Sniper rifle vs assult rifle

[Bawkdragon]

which upgrade you fine to be better, does the sniper rifle have any hidden stats like piercing or targeting the toughest zombie?

[Vix]

It has piercing, and deals more damage per shot than assault rifle, but from my tests i think AR is way better in terms of dps and practical use, so it's just more powerful and useful in actual gameplay. And now with ricochet ability it's even stronger.
I think Sniper Rifle maybe a choice when playing with a team where other characters focus on blasting hoards (EG Ghost thousand cuts, Tank rockets) while SWAT concentrate on dealing with stronger enemies with Sniper, but still I'm not sure, it needs a serious buff in damage otherwise it's just a weaker alternative IMHO.

[jimfoghorn]

From my testing between the 2, the AR is better. With max shots on both, if you have crits over 50%, AR can literally out damage the sniper per second. 1 second of AR=over 4000 damage, 1 second of sniper= 2000 damage. So if you snipe a baby zombie like a runner, and there's a more valuable target like a charger, you just wasted 1 sniper and can't shoot for 1 second.
Sniper is just for memes.