Is The Spyglass Truly Worthless? Suggestions?

[Valyus]

Lately I've been testing out if the spyglass is pointless or worthless. I find it better than gun mounted scopes to check out compounds or areas around compounds, for some reason things seem lighter when look down the spyglass vs. looking into a scope making things "pop" more, making it easier to spot things that I otherwise wouldn't notice.

What would you propose that would make Spyglass better? Perhaps a trait that allows it to be a free slot mapped to a key item? Maybe something that allows a target to be briefly highlighted when held over them for more than 5 seconds?

What does everyone think of the spyglass and have you tried it out?

[dyra55]

I like to take it around sometimes but i admit there's a lot of less situational and more useful tools to pick from

It helps to scout things from a safe distance like approaching a compound and checking if people already interacted with anything in there, checking towers or other high ground from a big distance to see if anyone is camping there

I don't really have a lot of good ideas how to buff or change the spyglass to be more useful or less situational but i thought of ability to use dark sight while using it would be convenient since you're basically unarmored with it anyway

[Cooprent]

I think a neat idea would be if a player has a spyglass equipped it shows the distance in meters when they ping.

[yurisuika]

Very good when a low level on a prestige and you have nothing else to put in those slots and no scoped weapons. Being able to scout out a place from a far is a tactical advantage. Hence, the price is very cheap, since it is of limited use.

[dyra55]

引用自 Cooprent：

I think a neat idea would be if a player has a spyglass equipped it shows the distance in meters when they ping.

Or maybe having a rangefinder on it? would help sniping

[ExecutiveOdin]

!00% it should have a rangefinder.

[76561199352879854]

Spyglass isn't worthless. It's a cheap ass tool you can use to get a better view if there's people. It's nowhere near Meta though and you're most likely fine without it but it is a convenient tool none the less.

[DROPbear]

add viable zoom range. up the max zoom range to 300m

[DIDOU]

i made a thread long ago saying the spy glass deserve a buff that allow us to see enemy HP bars and LOADOUTS when we scope with it

[ExecutiveOdin]

People have suggested a lot of things.
Rangefinder
Pinging with spyglass giving a tag on the enemy themselves that tracks them for a few seconds
Etc

The thing about it though it is just one of those appendages that existed when the game was...better. It was there because no guns had scopes. It was the only way to scout people at long range but now you can just take a scoped rifle. Spyglass does still have better zoom I think, but no gun attached to it.

[Zig the Caver]

As-is, its 100 % worthless. Takes up a tool slot to view out to ranges you should easily be able to see at regardless even if you have to go ADS. With a little imagination Crytek could probably add a little utility to it but right now its a marginal zoom feature. Right there with the electric lamp for usefulness.