Poll: Would multiplayer FPS Games be better without snipers.
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No, although it would be nice if FPSs would somehow restrict the usage of a sniper rifle to being a long range weapon only and make it extremely impractical to use at close range (you know, like how sniper rifles are in reality). Being shot by a sniper who is only a few feet behind you is just annoying and wrong.
snipers= camper from far away (well in my opinion, but i will say any one who can get a kill from the other side of the map after waiting for 8 minutes, as every one runs around in a cluster F*ck is a decent player in my opinion, because I have no patience.)
yeah snipers usually are annoying except the ones in team fortress 2. I love backstabbing those guys.
The argument is "I like to snipe, but i dont want to get sniped"
A shooter without snipers would be like Gunz Online, just senseless action without strategy.
Seriously, sniping isnt just about having good trigger fingers, it's also about location and concealment. Making the shots count while being unseen...
A shooter without snipers would be like Gunz Online, just senseless action without strategy.
Seriously, sniping isnt just about having good trigger fingers, it's also about location and concealment. Making the shots count while being unseen...
No, the only problem I have is with dumb snipers, and really if they are going to be dumb while sniping, they are going to be dumb with any class.
All the more power to the good snipers out there, I may not enjoy dieing to it, but I can definatly respect those who get jumping headshot noscopes from half the map away consistently.
That and in MOST games snipers have very defined and useful roles, and the game would be worse off without them. EG TF2: heavy/medic combo removal BFBC2: long range spotting, MG turret killing, maphack motion sensor ect et ect.
All the more power to the good snipers out there, I may not enjoy dieing to it, but I can definatly respect those who get jumping headshot noscopes from half the map away consistently.
That and in MOST games snipers have very defined and useful roles, and the game would be worse off without them. EG TF2: heavy/medic combo removal BFBC2: long range spotting, MG turret killing, maphack motion sensor ect et ect.
this. if snipers would be removed then the stupid speed knifers and shotgunners would become even more unbalanced (in mw2) and in other games people could just run around without a care in the world wielding a noobtube launcherDeadlock Radium said:
Of course, I wouldn't go sniper unless there were none or up to 2 others, or the team was especially useless and seemingly didn't know that you actually had to plant on/disarm the objectives (which seems to happen far too much)and just needed someone crazy enough to fight through the flimsy defensive lines and actually plant the thing. (BTW have you noticed hardly anyone can seem to fly the helicopters well? or at all for that matter? you always get so many people that THINK they can fly them...(This is is topic related because they are insanely easy sniping targets for anyone who understands basic bullet physics))Newkenyanguy said:
No.
They're as much a vital part of FPS games as the assault rifle, smg, and pistol.
Just because you keep getting killed by snipers doesn't mean they're cheap as the thread subject matter implies, just means you need to change your tactics and stop running out into the middle of a map making yourself an easy target.
God I hate when people make their own rules for online... such whiney people.
They're as much a vital part of FPS games as the assault rifle, smg, and pistol.
Just because you keep getting killed by snipers doesn't mean they're cheap as the thread subject matter implies, just means you need to change your tactics and stop running out into the middle of a map making yourself an easy target.
God I hate when people make their own rules for online... such whiney people.
This game me the mental image that online gaming would be about skipping and happily singing hymms if it weren't for those menacing snipers.Ghostkai said:
I don't think games would be better off without them, I just think that most shooters make sniping FAR too easy. Snipers should fulfill an important roll on the battlefield, but if somebody playing a sniper class is regularly responsible for the majority of kills on a team, then the game is making it too easy.
The RageGamer? in me screams "Yes!" but to remove snipers from a war game would be to take away much of the supposed reality in the game. Besides, it's nice to snipe and practise your aim once in a while.
Snipers are easy to avoid anyways. Here's a hint; if you're out in the middle of the map with no cover, you're going to die. They don't call the middle of the map "No Man's Land" for nothing.
I typically play as an Assault or Medic style class. I'm out on the front lines either giving support to the most aggressive players out there or being the objective runner myself. Of course, concentrating on the forces around the objective leaves me open to snipers. A fair share of my deaths, in fact, are headshots shot from hundreds of yards away from the objective.
That doesn't mean I would rather not have snipers. If my team's snipers are doing their primary job, I am actually able to concentrate more. I don't have to worry about a swarm of enemies coming through my current location because they're being picked off. Get a helpful sniper, and he'll even call out enemies he couldn't pick off. By having that outside support, I don't have to constantly glance around like a nervous meerkat. Cover fire is just as effective as physical cover.
Plus, having a sniper save your life by braining someone charging at you just looks awesome.
That doesn't mean I would rather not have snipers. If my team's snipers are doing their primary job, I am actually able to concentrate more. I don't have to worry about a swarm of enemies coming through my current location because they're being picked off. Get a helpful sniper, and he'll even call out enemies he couldn't pick off. By having that outside support, I don't have to constantly glance around like a nervous meerkat. Cover fire is just as effective as physical cover.
Plus, having a sniper save your life by braining someone charging at you just looks awesome.