Snipers seem absolutely useless

[Xano]

I've tried the bolt action with each scope, with no scope on nearly every map and they seem so bad. most maps are small, making the 12x scope useless. The 4x scope doesn't adjust well line up as easily with your eyes.

No scope has great field of view but borderline impossible to hit anyone.

Considering the TTK in this game is super fast, snipers either need maps made for them or an option for a red dot or actual iron sight scope.

I have spent a lot of time on the shooting range with each rifle and do well. Once i get into a real game with these though I feel useless.

[smoils]

I can hit people across downfall with just holosight, some people have practiced snipers well enough to be feared on dowfall and quarantine.

4x are garbage though in a sense magnification is not big enough to justify it over holosight and you loose taking aim time compared to holo.

Snipers were made on purpose hard to use because you need to adjust your sight perfectly for parallax not to ruin your shots, but practice makes them very usable. People have used them in league matches to great sucess even.

[Katt i knä]

A practiced sniper should be feared in this game. It is true that the scopes are pretty difficult to use but with knowledge about parallax and a good amount of practice you can hit shots
quite easily. Here are a couple of examples.
https://gyazo.com/492bf6f76df68dfcf196252477da3e93

and


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-3ksE_DDks

[Beepboopbob]

OP you are absolutely correct in surmising that snipers are useless in almost every situation, the notable exception being Downfall (if you have a stock and are good.) There are some long sight lines on Quarantine, but you are screwed if you have to fight on any other part of the map (likely).

This is why I'm personally hoping the next map is either extremely long range (for some interesting sniper fights), or extreme CQB (for some hectic room to room chaos).

[LonelyViper]

^dont mind this guy. He doesnt have a clue ^^

Smoils nailed it. 4x isnt worth it. 12x is great but very situational. Outside of Downfall and maybe QT on 1 or 2 objectives it has very limited use. Fun and feels good tho :D