What sniper builds do you run and would you be willing to share just one of your secrets in how to be an effective sniper?

aim for the knee, you'll usually hit the head and get a OHK. wait im a rail tank.. nvm

One suit with charge rifle, 2 damage mods, flaylock sidearm
One suit with Kaal sniper rifle for short distance and counter sniping, 2 damage mods, proto sub machine gun
Commando suit with both of those sniper rifles
Types of suits and other equipment / modules are a secret. Your thoughts?

Think like a ninja. Build it around stealth, also advance nanohive is a must.

What sniper builds do you run and would you be willing to share just one of your secrets in how to be an effective sniper?

Just realized we hand a pc battle against you guys yesterday, mabey I shouldn't have posted lol.

^^^true dat, join dust uni....we have some great teachers that can help you become a great sniper.

As answer to what tips, most snipers don't look up so you want to set up shop on a high tower or something, but be sneaky about it.

Fits, pack some heat, take a charge sniper and load up ur slots with damage mods, then you'll be laughing

We are few in numbers but necessary.

If only this was true!

My advice to snipers is pick up a different gun and come get some. The water is cool and refreshing on the front lines.

Hint mcc . Instead of posting it here for public I know the many places u can kill enemy at. And how to avoid el charro the missle launcher fro the other mcc.28mil damage outputnand it will see u. Meet me ingame and have ur checkbook ready cuz I spent alotmof suits perfecting its spots also this is by far the best place to be a primary sniper squad lead.

If your planning on redline sniping or sniping from a spot that no one is going to sneak up on you you can run a Caldari Logistics suit. 4 Armor Plates, 5 Damage mods and all the ammunition you could ever use + a drop uplink.

That many damage mods make it so you can shoot a heavy in the foot and he dies in one shot.

Commandos with a swarm launcher on top of a building make amazing snipers/AV support. My general suggestion would be pick a suit with lots (4-5) high slots so you can stack up the damage mods. Their description says they become less effective the more you put on a suit, but not by that much, so load as many as you can fit. For a sniper Damage Mods > Grenades.

What sniper builds do you run and would you be willing to share just one of your secrets in how to be an effective sniper?

3 complex profile dampners

Now tell me... dampners make your sniper rifle shoot more quiet? :) if not then it's just ussles waste of slots & CPU...

One suit with charge rifle, 2 damage mods, flaylock sidearm
One suit with Kaal sniper rifle for short distance and counter sniping, 2 damage mods, proto sub machine gun
Commando suit with both of those sniper rifles
Types of suits and other equipment / modules are a secret. Your thoughts?

communicate with your team and be willing to forgo some kill farming and provide support to your squad when needed. also if you find yourself on high ground often then make a habit of communicating key enemy moments to your squad as a simple "shotgun scout behind you" or "enemy shield tank rolling to alpha" here and there makes a big difference if your team chooses to act on your intel.

Put down those sticks.


Look at this : Thale sniper rifle, 3 x dmg mods, k-2 nanohive, and then get max hp possible. You can sit on the opposite side of a domination map and still see everything zoomed super close. Due to render problems you will have to stay under 450m from the objective, though.

You can one shot almost any adv suit and 2 shot proto assaults. If you get a headshot - sometimes a heavy suit will drop one hit.

EDIT. You can get 30+ kills if you're ok. And sometimes make proto-stomping squad leave the game because getting 2 shotted from across the map strikes their ego :) Also, be careful because you will be a target for kamikadze attacks with LAVs but don't worry they can't drive that far in the redline.

you ever find that sniper in a scout suit that the only thing you get is a red dot when you target them and blends in with the terrain very good. or do you only see the ones where the cheveron pops up as soon as they are on the screen in front of you? that would be the difference in stacking profile dampeners and stacking dmg mods. counter sniping when you cant be seen is a lot easier than doing it with a orange flag over your head everywhere you go. try out a proto gallente scout with 4 complex profile dampeners and stand on the side of a hill mid height with the hill to your back so the sky dont reveal you with no cover fully exposed for all to see or not to see. its kinda nice being able to hide without really hiding.

Seems that there is some confusion about profile dampening. Snipers should be using profile dampeners for covert sniping, frontline KTac quickscopers should stack EHP.
Profile Dampeners reduce scan profile of the dropsuit, as stated before they keep you off radar while in range (close range).
At distance though the whole staying off the radar becomes irrelevant.

BUT profile dampeners do something else, while in direct line of sight of an enemy you become 'lit-up' on the tac-net. Basically if one enemy can see you the whole team can 'see' you 'spotted' on the HUD. A big red chevron is displayed above your head and remains until your dead or the enemy stops looking directly at you.

If you use a profile dampener that drops your profile BELOW the spotting enemy's precision you will NOT show up on the tac-net for all to see. Yes the dude looking right at you will still 'see' you, but now the 15 other snipers on the team wont know you are there unless he verbally ID's your position or they physically look at you.

Breaking the profile dampening stacking idea with numbers: Cal Ass suit has a profile of 50. Scouts have 45 precision stock. So if a scout see's an assault, then EVERYONE does on tac-net(HUD). Now lets factor in an enhanced profile dampener on the assault suit, the skill required to use the module grants 6% reduction in profile while the actual module provides a 20% reduction for a total of 26%. 50(assault suit base profile) X .26(26% bonus reduction total) = 13(total reduction). 50-13=37, 37 being your new scan profile. Now remember a scout suit unbuffed reads at 45 precision, with a profile of 37 you will remain off the tac-net to all unless a scout is stacking precision enhancers.
That being said stacking anything more than 1 dampener is only useful if compensating for a scout who has stacked precision enhancers(who even does that?). Otherwise one dampener is enough for 90%(random made up number) of anyone in game & still stay off the tac-net.
Same principal applies to active scanners, they cant scan you either when damp'd.

TL;DR: Snipers should have one profile dampener equipped to remain of the tac-net if spotted. Using more than one dampener is redundant. If you see someone 1st you should kill them, if they see you 1st you should die.

Scout skill's profile dampening works too, right? Btw, it's pointless for snipers if someone is near you, anyway. Sniper shots aren't exactly quiet.

Now tell me... dampners make your sniper rifle shoot more quiet? :) if not then it's just ussles waste of slots & CPU...

Seems that there is some confusion about profile dampening. Snipers should be using profile dampeners for covert sniping, frontline KTac quickscopers should stack EHP.
Profile Dampeners reduce scan profile of the dropsuit, as stated before they keep you off radar while in range (close range).
At distance though the whole staying off the radar becomes irrelevant.

BUT profile dampeners do something else, while in direct line of sight of an enemy you become 'lit-up' on the tac-net. Basically if one enemy can see you the whole team can 'see' you 'spotted' on the HUD. A big red chevron is displayed above your head and remains until your dead or the enemy stops looking directly at you.

If you use a profile dampener that drops your profile BELOW the spotting enemy's precision you will NOT show up on the tac-net for all to see. Yes the dude looking right at you will still 'see' you, but now the 15 other snipers on the team wont know you are there unless he verbally ID's your position or they physically look at you.

Breaking the profile dampening stacking idea with numbers: Cal Ass suit has a profile of 50. Scouts have 45 precision stock. So if a scout see's an assault, then EVERYONE does on tac-net(HUD). Now lets factor in an enhanced profile dampener on the assault suit, the skill required to use the module grants 6% reduction in profile while the actual module provides a 20% reduction for a total of 26%. 50(assault suit base profile) X .26(26% bonus reduction total) = 13(total reduction). 50-13=37, 37 being your new scan profile. Now remember a scout suit unbuffed reads at 45 precision, with a profile of 37 you will remain off the tac-net to all unless a scout is stacking precision enhancers.
That being said stacking anything more than 1 dampener is only useful if compensating for a scout who has stacked precision enhancers(who even does that?). Otherwise one dampener is enough for 90%(random made up number) of anyone in game & still stay off the tac-net.
Same principal applies to active scanners, they cant scan you either when damp'd.

TL;DR: Snipers should have one profile dampener equipped to remain of the tac-net if spotted. Using more than one dampener is redundant. If you see someone 1st you should kill them, if they see you 1st you should die.

What sniper builds do you run and would you be willing to share just one of your secrets in how to be an effective sniper?