't actually have an increased zoom fidelity. maybe it should? If it had the same fidelity as the Thales I'd personally find it a lot more useful at the longer ranges, giving a certain situational purpose to both of the rifles |
2100 Angels
The Southern Legion
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2013.04.13 15:17:00 -
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Tarquin Markel wrote:It does, definitely, have better zoom. I switched over to it from using charged snipers a few days ago, and the difference is significant.
Now, when I say "significant," please understand that I mean enemies at extreme range are made out of a dozen or so pixels instead of six.
It is NOT the Thale's, which comes with God's own eyeball (and ability to smite).
I literally just tested it, measuring an object (the same object in both instances) in my FOV against the scope HUD. It was exactly the same. I would suggest that any impression of better zoom is a placebo effect  |
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