Snipers aren't actually that hard to avoid. Stick to cover. Use erratic movements. And if you get sniped, try and countersnipe or call out the sniper's position to your team mates. If the sniper's in the redline, well then chances are you redlined them and smashed their team. :/

Sniping is my only defense against Pubstomping Protobears ... you know... few months ago i will agreed with you. But sitting in the Red-line with a sniper rifle, is the only way to enjoy Pubstomping matches.

When I get really pissed with a sniper, I get in a dropship, land behind them, and put a gun to their head. Most satisfying outcome ever.

Although just dropping the ship on their head will do too...

What's most annoying to me is that I still don't know the maps very well, so I am not always certain from where I could be getting shot. I wish there would be an easier way to study this than during live-games.

Also is it just me, or are sniper threads the current FOTM? :)

I still like the old idea of something like a smoke grenade, or something more original which I literally just thought of-

Equipment that you throw down which has such a huge signature profile that it covers up every profile in its radius. People will see it anywhere on the map, but they won't be able to see the signature of anyone near it.

i totally agree, my thinking more along the lines of just mobility. If you can get 30-0 with sniping than you deserve it but because the maps are so open i feel restricted in progressing from one objective to another. know what i mean?

LAVs are countermeasures. Snipers that can kill you while moving in a LAV deserve your respect. Also, deplorable shields are incoming...eventually. Snipers will hate them. But you will need to make friends with more logis.

This is a good example of the beauty to Dust which people do not understand - you can not do everything on the field.
You're not good enough to do every role, nor should you attempt to.

If you're in a public match, you should hope that someone in your squad or on the team is an effective sniper themself and can take out the opposing sniper.

If you're in PC, you should designate this role to one person or someone capable of it.


Nerfs shouldn't be given out because you're dying to something. There are already counters to different roles on the field - most people just don't want to rely on someone else (teamwork). Kinda sad.

thats cool, and yes LAVs are countermeasures but to a degree, when you in combat you gotta be out of the vehicle especially since murder taxi's are going to be resolved soon. infantry to infantry fights will be more encourage in the next couple updates sure than if you get sniped in those situations its more your own fault but my thinking is more along the lines of progression issue when you got snipers all around swarms all around than mobility becomes limited again. respond back if you got a tip on how to get around this.

This is a good example of the beauty to Dust which people do not understand - you can not do everything on the field.
You're not good enough to do every role, nor should you attempt to.

If you're in a public match, you should hope that someone in your squad or on the team is an effective sniper themself and can take out the opposing sniper.

If you're in PC, you should designate this role to one person or someone capable of it.


Nerfs shouldn't be given out because you're dying to something. There are already counters to different roles on the field - most people just don't want to rely on someone else (teamwork). Kinda sad.

LAV's dude. Once you get were your going recall it.

I've seen people hacking behind LAVs blocking angles from some sniping. Same with HAVs. Thing is the more snipers there are the fewer people on the ground fighting you. It isn't full-proof, but you should be able to know where snipers are coming from, then you should be able to mitigate them. Unless they have like 360 degree covereage, but that takes 3-4 people off the field. This puts you at a big disadvantage.

...Eventually we will have invisibility also...

lol, thats a great idea but i do see issue with that tactic when the enemy sniper is redlining himself, you hover over the redline and you're losing a dropship. basically you just lost a bunch of isk for a sniper kill. thats my thinking at least.
Edited part: to be more clear when the sniper is hiding behind redlines.

How would that look on your screen? A giant red arrow? A bunch of smaller red arrows clustered together?

I try not to get close to the enemy redline, but if I have to, I'll try to keep a low profile and stay behind cover.

Another good defence I find is to travel in packs. The sniper can't take you all on at once, so the chance that it hits you specifically is pretty low.

Ultimately there can't be a 100% effective counter-measure though, otherwise we'd all use it and snipers would never get any kills. :) As frustrating as it is, sometimes we just can't avoid being picked off out of nowhere...