Oh, so you guys think it's ok for one sniper to cover an objective, effectively denying the hack in 90% of cases, if not more?



Ehh, so, I look around and see a sniper (which takes time and even then there's a good chance you don't notice him at all), what's the next step?
Countersnipe him? With my flaylock pistol? With my... what?
Suppressing fire? With what?
Call out the enemy sniper position, hoping a) there's a sniper on my team b) hoping he does have LOS?

No, faggothillcampers camping have it easy enough as it is.

Add MCC roof camping to all this and I say you are just whining.

Good snipers contribute in much more meaningful fashion.

Oh, so you guys think it's ok for one sniper to cover an objective, effectively denying the hack in 90% of cases, if not more?



Ehh, so, I look around and see a sniper (which takes time and even then there's a good chance you don't notice him at all), what's the next step?
Countersnipe him? With my flaylock pistol? With my... what?
Suppressing fire? With what?
Call out the enemy sniper position, hoping a) there's a sniper on my team b) hoping he does have LOS?

No, faggothillcampers camping have it easy enough as it is.

Add MCC roof camping to all this and I say you are just whining.

Good snipers contribute in much more meaningful fashion.

Let the sniper haters hate...
If the enemy hates me for being a sniper I'm doing my job.
If my team hates me for being a sniper then we're losing.
If my squad hates me for being a sniper than I need to find another job.

you havent read between the lines bro, every time your clone dies you suffer from the trauma and slowly get insane.

The role of the sniper is not to take objectives, it is infantry area denial and observation. While the sniper role may appeal to some because it seems like an easy way to get kills from a distance without being spotted, a sniper is actually a static role that is meant to cover a particular area and keep it clear of the enemy. This might be a large open area on approach to an objective, or a particular point of the battlespace that represents a threat to your own troops. Your role, as a sniper, is not to go looking for kills, but to wait patiently for them to come into that area that you have covered. It is also as a spotter, for observation, so you can report enemy movements to your team.

The goal of a sniper is to remain unseen, hence why you use sig dampers and the like, and a light suit, so you can relocate quickly if you need to. Once your position is known, you need to be prepared with a secondary position to relocate to, quickly. Range bonus mods are handy, particularly the range precision one (I think that's what it is) because it allows you to spot enemy snipers at longer ranges for you to take out if they are also sig tanking. However, if you are relocating to where the kills are, then you are giving up ground (your area of infantry denial) to the enemy just to move to one they are already in, which is what your infantry assault units are most likely already doing.

At the end of the day, the least likely anti-infantry role to get kills should be the sniper, but he should also be the least likely to die, and if he is well hidden, and well placed, then you have a valuable infantry area denial and observation tool. A 16-man team should need no more than 3-4 snipers at a time. Which is why I quit matches in which there are just too many people who want the 'glory' of being a master sniper. It's not meant to be a 'glorious' role, and while it takes a certain degree of skill to score deflection headshots on rapidly moving infantry, that's just another reason why the sniper role should be limited to only a few individuals on the team who can set up positions that cover particular strategic 'coldspots' on the map where you want to deny an enemy presence.