I understand that snipers are very effective when they are on rooftops. I don’t hate snipers. They can be a very valuable member of a team.
But please, for the love of God, would you please stop jumping out of choppers you are piloting?
I swear the only thing I hate more than being killed by some asshole hiding in the bushes on the other side of the map is being killed by an inconsiderate teammate who won’t spend 5 minutes becoming competent enough to land a chopper on a roof.
Thanks.
What about that bloody assignment of landing a parachute jump on the tallest tower in caspian or gulf (in second assault). Every time I get in a support chopper full of 5 people, the pilot leaves for the jump and we all scramble to get thing upright before we all die…
OK I am guilty of this. I don’t do it with squad members in the chopper but yes I am one of those people. I have a solution though, if we could make it a common for the sniper to say " hey get ready to take over" then this wouldn’t be at much of a problem. Just a thought.
Yes, please, you no-talent, self-absorbed, vehicle-wasting knobs.
I agree! If the pilot bails there should be something programmed so if anyone else is in the chopper they get auto switched to pilot the chopper.
I always fly the choppers over rooftops to drop the snipers off and I go where the gunners want or I hover and cap flags while the gunners wreck shit. I hope I’m a good pilot.lol
If you land, your squad mates can spawn on you, and there’s a chopper waiting.
When I spawn on my sniper squaddies, I give them ammo. It would be nice if there was a chopper waiting there.
fuckin bailers… i loathe them all
this is becoming the standard unfortunately…
You could use VOIP to say that, or hop in the back and communicate with the pilot.
I’ve done the same but i try to quickly que my squad member that spawned on me by hitting the bail out quick message a few time. That at least gets across the general idea.
Lets be real, there has never been a very effective sniper on a rooftop.
I’m pretty sure I saw one. Once. On the other team.
I’ve seen some great snipers make a huge difference in a game. A squad of snipers in the right place can be devastating.
I just want them to learn to land a chopper.
Yessir, my squad ended up being all snipers on CTF. They planted a radio beacon and us 4 were spotting the entire enemy team while getting 200-500 meter kills occasionally. It was beautiful because the land was so flat nobody could come at us guns blazing and anti-sniping doesn’t work when all 4 of us are spamming shots on you. Eventually someone got smart and had a tank, but the radio beacon allowed us to spawn back and C4 them out. I miss that squad, so effective.
Tl;dr snipers work best in groups
I like three snipers and one support guy. That way you never run out of ammo, and at medium range suppression + snipers = bad time for the other guys.
I do this but I fly really high up and jump out.. Giving the passenger a good 15-20 seconds to take the helm and continue their journey..
Throw in an anti air Engineer defending from attack helicopters and you’re laughing!
I agree, 99% of the time I play as a Sniper, I love it.
I’ve understood that isn’t good for my team if I eject from my heli, at the beginning I was doing it (what a shame).
Now I look out for damaged heli or I safely land them.
This is what I do 
make random trips back to drop ppl off in roof tops n circle back for gunners lmao we rock
Feel free to bust out the laser pointer from tone to time as well Engineers will love you.
Fuck yeah!