I would fit 1 complex CPU upgrade, MAX. I run full proto everything with my fit and only use 1 CPU upgrade. Dampeners are a waste of time for snipers as they are only useful in avoiding appearing on the minimap. Since as a sniper you should very rarely be in minimap range, dampeners seem somewhat redundant so you're correct on that point. From this logic range amplifiers and precision enhancers are also a bit irrelevant. I would suggest fitting armour repairers, shield regulators, cardiac regulators, kinetic catalyzers or armour plates depending on your preferences in mobility and HP regeneration... both are useful.

indeed, get your core skills sorted first, 3 cpu enhancers is really idiotic.

If you'll read my other posts you'll see I've already stated these as viable options, Reppers and KinCats, plates are useless because as a sniper you shouldn't be seen or shot at anyway.

so far the only fit i've seen posted here that I found viable is the heavy sniper, and he's right with that degree of hp it's quite hard to bring them down in a single shot.


my general style of sniping is between his and the standard scout sniper...of course I also ground snipe, and front line snipe. I generally don't snipe like any other sniper who has posted in here.

I try not to red line snipe but I love recon sniping and my favorite place is to sit on enemy redline one to pick off strays and 2 to call out things that are incoming

1) anyone using profile dampeners does not understand how they actually work in this game.

I have 2 sniper fits. I am completely outclassed due to the changes in game-wide changes to HP, having damage mods went from being very dangerous on the battlefield to being completely necessary. As a Scout I cannot kill people like the Caldari assault/logi or Gallente medium frame can.

The guy who posted stats forgot to take in Sniper Rifle Proficiency into account.

229.9*1.15*1.1*1.0869*1.0571*1.0283*1.0106 = 264.39*1.1*1.0869*1.0571*1.0283*1.0106 = 290.82*1.0869*1.0571*1.0283*1.0106 = 316.09*1.0571*1.0283*1.0106 = 334.15*1.0283*1.0106 = 343.6*1.0108 = 347.31

Then the 195% of a head shot gets you a total of 667.26 damage. . . How many Caldari proto suits do you know that have more HP than that? How many Gallente Logistics suits? how many heavy/sentinels? Pretty much all of them. there were 700HP Caldari Assault guys running around on May 6th.

Charged Sniper Rifle can dish out 945 with a head-shot and 5 damage mods. . . I regularly play with 2 logi's that can survive that. The Thale's TAR-07 Sniper Rifle can hit 1044 max damage. A Gallente Logi can tank that shot (at the cost of -15% movement penalty)

I, being a scout with a single Hi-Slot can deal 515.56 (Ishukone), 791 (charged), and 865 (Thale's). I need at least 2 head-shots to kill, 1 head and 2 body-shots, or 3-4 body shots to kill the regular people on the ground using prototype gear...
Snipers are for Kill Assists and Kill Stealing because unless the guy you are shooting at hasn't been playing the game long, he'll move away from where you hit him to find cover. Or he'll dance around till he heals and soak another shot and be fine.

Ishukone Fitting; Gallente Scout gk.0: Complex damage mod, Ishukone Sniper Rifle, Core Flaylock Pistol, EX-11 AV Grenade, 3x Complex Armor Plates, Complex Armor Repair. Total HP: 87 shield, 541 armor

Charged Fitting; Gallente Scout gk.0: Complex Damage Mod, Charged Sniper Rifle, Core Flaylock, fused locus grenade, enhanced armor rep, complex kin cat, complex cardiac regulator, complex profile dampener.

After saying people don't understand how profile dampening works, here is the exception: with a signature radius of 22 I can run up behind every scanner but 1, and if found I can run away faster than they can.




hehe. To me, "Red line sniping" is when you snipe people before they can leave their redline >:)

All of you people who fit 5 damage mods are silly and are wasting slots.

Stacking penalty mod for Nth module or rig =
0.5 ^ [ ((N-1) / 2.22292081)^2 ]
1 : 1.0000000000
2 : 0.8691199806
3 : 0.5705831430
4 : 0.2829551534
5 : 0.1059926494
note: modules with highest bonuses are calculated first.

This means that if youre using for example a Ishukone sniper rifle with 229.9 damage the damage mods will give you this much increased dmg:
1st: 22.99
2nd: 21.98
3rd: 15.68
4th: 8.22
5th: 3.17

Now tell me how 3.17 dmg is going to help you. It would be a much better idea to fit another shield extender or a precision enhancer that would give you more tank or make you spot people coming up on you from behind.

Sniper fit. v



Pink G string.

Leather chaps.

Both nipples pierced.

Leather studded cap.

Handlebar moustache.

All of you people who fit 5 damage mods are silly and are wasting slots.

Stacking penalty mod for Nth module or rig =
0.5 ^ [ ((N-1) / 2.22292081)^2 ]
1 : 1.0000000000
2 : 0.8691199806
3 : 0.5705831430
4 : 0.2829551534
5 : 0.1059926494
note: modules with highest bonuses are calculated first.

This means that if youre using for example a Ishukone sniper rifle with 229.9 damage the damage mods will give you this much increased dmg:
1st: 22.99
2nd: 21.98
3rd: 15.68
4th: 8.22
5th: 3.17

Now tell me how 3.17 dmg is going to help you. It would be a much better idea to fit another shield extender or a precision enhancer that would give you more tank or make you spot people coming up on you from behind.

1) anyone using profile dampeners does not understand how they actually work in this game.

I have 2 sniper fits. I am completely outclassed due to the changes in game-wide changes to HP, having damage mods went from being very dangerous on the battlefield to being completely necessary. As a Scout I cannot kill people like the Caldari assault/logi or Gallente medium frame can.

The guy who posted stats forgot to take in Sniper Rifle Proficiency into account.

229.9*1.15*1.1*1.0869*1.0571*1.0283*1.0106 = 264.39*1.1*1.0869*1.0571*1.0283*1.0106 = 290.82*1.0869*1.0571*1.0283*1.0106 = 316.09*1.0571*1.0283*1.0106 = 334.15*1.0283*1.0106 = 343.6*1.0108 = 347.31

Then the 195% of a head shot gets you a total of 667.26 damage. . . How many Caldari proto suits do you know that have more HP than that? How many Gallente Logistics suits? how many heavy/sentinels? Pretty much all of them. there were 700HP Caldari Assault guys running around on May 6th.

Charged Sniper Rifle can dish out 945 with a head-shot and 5 damage mods. . . I regularly play with 2 logi's that can survive that. The Thale's TAR-07 Sniper Rifle can hit 1044 max damage. A Gallente Logi can tank that shot (at the cost of -15% movement penalty)

I, being a scout with a single Hi-Slot can deal 515.56 (Ishukone), 791 (charged), and 865 (Thale's). I need at least 2 head-shots to kill, 1 head and 2 body-shots, or 3-4 body shots to kill the regular people on the ground using prototype gear...
Snipers are for Kill Assists and Kill Stealing because unless the guy you are shooting at hasn't been playing the game long, he'll move away from where you hit him to find cover. Or he'll dance around till he heals and soak another shot and be fine.

Ishukone Fitting; Gallente Scout gk.0: Complex damage mod, Ishukone Sniper Rifle, Core Flaylock Pistol, EX-11 AV Grenade, 3x Complex Armor Plates, Complex Armor Repair. Total HP: 87 shield, 541 armor

Charged Fitting; Gallente Scout gk.0: Complex Damage Mod, Charged Sniper Rifle, Core Flaylock, fused locus grenade, enhanced armor rep, complex kin cat, complex cardiac regulator, complex profile dampener.

After saying people don't understand how profile dampening works, here is the exception: with a signature radius of 22 I can run up behind every scanner but 1, and if found I can run away faster than they can.

1.2 brought about changes to the headshot bonus; sniper rifles now only do 175% damage with a headshot, as well as 90% damage to shields and 110% damage to armour.

That's a very interesting ishukone fitting; I never really considered armour tanking a scout suit

nup your all wrong best sniper fit

Proto Minmatar Scout
Ishukone Sniper Rifle
Ishukone SMG
Nanohive (Of Choice)
Packed AV
Complex Cpu Upgrd
Armr Rep
And a Whole lotta skill

if you disagree with my fit . "then come at me bro"

The one issue with my fit is close quarters as I have no side arm...