Please remove bolt action sniper rifles

[|Nick]

They are impossible to balance. They either are overpowered and have no skillcap, killing everything on all ranges in an instant or are useless/annoying

There is no game until this date where sniper rifles arent just bad.

[lardbucket]

I don't mind if they take the bolt actions out of the game but leave the dmr rifles in to be honest

[Wehzy]

Publicado originalmente por RagingHamster:

just add a sniper limit, atm its almost all snipers, most of the maps are catered to sniping imho.

Thats not true at all?

[CrispyMuffin]

Publicado originalmente por Wehzy:

Publicado originalmente por RagingHamster:

just add a sniper limit, atm its almost all snipers, most of the maps are catered to sniping imho.

Thats not true at all?

well its true for me as well. i often see 30+ snipers on each team most games, with a huge number of them sitting at the edge of the map or cheesy spots you're not meant to reach. and more often than not, whatever team has the most snipers end up losing. doesn't matter if the top 5 were all recons with 40 killstreaks, it didn't help the team at all

they need to make them harder to use so more people actually try to play other classes

[Just A Threat Echo]

Snipers are fine. Been in pretty much every FPS for a good while especially coming from BF. Then again I play sniper a lot in FPS games.
Also just found out that you can use the sniper without a scope on night maps with NV which is pretty fun :) The TTK in this game is really quick too, so like, It's either get insta-killed by a full auto weapon spraying at any range or HS/2 hit from a sniper, your choice.

[Spudbar]

Publicado originalmente por ✪ JaidEn:

I don't think they need to be removed for obvious reasons, but it would be cool if community servers that you join through the community section could disable snipers.

I'd like this as well. They're obviously not going to remove a whole class/playstyle after it's already in, so this is a fair way to appease both sides.


Personally I never really enjoyed the idea of "Weapon that has 2x or more the range than 95% of every other weapon - also it kills you instantly". I get it adds dynamic, it's just not one I appreciate. Especially since almost every sniper I see is equipping mid-range scopes (or, lining shots with canted sights before going long) and a flash hider so you can't find them. Very ratty playstyle, I'd prefer full chaos with everyone clashing at close/mid range.

[GamingWithSilvertail]

Publicado originalmente por CrispyMuffin™:

Publicado originalmente por Wehzy:

Thats not true at all?

well its true for me as well. i often see 30+ snipers on each team most games, with a huge number of them sitting at the edge of the map or cheesy spots you're not meant to reach. and more often than not, whatever team has the most snipers end up losing. doesn't matter if the top 5 were all recons with 40 killstreaks, it didn't help the team at all

they need to make them harder to use so more people actually try to play other classes

Just out of curiously, what are you talking about with unreachable spots?

I know theres a ledge on the hill at dusty, but thats intended to be reachable.

I know there' s sandy hills, but theyr intended to be reachable, and quite frankly, fun to snipe long range from :p

[Xpe]

You guys cry a lot. snipers are fine.

Your really bad if you are killed by a far away sniper.

Use smoke and move (not in a straight line lol) and the sniper will miss.

[John]

I don't really care about the weapon itself but the play style of recon in general. Most seem to sit at the corner of the map and do absolutely nothing to capture points or push objectives.

[BillHicks]

Snipers are not a problem at all. Everyone can res. Which means long range shots have minimal impact. I am more concerned about hip firing Vector users who can kill me at 100 m easy.

[Arnie Rimsy BSc.SSc.]

Sounds like unsubstantiated personal opinion to me.
We all got those.

[Sir Happy]

Publicado originalmente por RagingHamster:

just add a sniper limit, atm its almost all snipers, most of the maps are catered to sniping imho.

I've only seen about 10 sniper player per a team at a time not hard to deal with.

[jeffpmaxs6]

Back in the day all crying use to stay in game.