Another Heavy SOB wrote:You're asking for a sniper rifle that will OHK 75-80% of fits used by most player's. I wouldn't be so opposed if they weren't a hitscan weapon and actually required leading and compensation for projectile travel.
Is it not good enough for you that in most matches you are nearly unreachable from whatever perch you may choose, and that as such those who wish to engage you must grab a sniper rifle and engage you on your terms? Even if there are a few snipers on the opposing team you still have fewer threats to deal with than frontline infantry.
If you think a 640 damage Sniper is "OK" then I urge you to spend one day as frontline infantry and see just how annoying you pesky snipers already are and how easy you have it up on your perch.
This character is my main a logibro, i know exactly what its like being on the frontline and have been killed many times by snipers however I know exactly how difficult it is to get kills with a Sniper rifle and instead of QQ about being killed by a sniper I accept that I clearly wasn't using cover/it was my fault I got killed because if getting hit the 1st time didn't get me running for cover then i deserved to be killed by the second shot ... im used to being killed by snipers and not knowing who the hell killed me or from what direction they killed me and i strongly believe that is what a sniper rifles role is supposed to be and dont forget im talking about a PROTO lvl sniper rifle, I think you should actually try being a sniper and see just how hard it can be to get kills and how much skill it actually takes to kill a moving target from 400m + when your looking at a few pixels in your scope .. its not as easy as you think .. anyone can be a sniper, not everyone can be a good sniper .. I spend most of my time giving recon to my squad telling them who's at what , what enemies are doing, how many of them their are, what suits/weapons they are using and I dont get a single WP for doing any of that .. PS ppl become invisible after 500m on a sniper scope despite their range being well in excess of that ... imagine if you couldn't see enemies 50m away even though your range was 100m ...