What is the point of given quiet a silenced sniper rifle?

[Xeonzs]

The enemies will all still notice the first shot, the whole base will be aware where she is as well and they all start shooting in that direction.

Might as well just give her the anti material rifle?

[Diamond Girls]

You need that to buy more time sneaking. Better than sneaking with enemies being aware of hostile right off the bat.

[Silverhand]

They won't notice it as quickly if they don't have helmets on. By the time anyone tries to alert their friends she's already sniping 2-3 other people. But honestly just use D-Dog. 10X better than Quiet.

[Lar Dass]

After finishing the main game or 100% it is really not needed at all

[76561198000973506]

There are other things to do than waiting for her to exterminate an outpost:
- Act as a spotter by her side using the int-scope, pick isolated targets to create safe access to objective, using the "Fire" command
- Use her as a last resort in case you are spotted, have her eliminate the alerted soldier
- Grenade ricochet
- Double execution with the "Take aim" command

The "Cover me" command is a last resort, a desperate measure that puts her in a vulnerable position, even with an anti-materiel rifle.

[Xeonzs]

Originally posted by Doctor Ziegler:

They won't notice it as quickly if they don't have helmets on. By the time anyone tries to alert their friends she's already sniping 2-3 other people. But honestly just use D-Dog. 10X better than Quiet.

Nah D-dog is only useful if you only want to rush straight in, however I do recon before I go into any camp, as I run or drive there I send her to scout it and then I know where 90% of the targets are and can quickly scan them for S/S+/S++ soldiers.

After that point D-Dog is quite useless, while Quiet can take out anyone that spots my while I interogate someone or provide covering fire if I'm detected, while D-dog can only stun/kill someone on demand during stealth, leaving the corpse/stunned body in an area you couldn't got yourself (that's why you sent D-Dog).

[Xeonzs]

Originally posted by dreadnawght:

There are other things to do than waiting for her to exterminate an outpost:
- Act as a spotter by her side using the int-scope, pick isolated targets to create safe access to objective, using the "Fire" command
- Use her as a last resort in case you are spotted, have her eliminate the alerted soldier
- Grenade ricochet
- Double execution with the "Take aim" command

The "Cover me" command is a last resort, a desperate measure that puts her in a vulnerable position, even with an anti-materiel rifle.

Oh I know, but that's exactly the reason I'm asking, because you only actually really use her rifle if she or you have been spotted, I never really use grenades I only do missing with a stun pistol, silenced MRS and c4, I don't bring anything else.
Her task is scouting the area before I get there, so I can then quickly scan all pre-scouted targets for good quality soldiers.
This makes me usually just want to bring the Anti Material Rifle for her so she can also take out armoured guards and helicopters (she's taking out several helicopters during all my playtime).

[DR. JOHN DEJAVU 1984]

Just make D-dog Blade Wolf.

Problem Solved, Raiden.

[76561198000973506]

Originally posted by ❦Xeonzsღ💕:

Originally posted by dreadnawght:

There are other things to do than waiting for her to exterminate an outpost:
- Act as a spotter by her side using the int-scope, pick isolated targets to create safe access to objective, using the "Fire" command
- Use her as a last resort in case you are spotted, have her eliminate the alerted soldier
- Grenade ricochet
- Double execution with the "Take aim" command

The "Cover me" command is a last resort, a desperate measure that puts her in a vulnerable position, even with an anti-materiel rifle.

Oh I know, but that's exactly the reason I'm asking, because you only actually really use her rifle if she or you have been spotted, I never really use grenades I only do missing with a stun pistol, silenced MRS and c4, I don't bring anything else.
Her task is scouting the area before I get there, so I can then quickly scan all pre-scouted targets for good quality soldiers.
This makes me usually just want to bring the Anti Material Rifle for her so she can also take out armoured guards and helicopters (she's taking out several helicopters during all my playtime).

With that logic why not just spam the CGM 25 on all enemies ?

[Xeonzs]

Originally posted by dreadnawght:

Originally posted by ❦Xeonzsღ💕:

Oh I know, but that's exactly the reason I'm asking, because you only actually really use her rifle if she or you have been spotted, I never really use grenades I only do missing with a stun pistol, silenced MRS and c4, I don't bring anything else.
Her task is scouting the area before I get there, so I can then quickly scan all pre-scouted targets for good quality soldiers.
This makes me usually just want to bring the Anti Material Rifle for her so she can also take out armoured guards and helicopters (she's taking out several helicopters during all my playtime).

With that logic why not just spam the CGM 25 on all enemies ?

You went from providing helpful newbie tips to trolling?
Did you read what I said?
I run silent and she doesn't fire until we get spotted.

The reason I made this post was to argue the use of silenced snipers for her, as even the silenced rifles will still alert the whole camp/base if you haven't been discovered yet.

[Ygolnac]

The silnced rifle is usefull if you get spotted by an enemy without helmet. In that case she puts him down without beeing heard by the entire camp.

If you are a master and never ever do a mistake and get spotted then you need her just to be spotter, but the silencer has its uses and advantages that are pretty obvious.

[76561198000973506]

I understand your issue. Enemy soldiers don't hear the suppressed shot, however they instantly trace her location by seeing a teammate being shot or hear the teammate go down next to them. If the target is away from others' field of vision and hearing range, no alert is raised.

[MoH [JoinUsInVR]]

As someone who prefers D-Dog over Quiet I can say that I only use the silenced rifle when I need her to spot-check me going in quickly. She covers a lot of blind spots so long as she has a line of sight, but you sound like someone who would be happier with a D-Dog.

I've noticed people who prefer Quiet generally don't use the silenced weapons for her, and admittedly I only use her for fighting the Skulls, so for Stealth she's kind of worthless since she requires using the iDroid to use her full potential.