Have I understood the Sniper skill correctly?

[CallMeMrNiceGuy [DK]]

Am I understanding this correctly?

I take Sniper, and hold right click and then I deal somewhere between 58% and 130% more damage?

This has to be a joke right? There is no skill that could compare to this...

[CallMeMrNiceGuy [DK]]

Alright I found out that it only works with scoped weapons, still a 130% dmg increase is insane, I cant see any situation where operator or fast hands could be better.

Maybe if you were to half the dmg increase so it would be a 25 + 4, for a 65% increase at lvl 10, which is already quite a big increase.

[ƝƖƓӇƬMƛƦЄ]

Yeah, the damage from the Sniper specialization is pretty damn good lol but I found Fast Hands works better for me in raids, especially if I come across a pack of 3-4 hunters/bandits unexpectedly.

Fast Hands is really good when you're in CQB situations, or in locations like the Lab or the Lair.

[Kell]

1st playthrough i had sniper as well.

actually i have fast hands for faster reloads (after ghouls swarms killed me sometimes *run backwards ..... click click cklick .....)

and i dont use a scope atm.... greedy free 2nd weapon slot
but with sniper you can 1shot many enemies but if you got surprised you do not know which direction the attack comes.... and we all know 0,5s can matter ;)

[DoubleDub]

The exception that it only works when zoomed in is the big balancer here. When I first started playing, I used scoped snipers all the time because sneaky sniper is usually my go-to play style. Now, after being killed by boars or unseen hunters while zoomed in literally hundreds of times at this point, I pretty much never use a scope. If I pick up an NPC gun with a scope, I won't equip it until I'm back at base and have removed the scope, no matter what the gun is. With the bug where you can't see enemies on the edge of your screen already, removing even more visibility is a death sentence.

[Kell]

but no bullet travel time and +dmg headshots. fun depends on success and playstyle.
so valid skill. valid option.
many games just offer 2 quiete senseless and 1nobrainer.... so iam happy here.