Poll: Snipers?

[fun-with-a-gun]

To all quick-scope haters: you only hate me because you can't do it the way I can.

to all camp haters: if I'm camping noob-tube me.

to all people who get killed by snipers: don't stand still.

I play the sniper like an SMG... as in I run in, and if I see someone I will quick-scope and kill them easy. (MW2) then I move on. if you can't handle, just rage quit. actually, make it a challenge. I love a fair fight.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

I dislike them in most every game. In some cases, the role is entirely useful without simply being a pain in the ass for everyone else. In most games however, the sniper is nothing more than a hateful combination of a player who never contributes anything meaningful to the game as a whole and, simultaneously, is entirely annoying.

At it's best, we have the sniper in TF2 - fantastically lethal in the proper circumstances and yet readily countered. At it's worst, we have the version in Killzone 2 where they could turn invisible and were gifted with a gun that dropped a foe in a single shot at fantastic ranges. In the latter case, the invisibility thing always baffled me - they were already the only class able to deliver significant pain out beyond 80m and to ensure you have no hope of killing one unless you blunder on top of him they make him invisible too?

 

[Flames66]

I sometimes snipe though I'm not very good at it online. I ALWAYS play stealthy though. I do not Ever run around like I've got bad NO2 farts. It annoys me when people run and jump their way around the map.

I am the guy you will find in a corner hidden for the whole match waiting to jump out for the perfect kill.

 

[Rawker]

Also, quick scopers can go fuck off and die.

Can someone please explain this train of thought to me? It's as if people think quick scoping is cheap or something. It's the only thing in MW2 that requires any sort of skill at all.

I snipe about 75% of the time in Call of Duty, and I was the designated sniper for my team back when I played Halo.

believe the sniper hatred still runs deep from halo 3, because any loser could pick up a rifle, and then suddenly "they're a beast at sniping." MW2 requires more skill, but even then, the quick scope is the same thing as using any other gun except it's a one hit kill.

 

[ssgt splatter]

I think everyone hates snipers by common default because it's annoying being killed by someone you can't see from the other side of the map.

It's only when I'm being spawned in the snipers FUCKING crosshairs or very close to it is when I get pissed-the-FUCK-off angry!

 

[MetalGenocide]

It's hard playing a sniper. Mostly because of all the hacking accusations.
"There's no fucking way, you can score head shots so fast, or have such reflexes." Or something of that sort. Most fps. Damn noobs. Bah.

 

[e2density]

I shoot rifles for a living, so I have always had a fascination for people who can make a precision shot out at 600+ meters.\

And you can't help to laugh but see some little kid saying "Kick density he aimbots"...lol
And this video is a HUGE inspiration:


Recognize the game is lag compensated, but the demo is not, so the shots seem off, but they aren't. BloodSire and Jh are possibly the two best Snipers in TF2.

 

[jimduckie]

i tried being a sniper in mw1 and the enemy doesn't stand still long enogh to get shot by me , i'm more of a run and gun type

 

[Hollock]

It really depends on the game, the sniper, and my attitude to make me enjoy sniping. I'm more of a shotgun/pistol guy but if you like sniping moar powah to yah.

 

[Random Argument Man]

Hi! My name is RAM and I'm a sniper.


Actually, I'm just good to aim at the head.

 

[ArchBlade]

Since my ability as a sniper varies from time to time, I prefer to snipe on maps where my track record is solid. There are times I can't hit the broadside of a barn, and times where I chain together multiple head shots or save myself or team mates in long range fire situations.

Usually though I just stick to my machine guns.

 

[Chicago Ted]

Is it just me, or is the scope in BF 1943 defective?

You shoot like a stormtrooper in the first place! How would a more accurate weapon help you anyways?

 

[Zykon TheLich]

I love sniping in single player games. I don't play multiplayer so I have no opinion on it in those games.

 

[Ace of Spades]

*spawn* *step step* HEADSHOT! *respawn* *step step* HEADSHOT! Fuck you, snipers.

 

[Dainironfist]

The way I see it is that IW made the snipers move along a scale from no recoil to damage.

M21 EBR - WA2000 - Barrete 50. - Intervention
No recoil Low recoil, Horrible Recoil Worst recoil
low damage, Decent damage Top Damage Top Damage
Semi Semi Semi Single Fire


I use the Intervention due to it's top damage and the fact that it's Single Fire means that it's recoil doesn't matter.

 

[Captain Pancake]

Any sniper in Mw2 with a thermal pisses me off, especially if the game keeps spawning me in their sights.

Also, quick scopers can go fuck off and die.

To your first point: I use thermals, they're fecking livesavers for my terrible spotting skills.

To your second point: Agreed.

 

[The Night Shade]

depends on the game but usually i snipe all the time

 

[open trap]

I snipe to harass the enemy, if a sniper is covering an area it will be a while before you venture out, and if a sniper controlls an are its a big advantage to their team.