Redlining snipers are fine.

A competent sniper creates a killzone in his whole field of view and forces the enemy to change position, often sacrifing front cover, to not get picked up one by one. I saw countless times groups of enemies suddenly split up or running straight into the open because some sniper that even i weren't aware of compromized their cover. And don't underestimate the relief a good countersniper can provide.

Have you read some of the replies to your OP? Have you read the responses to Rachoi's added argument? If yes, why are you ignoring both?

I agree and those are often greated with subbar WP rewards(as they should). I rather took issue with his first paragraph. There's a number of classes and playstyles i wouldn't expect to capture points on a regular basis and his remark seems dismissive of the concept of varying roles working toward a common goal.

agreed, i know snipers that might not be grabbing points, but will tag a tank so we dont get blindsided, need to keep the idea that snipers have value, when they act as Overwatch, and Recon

Am I the only person who plays an Assault Suit, covered in dampners equiped why my good old Covenant Sniper Rifle, and am right on the front, right next to the heavies and TacRS?

I've finished top plenty of times by playing this way, poking my gun over the top of steps, tucking into tight corners, looking for the weak and wounded or the logistics suits. I prefer to get stuck in right on the front line even with a sniper. It's like people don't know how to respond when they bump into a marksman so close to them.

It's good fun. And in my opinion I do more for my team than any guy on a hill creating an artificial killbox, or spotting the occasional tank. And god don't get me started about redliners

I snipe, a lot, if you can't tell by my corp name.

Snipers get a lot of hate but you should not paint all of them with the same brush.

There are redline positions that allow you to watch the often overlooked and unguarded back objectives. This isn't the same as dropping from the MCC and hiding behind a rock. Sometimes you can keep one or two man units from taking the objective while whacking defenders at the enemy objective at the other end. If the object is overrun the sniper can take it back once the invaders wander off (often unopposed since nobody comes back).

Snipers can also run out at the start of combat and grab the CRU ... or drop an appropriately laced uplink. Most people will never notice these actions... they'll just assume the sniper has been doing nothing.

Blah blah blah. I'm sick of sniper hate and whining. People can suck bad at whatever role they are playing on the field... it's just the frustration of being taken out by a sniper that causes all the QQing. It's a shooter... get used to it.