Are the snipers op?

[BigStankDickDad]

I have been hearing alot of crap about the snipers being op. I don't think they are but do you?

[cad80_99]

they can be as they are usually 1 shot kills. get a hacker and they just quick snipe to hide it. other side is its slightly harder to just aim with it compared to normal weapon as well as takes longer to aim.

[KoGGoK]

xpr50 is pretty op sometimes put a lazer on it and just run around 1 shotting people no ads or anything its pretty fun

[hqe]

they're not.
in a good players hand they are very effective, but that player will also kill you with any other weapon.
in a bad players hand they sometimes get lucky kills at close range due to the really big crosshair, but nothing to be afraid of.

the average precision for the average player with a sniper is somewhere down at 30-35%. if it takes them 3 shots to get you, you might aswell kill them with a pistol

[Kanck]

The snipers in bo2 are a bit more effective on consoles, as you don't have to scope in as far as PC players to hit your shot when quickscoping, due to the auto-aim. At least that's how I understand it, I've never played this game on consoles. Just heard from youtube/people who do. On the PC you can't rely on auto-aim doing 50% of the work for you, so you'll see PC players miss far more shots due to less hand holding from the engine.

I'd say they're close to balanced. I'd like to see some of the body multipliers scaled down so that rubbish sniping isn't rewarded as well as it is currently. Even the ballista could do with removing a few of the 2x multipliers. Especially the xpr needs a ton of multipliers removed. It's ridiculous how an auto-sniper can have the same miltipliers as a bolt action, with the same ads time. But then again, old game, nothing will be done with it now, and with smgs being as retarded as they are, I wouldn't mind snipers being totally op as well.

[»¹Destiny]

Originally posted by Kanck:

The snipers in bo2 are a bit more effective on consoles, as you don't have to scope in as far as PC players to hit your shot when quickscoping, due to the auto-aim. At least that's how I understand it, I've never played this game on consoles. Just heard from youtube/people who do. On the PC you can't rely on auto-aim doing 50% of the work for you, so you'll see PC players miss far more shots due to less hand holding from the engine.

That's why trickshotting should only be done on consoles, because it relies on aim-assist. It also relies on a huge luck factor though, even with aim assist, that's why it's still stupid to do in my opinion.

There is no aim assist on PC by the way, because you would only be handicapping yourself. This is because the movements of the aim-assist would be fighting with the movements of yourself. This is different on consoles, because controllers are far less precise.

[Mark F. Smith]

I guess it's their first COD...

[Chew Ass and Kick Bubblegum]

Of course they are overpowered.
A sniper rifle should NEVER have a chance to beat assault rifle or pistol or shotgun or anything else at short/medium range. Quickscoping should totally be removed and sniper rifles should do what they are meant to do.

Plus "trickshooting" is dumb and ´tarded. Especially when those kids are in your team and you are losing ´cause of them dying.

[BigStankDickDad]

Originally posted by Scimitar101:

Of course they are overpowered.
A sniper rifle should NEVER have a chance to beat assault rifle or pistol or shotgun or anything else at short/medium range. Quickscoping should totally be removed and sniper rifles should do what they are meant to do.

Should a pistol beat an smg at close range?

[Chew Ass and Kick Bubblegum]

Originally posted by Amazinballs:

Originally posted by Scimitar101:

Of course they are overpowered.
A sniper rifle should NEVER have a chance to beat assault rifle or pistol or shotgun or anything else at short/medium range. Quickscoping should totally be removed and sniper rifles should do what they are meant to do.

Should a pistol beat an smg at close range?

Nope. But chance is high. Depends on who starts shooting first.
Except for Executioner. A ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ shotgun pistol. You dont even need to aim cause its a spray.

[hqe]

Originally posted by Scimitar101:

Of course they are overpowered.
A sniper rifle should NEVER have a chance to beat assault rifle or pistol or shotgun or anything else at short/medium range. Quickscoping should totally be removed and sniper rifles should do what they are meant to do.

Plus "trickshooting" is dumb and ´tarded. Especially when those kids are in your team and you are losing ´cause of them dying.

it's not about the weapon itself, it's about the people using it.
you technically can't design a weapon that is easy to use for beginner, but doesn't suit a better player. there are extremely good players who could just randomly pick any weapon in the game and beat an army of beginners with any other random weapon. the level of skill varies so much (especially on pc) that there can't be 100% fair attributes in every weapon.

i've killed snipers with a pistol and long range and vice versa at short range. if a weapon seems OP to someone, that's because of the player using it.

of course some of the weapons in the game are easier to use. hey, beginners need a chance aswell. and of course more advanced players take this knowledge to their advantage. that's how a game works, that's how to play.

[Chew Ass and Kick Bubblegum]

Iam doing pretty well with my combat knife.

By the way, at the time when I bought BOII, first weapon which I used after unlocking create-a-class was the DSR-50 without toughness. Guess what? I had 1.75 K/D with it aftet two hours.
I was a complete noob then, if we dont count skills from previous CODs.

[bilal_aki]

seriously they are OP. Especially quickscope ppl makes me angry.

[wHAT A bUllSHIT]

Not all of theme have snipers kind of noobi you know automatically snipers,but the sniper with the most damage is the DSR ;))

[cad80_99]

My take. If you feel something is op then learn to use it. Calling someone a noob for using something that works. My opinion your the noob if you don't take advantage and use.

[boneknocker]

yeah....aim bot cheat + quick scope is really hard to tell that player cheating or not. but it also some idiot cheater that lose its (yep not he just it) cool and turn on multi cheat and spray (yes..it really spray) sniper bullet across the map (super wall banging) to do masacre another team. i used to found this kind of cheater on the ship map. but it seem they disappear for a while now (may be got ban).

it is lie to say this game has none cheater. but at leeast we still have the stuffs from 3arch that still doing ban on those loser. unlike IW cod that completely let cheaters run around do what they want.

finally if you think quick scope in bo2 is the worse believe me it not even half of CS that the sniper with armor not get any aim punch when get shot. even you hit them first you still be a death man because their quick scope will kill you with only 1 shot on any part of your body except your foot. and yes....CS maps always filling with choke points and camp sites.