DUST Search - [Feedback & Complaint] Stealth nerf to sniper rifles.

Vell0cet wrote:

voidfaction wrote:

My role I play as a sniper.
Find nice hidden spot hard to see with good view of objectives.
Scan for other snipers and try to take them out or have them highlighted for team to see.
Kill or WOUND any enemy I see to help out the front line Mercs.
I don't expect to 1 shot kill everyone. I expect to stay hidden and be able to pick and choose my target. So I have to take an extra shot to kill someone. Did the non-killing shots slow the enemy down? make them less likely to survive if team member engages them. Stop them from reviving / repairing the billy bad ass of the squad?

I don't care about K/D ratio. I play a sniper for ranged support and even if all I can do is wound for kill assists or force a Heavy to take cover to recharge I am helping the team. Even better when you concentrate on hitting the Logi Mercs vs just trying to get your kill score higher. What helps the team more your kill score or you killing or forcing the medic to take cover.

I can still play and get 16/0 on some maps. some maps only a few kills but I still do good at helping the team by slowing down logi and heavy. remember people we play in TEAMS. sometimes killing 4 assault mercs does nothing to the squads when the medic is reviving them and repairing them quicker than your killing the weak ones.

Can I still do my job with the stealth nerf? YES
Does it change the fact 90% of what i'm shooting at can't see or shoot back at me? NO
Can I still 1 hit those not shield stacking? YES
Can I still help the team by putting some nice dents in shield stackers? YES

I know I will welcome the want to be 1 shot killers leaving the sniper grounds in the outskirts of the maps to the ones who want to contribute to the team not just up their K/D ratio.

The sniper was one of the only effective counters to groups pubstomping in proto gear. You could pop a few of their shiny suits and they start to respawn in STD ones. It has become nearly impossible to accomplish this now. Every extra sniper round required to kill someone makes the job EXPONENTIALLY more difficult, since landing 4 consecutive shots in a row from 300+ m on a moving target before they can scramble behind cover or out of LOS to recharge is a pretty tall f*cking order. I think AR's can kill someone faster than that FFS.


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madd greazy OSG Planetary Operations Covert Intervention 91	Posted - 2013.07.04 20:13:00 - [1] - Quote omg OP is ********, a 10% reduction in shield damage coupled with a 10% increase in armor damage is not a nerf at all, actually it's almost not even a change at all... I bet any amount he's also one of the scrambler rifle users who are bitching that they don't do enough dmg to armor but the dmg to shields is fine... lawl
madd greazy OSG Planetary Operations Covert Intervention 91	Posted - 2013.07.04 20:14:00 - [2] - Quote Cat Merc wrote: >Can shoot people from miles away where they can't even see him, with extreme damage often one shotting lower level suits >Complaining Seriously, sniping is the easiest thing ever. You got no risk, all the reward. Just point and shoot, collect WP. Snipers should have ballistics (drop off, time to reach the target, etc') LMAO if they added bullet drop to snipers or all weapons for that matter, do you realize how many of these QQ'ers would be raging cuz they don't know how to aim...
madd greazy OSG Planetary Operations Covert Intervention 91	Posted - 2013.07.04 20:16:00 - [3] - Quote Vell0cet wrote: voidfaction wrote: My role I play as a sniper. Find nice hidden spot hard to see with good view of objectives. Scan for other snipers and try to take them out or have them highlighted for team to see. Kill or WOUND any enemy I see to help out the front line Mercs. I don't expect to 1 shot kill everyone. I expect to stay hidden and be able to pick and choose my target. So I have to take an extra shot to kill someone. Did the non-killing shots slow the enemy down? make them less likely to survive if team member engages them. Stop them from reviving / repairing the billy bad ass of the squad? I don't care about K/D ratio. I play a sniper for ranged support and even if all I can do is wound for kill assists or force a Heavy to take cover to recharge I am helping the team. Even better when you concentrate on hitting the Logi Mercs vs just trying to get your kill score higher. What helps the team more your kill score or you killing or forcing the medic to take cover. I can still play and get 16/0 on some maps. some maps only a few kills but I still do good at helping the team by slowing down logi and heavy. remember people we play in TEAMS. sometimes killing 4 assault mercs does nothing to the squads when the medic is reviving them and repairing them quicker than your killing the weak ones. Can I still do my job with the stealth nerf? YES Does it change the fact 90% of what i'm shooting at can't see or shoot back at me? NO Can I still 1 hit those not shield stacking? YES Can I still help the team by putting some nice dents in shield stackers? YES I know I will welcome the want to be 1 shot killers leaving the sniper grounds in the outskirts of the maps to the ones who want to contribute to the team not just up their K/D ratio. The sniper was one of the only effective counters to groups pubstomping in proto gear. You could pop a few of their shiny suits and they start to respawn in STD ones. It has become nearly impossible to accomplish this now. Every extra sniper round required to kill someone makes the job EXPONENTIALLY more difficult, since landing 4 consecutive shots in a row from 300+ m on a moving target before they can scramble behind cover or out of LOS to recharge is a pretty tall f*cking order. I think AR's can kill someone faster than that FFS. What are you sniping with a TAC-AR? I can 2 shot proto's with a militia sniper... and if you couldnt figure it out i have 0SP into snipers and i still kill proto's 2 shots with it... L2P and make a couple headshots...
madd greazy OSG Planetary Operations Covert Intervention 91	Posted - 2013.07.04 20:22:00 - [4] - Quote calisk galern wrote: madd greazy wrote: Cat Merc wrote: >Can shoot people from miles away where they can't even see him, with extreme damage often one shotting lower level suits >Complaining Seriously, sniping is the easiest thing ever. You got no risk, all the reward. Just point and shoot, collect WP. Snipers should have ballistics (drop off, time to reach the target, etc') LMAO if they added bullet drop to snipers or all weapons for that matter, do you realize how many of these QQ'ers would be raging cuz they don't know how to aim... I don't really mind...wouldn't be a sniper if you can't handle bullet drop. maybe you just suck, and can't handle being a sniper so you come ***** about snipers any chance you get. bro i clearly don't have troubles sniping if i 2 shot protos with militia gear, and these proto sniper users say they cant even 4 shot someone... sad, and so is your reading skills.
madd greazy OSG Planetary Operations Covert Intervention 91	Posted - 2013.07.04 20:23:00 - [5] - Quote and if you wanna go as far as to say i can't handle bullet drop give me your PSN I.D. and let's hop on BF3 and snipe it up like big boys...