DMC Sniper issues (mild Spoilers)

[norker77]

Some things I've just stumbled across with the new snipers.

1. Are they meant to call for sniper support themselves?

Ran across a lone DMC guard far away from home (further then seven gables) and decided "what the heck" and took him on. It was night, I had night vision and it was in a forrest.
After several rounds of me beating down on him he decided to call for sniper support. Since the sniper never fired on me I suppose he couldn't see me. What he did however was call for sniper support and either he or another sniper chose to call for sniper support again. At one point there were five of them (question marks) there with me.
I spent my time searching for them (took me 3-4 tries to discover one), but never managed to take one down because they disappeared.
Eventually combat ended with the last one leaving. If each call does create a new sniper then there were 11 snipers in that combat (not at the same time, never had more then 3 of them at a time).


2. When you trigger a sniper attack and are "flagged" the message you get when the deny you access to DMC does not reflect that at all. (Just bugged for me or is it that way?)

I got charged with computer access, trespassing, fake passport, consorting with a known felon and some other stuff (forgot to take a screenshot). Nothing though about an attack on the DMC guard or the sniper(s).


3. Sniper seem pretty impotent at night in a forest and at range.

They only fired one shot at me (and missed) and that only because I tried to sneak up on them and tried to melee attack them (ran out of ammo killing the guard). Don't know if they have night vision, eagle-eye and telescopic, but it sure didn't seem like it. I'll probably beat myself up for suggesting that they have it, but I guess they should (maybe even an improved night vision).

[Daniel@BlueBottleGames]

These are some really good observations. I've made a note to self to adjust sniper night vision and telescopic sight. I'll also see if I can make the criminal charges more specific.

As for the snipers calling support, I'm not against the idea. Under normal circumstances, they're supposed to despawn after 5 battle turns (<1 normal map turn), so they should rarely be encountered in groups. I think the despawn bug just makes this a bit weirder for the time being.

[norker77]

Thanks!

I don't mind snipers calling for support. What I encountered was probably a result of them not seeing me (So calling for support got a higher chance of being picked).

Looking forward to the next update(s), awesome game keeps getting more awesome!

[pgames-food]

Night vision will help them at night, though the forest feature, of blocking some line of sight, seems to make sense, since there are lots of branches and trees in the way, thus making it harder for them to get a clear shot. :)

[pgames-food]

and maybe if you can lure a DMC into a forest and at a night, would it obscure their radio signal, and be a prime time to take on a DMC guard? :)

[Daniel@BlueBottleGames]

I actually want to try and limit the area where the sniper support ability can be used, but that's a lower priority feature right now.

I did add night vision to the sniper loadouts, though. Hopefully, they should be more effective in the dark now!