The sniper and its class

[Kaizun キモリ♡⚣]

So, am i the only one who feels the sniper with even its strongest gun (the las one that charges) doesnt really do all that much damage? especially in comparison to how much damage it receives?
like i score only headshots on any non minoris enemies yet even with a green quality damage focused weapon I cant even 1 hit the lower HP enemies with a headshot even after getting a cloaking damage buff, cant even penetrate minoris enemies with shields and can pretty much lose all their HP to a single heretic with a baby sniper

the skill is too slow regenning to rely on to compensate for all this so in higher difficulty missions i end up taking like 5 charge shots to the head to kill even basic chaos marines and usually end up being eaten alive by one tiny goat man with a knife while doing it and any ranged enemies are guaranteed to kill or utterly eat my HP cause the pistol is virtually worthless and dont even get me started on the knife


am i SERIOUSLY the only one who sees this class as just...a gimp class?

[Toikinn]

+1, the sniper class needs a buff.

[thufirhawat333]

Right now I consider the sniper a support class, the best use is to set up executions for the melee classes.

[Kaizun キモリ♡⚣]

I should also mention that once i get an enemy low enough i MUST do a second shot to their head while theyre flashing red or they just come back with HP again


so in my OP, the classes lack of ammo and damage to damage resistance ratio is really....pathetic

[cucamonster]

If had a bit more ammo and a bit more headshot damage multiplier, it could actually be very viable.

At this moment it's just too fragile and the invisibility doesn't do a lot besides helping to revive fallen comrades.

[BIG E.]

Sniper is one of the strongest classes in the game.

That las sniper is the highest damage gun in the entire game and with proper teamwork can oneshot bosses. And i mean literal oneshot i am not exaggerating for the sake of argument here, i mean literal one tap and boss dies.

That gun also has better horde clear than any bolt weapon in the game... lol.

[Gravvy]

I dunno. I play Tactical a lot which has 3 armor and I have been 1-2 shot plenty of times by snipers. Without sounding like a ♥♥♥♥, I feel this truly is a skill issue. There definitely is a headshot multiplier for every gun in the game and the sniper is no exclusion. I am referencing PVP as that is mainly what I play. Unsure about PVE.

[Erdrick]

Look at some builds. Sniper is top tier end game

[CHEIERON]

Weapons overall lack punch, but I'd say it's worse for Sniper for sure - particularly from a PvE perspective.

I'd prefer if the Sniper didn't need to wait for a full charge for the cloak to activate it

[Quagimus Decimus]

Originally posted by Kaizun カイズン キモリ:

So, am i the only one who feels the sniper with even its strongest gun (the las one that charges) doesnt really do all that much damage? especially in comparison to how much damage it receives?
like i score only headshots on any non minoris enemies yet even with a green quality damage focused weapon I cant even 1 hit the lower HP enemies with a headshot even after getting a cloaking damage buff, cant even penetrate minoris enemies with shields and can pretty much lose all their HP to a single heretic with a baby sniper

the skill is too slow regenning to rely on to compensate for all this so in higher difficulty missions i end up taking like 5 charge shots to the head to kill even basic chaos marines and usually end up being eaten alive by one tiny goat man with a knife while doing it and any ranged enemies are guaranteed to kill or utterly eat my HP cause the pistol is virtually worthless and dont even get me started on the knife


am i SERIOUSLY the only one who sees this class as just...a gimp class?

If you're low level you haven't quite reached the point where the sniper becomes the heaviest damage dealer. With the ability to gain ammo back from multi-kills, and recovering ability % from headshots makes the class the best t4 resource farmer in the game.

[BIG E.]

What needs actual help are boltguns, sniper is fine.

Bolt rifles literally do nothing past difficulty 2. Like actual nothing. You need to dump like 3 mags to kill a single elite with relic bolt rifle, have fun with that.

[Doomvora]

relic las fusil three shots majoris and one shots minoris (with pen) on ruthless.

It's one of the strongest classes in the game, hands down mostly because killing a majoris quickly equals killing minoris when fighting nids and being able to tap tzaangors without wasting ammo is arguably one of the strongest things you can have.

[Rave Pathfinder.]

Needs the P iss bottle from tf2 to throw on people and make em weaker.

[Get Out]

Maybe but damn he dominates PvP.

[BIG E.]

Originally posted by ☣ N\A ☣:

Maybe but damn he dominates PvP.

Sniper dominates PvE aswell you just need to level up your perks/gear.

Absolutely insane damage output.

Also you can abuse one of his perks by just instantly deactivating camo and baicly have permanent 75% damage buff.

[Kaizun キモリ♡⚣]

Do any of you actually play the class in PVE above lowest to second lowest difficulty?

Or do you just see some guy with his maxxed out setup in your mid level match doing better than your half kitted out class?

cause even IF theres this "mythic" status about it, theres no reason there should be this dramatic of a power curve Nor should i have to dump 3-7 three second long charge up shots on a guys head just to get him crit when my class already is useless in anything close quarters

"but oh if the moon and the stars align and you do all these prepatory conditional things youll be able to blow king nut crusher into oblivion in like one shot totally, but only if youve played the class for forever and gotten 40000 credits worth of perks and gear"
bro, the gun has 16 shots rn and cannot shoot straight without being scoped I cant go relying on shooting minoris all the time when theres 50 majoris running amuck and half the minoris have shields that stop my shots, dudes melee is ACTUALLY worthless and his pistol is the exact same

yeah sure other things also need buffed but thats not what this topic is, its about the sniper class and ALL their weapons that includes the bolt sniper and the 2 other primaries as well as the singular melee and side arm