Sniper Squads

[thalion94596]

I'm just starting and I haven't gotten a good feel for small squad tactics yet.

How is everyone using sniper squads? For example, where do you try to position them?

I've tried putting them on high ground on one side of the map or the other but I'm finding that doing so puts them out of range of the enemy a lot of times.

Also, how big are the maps? I'm trying to figure out how far away I can place them but I don't think there's a scale of map size that I can find.

[Leto]

Special squads are not so good, so they are used only to a limited extent in the military, more effective are mixed units, with DMR and machine guns

[oxbullseye]

Once i get up to 30+ troops I usually make one squad of snipers, the Ponza Elite's or if I'm lucky Federal Sharpshooters. I have found the key to using them is to find the highest ground immediately behind your ground pounders and they soften up the opposition. If you put them too far back they won't have a shot. Pay attention to the sight stat, the higher it is the longer range that soldier can engage from. It is likely the most important stat for a sniper IMHO.

[biggins89]

+1 to oxbullseye. Except there are a lot more to chose from after the last three or four updates. The Cossack Rebel Women Sniper is one of my favorites right now because I capture them in droves.

[thalion94596]

That's really helpful. Thanks. I guess I've been keeping my snipers too far away.

[glenn3e]

Originally posted by biggins89:

+1 to oxbullseye. Except there are a lot more to chose from after the last three or four updates. The Cossack Rebel Women Sniper is one of my favorites right now because I capture them in droves.

Been camping outside Cossack Rebel camps to enslave these snipers. Definitely a favourite.

[boris.glevrk]

I always use militia sniper as my main sniping force, for the less wage and more expendable nature. They can still fight well nonetheless. Just need better rifles and better body armor.

I usually position them on hills, preferably with foilage.

[shrekstyle]

I look for the longest sight stat for my snipers.
A trained marksmen at level 2-3 (i think) have a sight distance at over 2 and have a high marksman stat. After a few levels you can give them the best sniper rifle from the black market.(cant remember the name but it has ss at at the front)
But they don't get that high of an armour stat.

In front of them i use a squad full of Owl snipers with the black market machine guns and heavy armour and grenade launchers to kill them if they get too close.(they have a sight range of 1.7+ after a few levels and armour over 60)

I then move them mg squad first then sniper right behind from peak to peak as needed.
I sit off to the side a bit with my sniper and heavy armour and take shots from behind a tree leaning out and the AI seems to prioritise shooting at me over the other squads and my squads don't take much if any fire.

I always have max marksman, constitution, armour and rifle skills befor i start investing in squads.
I don't deploy them and i do all the killing until they have leveled up a few times. (wont take long fighting groups of 20-40 mountain bandits/pirates at a time)

Have also been playing around with a squad with 1 sniper, 2 machine guns, 2 assault rifles and 2 shotguns all with grenade launchers and smoke as a stand alone all-rounder flanker squad works good.

This is just my way of playing and might not suit you but.

[Oblivion]

just have a full army of snipers. place on a hill with good line of sight range. afk the fight :D

[Lu5ck]

I have snipers squads but not a full squad of it. I put 3 on each squad, up to 3 squads. I send them around the high point of map, sometimes even to flank. Well, it depends on how big the battle is as well.

I am using trained marksman. I need speed while it has great sights once level up, need to move them around. Most snipers unit have slow movement.