Can snipers shoot over fences?

[fatfluffycat]

Or do the guard towers need direct line of sight?

[No.]

They can even shoot over perimeter walls. Those guys have crazy skills.

[nukeman]

Sniper towers are "taller" than walls, so yes they can.

[cswheele]

r u sure. i dont know that i have ever seen one shoot over the perimeter walls

[No.]

Originally posted by cswheele:

r u sure. i dont know that i have ever seen one shoot over the perimeter walls

Have only seen it in escape mode, since I've yet to have a prison where inmates are able to make it to the street (which is where I have the snipers at), but yeah, me and my gang were making a run for it in one of the inner grass areas close to the outer wall, and next thing I know is that everyone starts dropping like flies. >_>

[ScOwOby]

Snipers are best in a riot as anyone trying to escape gets shot down

[Frazzledragøn the Trustworthy]

Originally posted by Special Agent Scooby:

Snipers are best in a riot as anyone trying to escape gets shot down

During a riot prisoners aim to control the prison. Escapes are a very minor part of riots.

[lissa_981]

I wish we could give snipers tranq darts (of any non leathal stun-type wepon) instead, much like armed gaurds. One badly placed escape tunnel can result in a unnessecary massicure

[cswheele]

to be honest my guards use assault rifles. with that and the snipers nobody dies generally. that would explain why i couldnt escape my own prison thru the front gates. everytime i got to my final road gate id get knocked unconscious. which would most likely be the guard tower in the corner at the end of the road.

[No.]

Don't snipers shoot to kill when you are escaping, tho?

Again, I've only seen them in action in escape mode, but I remember my gang dropping dead with one shot each, instead of going unconscious as it tends to happen when being shot by an armed guard and having the extra tough perk.

And yeah, I wasn't able to escape my own prison either. I'm sure that achievement will be the last one I'll unlock.

[cswheele]

Originally posted by No:

Don't snipers shoot to kill when you are escaping, tho?

Again, I've only seen them in action in escape mode, but I remember my gang dropping dead with one shot each, instead of going unconscious as it tends to happen when being shot by an armed guard and having the extra tough perk.

And yeah, I wasn't able to escape my own prison either. I'm sure that achievement will be the last one I'll unlock.

you can always rig ur prison in ur favor make a seprate save file then go into escape mode on there. and as far as i am aware depending on the prisoners current position will affect this. if they are outside of the prison walls i believe its an automatic shot to kill regardless of your freefire stats. however the snipers function differently otherwise if freefire is enabled then there will be no warning shots. just a straight shoot to kill. if its disabled 2 warning shots will be fired, then if the prisoner still has not surrendered then the 3rd shot is to kill.

[Djay210 ♀]

The three steps to escaping a sniper infested prison!
1. Recruit everyone in the prison.
2. RUN FOR IT!
3. There is no step threes

[No.]

Originally posted by cswheele:

you can always rig ur prison in ur favor make a seprate save file then go into escape mode on there.

Yeah, I guess I can always load a different prison and get it. Still, that feels kind of cheap and I'd rather make it challenging.

[E]

Do snipers have a 'range'? I have never used them (stopped playing the game before they were added to focus on RL studies, only returning now).

For example, if I put a tower on some extreme end of the map, would they be able to shoot as far as the opposite side?

[Djay210 ♀]

yeah they cover the entire outside of the map

Originally posted by Priyon:

Do snipers have a 'range'? I have never used them (stopped playing the game before they were added to focus on RL studies, only returning now).

For example, if I put a tower on some extreme end of the map, would they be able to shoot as far as the opposite side?

[No.]

Originally posted by djayfrombk:

yeah they cover the entire outside of the map

Oh, they do? No wonder I wasn't able to escape that prison; I've got about a dozen snipers on the street. >__>