If its not in a commando suit you already screwed up

Its not its gallante

Proto Caldari Medium Frame (You need it for the CPU)
Charge Rifle
Specialist Flaylock Pistol
Packed AV Grenades
4 x 10% Damage Modifiers
3 x CPU Upgrades (If you're running low on CPU, which you probably are)
If you can fit one or two Range Amplifiers instead without sacrificing anything else, that will help.
K2 Nanohives

If you're stacking shields or armor, you're sniping wrong. Flaylock pistol deals with any strays that come up to your position, and Packed AV to deal with anyone trying to rush you in an LAV, you can even occasionally **** with tanks.

The one issue with my fit is close quarters as I have no side arm but my fit thus far goes:

Thale rifle
Proto gallante logi
3 complex damage modes
5 enhanced armour

Last night I took a shot from a charge rifle and still kept on going and I now have a 1 shot 1 kill as it works out im doin around 500damage a shot

Do the range amps even work correctly? As far as I know, that system is currently wacked.

SMG is a good option over the Flaylock, especially with incoming nerfs.

Nano's are essential.

AV, too. Good overall setup, imho. Although I personally find speed to be necessary, I have outflanked approaching redberries and sniped them as they look around in confusion.

Thale
Proto Caldari Logi
5 complex damage mods
2 enhanced armor plates
2 profile dampeners
advanced Nanohive
Uplinks
active Scanner

That sounds a sweet fit not much stands up to the thale plus 5 damage mods shite thats power

Commando suit seems like an interesting sniper config, at least it has potential - Sniper/Swarm launcher combo would be useful.

I run a scout/sniper setup, Sniper/SMG - shields and Kinetics. I really wish precision modules worked better or that the active scanner was an item that could be dropped which actively scans at all times.

I have considered that style of fit with the swarm as the number of times have spotted a vehicle only problem with the swarm it gives your location away badly I love swarms as a sniper as they are easy targets.

I'm definitely considering it myself. I think that is the nature of the commando suit, to be more ranged/support rather than CQC.

Just an FYI, the Proto Cal Logi's are probably going to see some sort of nerf due to the nature of their stacking capabilities. While fun, I would suggest exploring other options as well.

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.

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.

I like most of the fits I've read in here, most of these are the types that sit in the red line and I one shot them.

Suits you sir

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.

When I snipe I normally use a advanced minmatar logi with the following modules:

- 3 complex damage mods
- 3 enhanced dampners
- remotes
- ammo
- uplink.

Almost any gun can be fitted when you remove the remotes.

The remotes are there to blow up any remotes I have placed before as a scout or logi and after that to put on choke points or stairs.


With a proto you can add a complex shield extender and some armor.

This makes me sad for my scout suit. Stop it immediately.

I run my minmatar scout as a shotty with remotes. I hardly snipe, it is just a fit I use when I need to countersnipe.

Amarr Heavy Ak.0
2x Comp Damgae Mods
1x Comp Repairs
2x Comp Armor Plates
Thales, Charge or KalTac
SMG
Locus

Yeah I know "lol fatty I can see you" but thats what I want.... shoot at me so I know where you're hiding so I can pop you in da face! Good luck getting past my ~1300 ehp before I take you down.

I like to run around with knives/smg when I'm not sniping. Clearing out a point and securing the hack while taking out any re-spawns is fun. What I lament the most is the lack of a second equipment slot; not that I could afford the CPU/PG. Although, I am rather silly and typically run without shields/armor. I figure that any one who is going to counter-snipe me or find me unawares is going to probably win, unless I see them first.

Yeah, I would really like a second equipment on my scout too so I can use remotes and an uplink.

Without extra shields or armor you will be a one shot kill I think.

More often than not, with shields, I am still a one shot for someone rocking proto snipers. I can survive fights well enough, even some sniper shots from weaker weapons, but 99% of my survival relies on out-flanking, out-strafing and hopefully out-thinking and gunning my opponent. I'm doing it wrong if they've come close enough to kill me. It's extremely satisfying to be able to out-flank a guy who was just coming at me and head shot him.

sounds menecing. Will a heashot due?

Literally, come at me bro (no seriously, my profile scanning sucks on this suit and I cant see you unless you shoot me LOL)

Well its not that bad, but you get my drift haha.

It would take 2 consecutive Thales headshots to take me down in that suit.. and that is easier said than done, weapon has some kick to it. The Charge would also probably do the same, but I dont see myself getting headshotted twice in a row too often unless I am being lazy or distracted lighting a blunt.

To bad, easy prey for counter snipers and anyone that gets close will have a large advantage in a fire fight
Commandos make good snipers due to their higher base health and weapon versatility letting them handle anyone that manages to close the distance
The lower slot count is less of a disadvantage than you first might think as long as you go for headshots

I find it amusing how many people struggle to fit a suit properly to snipe. To those of you fitting 3x CPU upgrades: wtf is wrong with your core fitting skills? You're wasting sooo many low slots. To those of you stacking 5 complex damage mods: really? the extra 2.8% and 1% damage increase is worth it for the respective 4th and 5th modules? Time to take a good look at the opportunity costs here....

EDIT: keep doing what you're doing, you're making it easier for me to collect those tears of yours

I find it amusing how many people struggle to fit a suit properly to snipe. To those of you fitting 3x CPU upgrades: wtf is wrong with your core fitting skills? You're wasting sooo many low slots. To those of you stacking 5 complex damage mods: really? the extra 2.8% and 1% damage increase is worth it for the respective 4th and 5th modules? Time to take a good look at the opportunity costs here....

EDIT: keep doing what you're doing, you're making it easier for me to collect those tears of yours

To stack Complex Mods, PRO Weapons, PRO Equipment, I'm not running a Logistics. I remove the CPU upgrades if I can fit something else instead, but last I checked my PRO Medium still needs them, there's nothing else to fit in to Low Slots as a Sniper anyway, Armor is useless, KinCats is a different class of sniper, so what else am I meant to fit?

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

Sniper fitting is the only fit I'm running my CPU upgrades on, even at that they're basic (MLT even, I can't remember) and Dampeners are completely useless and broken, core skills are all sitting at 3 and 4 right now.

but how far have you levelled up your core skills?

Re-Read what you just quoted

sorry you already answered, mine are 4,5,5 currently saving SP for combat engineering 5 so it will be 5,5,5. No more fitting issues :)

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.

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.

Ground sniping can be a lot of fun. I typically try to put myself close to the enemy and if I have to, I'll drop to the ground for some kills. It really depends how the flow of the battle is going. If I find a sweet spot that I can just pick off redberries, that's the best spot. Sometimes, I don't even go for kills. Watching redberries panic when they're hit by pot shots is amusing as well as disruptive to their fighting.

Sniper fitting is the only fit I'm running my CPU upgrades on, even at that they're basic (MLT even, I can't remember) and Dampeners are completely useless and broken, core skills are all sitting at 3 and 4 right now.

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 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...