Poll: Sniper fire or up close?

[Valiance]

I prefer to get up close and personal with a sniper rifle

nothing sends a demoralizing message to your foes then a point-blank sniper round to the face

This in UT99.

In any other game, I snipe when it's effective and efficient, and I'm up close when that choice is better for me.

 

[Bored Tomatoe]

I like assault rifles and Submachineguns...

 

[Thrasher4567]

It really depends on my mood and who i am playing against, if im having a bad day im more likely to snipe, if playing with buddies i love to run around with a shotgun.

 

[Eipok Kruden]

I'm a shotty sniper. For Halo 3, I'll use a sniper and a shotgun. For COD4, I'll use a sniper (either the Dragunov or the Barrett .50 Cal, depends on map) with a shotgun as secondary (either pump action or semi-auto, depends on map).

 

[Flying-Emu]

Snipe behind cover, with an AK-47 prepped and ready with Flashes to stun them while I fill them full of lead.

Cover is vital!

 

[mokes310]

My FPS satisfaction comes from reaching out and touching someone!

 

[PrimeSynergy]

I have no preference. I use whatever gun I can find.

I hate people who constantly snipe though. I mean those people who stay in O-N-E spot the whole match, know where the sniper rifle spawns on every map, and refuse to fight unless they have the rifle. It just annoys me. I don't care how good they can shoot with it, whenever someone does that it screams "this is all I can do and I'm useless in any other situation."

 

[Trivun]

I prefer to snipe as far as possible, but try to make sure I have short/mid range weapons just in case. If I was armed in real life (note that I had military weapons training at high school...), I would snipe, but arm myself with a shotgun as a secondary weapon, then some sort of sword (dual wield, of course) for up close and personal. Only as a last resort, of course...

 

[hippo24]

I Prefer the up-close, because running across the map to tea-bag an opponent begins to loose its luster, but I'm not opposed to the sniper in the right situation.

 

[Novania]

NO SCOPE FTW
in L4D, sniping is really good on expert.
Personally I really like sniping, although CSS i'm kind of bad at it.
Besides i have an airsoft sniper rifle, so much fun

 

[Copter400]

I've been called a 'close range weapons bastard'. I'm still waiting for a class in a game named that.

Hurm. I'll take that down for consideration.

I too have a great love for close-quarters combat. The only way it can get better is if it's close-quarters while moving very fast.

 

[minispike47]

I love sniping but getting up close and personal with a shotgun is always fun!

 

[Lord Leon Towasoki]

i think i would have to say screw shooting them, its much more fun to stalk them and knife them in CoD4. Even better in CoD5

 

[starrman]

Pistol and knife is the way to go, probably 60-70% of my kills are done this way. For the rest I prefer to use a high-mobility weapon like the M4 in COD4, I like to move fast but have the range and fire rate if I need it.

 

[Caliostro]

Personally I'm more of a sniper. I have good aim and there's something about being a shadow, killing everyone before they can tell where I am.

That said, however, I like almost any weapon, and am known to often pick an M3 shotgun or P90 SMG over the MA14 or AK47 in CS:S.

I also dislike being a "campy" sniper...You know, the kind of guy that just sits in the same place for half an hour shooting people... I think I was possibly the first, or one of the first, "rushing snipers" in Day of Defeat Source...Nobody saw it coming either... While all my allies with machine guns were getting mowed down, I rushed through with a sniper, killed everyone in the process, and after running out of bullets proceeded to hold the place for about 2 more respawn waves with my pistol... We won that one...

 

[Tonimata]

the only tactic for a stresssssssful player like me is e.g. CoD 5, I grab a mixed class with a PTRS and a Gewehr. I spaz out when people get too close to me. They spaz out when they're too far away from me. Due to overbulleting. PAINFUL overbulleting.
Teehee.

 

[ICantBelieveItGoesBoom]

When playing against bots like on left 4 dead I use the snipers but online I use Assault Rifles and Shotties

 

[aniki21]

In single-player or co-op, I'll usually opt for the sniper rifle and hang back. I'm not fast enough with it for deathmatches though, so I tend to stick to assault rifles and other mid-range weapons for those.