Snipers are awesome when everyone in your squad isn’t one. And they spot, use laser targeting and all the recon mumbo jumbo. Instead of just camping and shooting.
Yeah, I don’t kill the useful ones. It’s pretty clear how useful they’re being when they’re 1 and 5 with 200 points.
Ha. You see 1 and 5 with anybody, not just snipers. Snipers, once you’re good at it, can be extremely helpful.
One of my favourite things to do in Battlefield 2 was to parachute cars on enemy snipers.
How I Roll: Spot everything I fucking can. Laze targets as much as I can. Set up shop 100m-200m outside an objective designated to “attack” and pick off 4-7 enemies while Assault/Engineers do the close up fighting.
Dick move, I’m a good sniper who is a team player.
Totally agree with you, what annoys me is the guy with assault or support kit who doesn’t drop health or ammo and just tries to go 30-0 while the other team controls all points.
yeh i think you’ve killed me a few times!
Part of this is because sniping just sucks. 2 hits with a bolt-action is one of the most asinine ways to shoot someone in Battlefield.
Some people are gunna disagree with me here. Some will say “BATTLEFIELD ISN’T FOR REALISM! GTFO BACK TO ARMA!”. But hear me out. Many people agree that the rampant 1337 5N1P3RZ can often ruin a game (see: 8 snipers in a 32 man rush game). So why not make the learning curve higher for sniping? Why not make it so that players are more encouraged to make better use of the recon class (namely, clearing the fog of war, providing intel and tech support for the team).
I honestly don’t know why Dice didn’t use a sniping system similar to Arma: one hit kills. A 7.62 round flying with 3.5 kilojoules of energy will shred internal organs.
But then, get this, it’s hard as fuck to actually hit anything. Not only do you have to deal with elevation, but also changing wind patterns. If standing, your aim sways so much that objects barely stay in your 10x scope. Crouching is a bit easier: you can hit something at medium range. Go prone your image stabilizes enough to make those long shots. You still have to control your breathing, and time shots between heartbeats. And forget moving, that’s bullshit. You’re not going to see a marksman dancing back and forth while he puts bullets half a klick downrange in a spot the size of a quarter. Remove scope glint if you want.
Make THAT the life of a sniper, and see how many 1337 L0N3W0LF 5N1P3RZ you have then. It would certainly encourage the use of more productive playstyles and classes. Perhaps give the recon class an extra gadget to make up for it.
/rant
Yea, but you aren’t shit if you can’t use your weapons and just get your tickets eaten up by the opposition.
Recon is pretty much only as good as his team. You can spot like crazy, and you can laze all day long. If no one acts on it, then you’re wasting your time.