Nightly reminder that Snipers are a complete waste and contribute nothing of value to the gaming experience.
>>341939872
Snipers exist to take out high value targets like:
Officers
Spotters
Machine gunners
Enemy snipers
In addition to demoralizing the enemy.
Overwatch, etc.
Fuck, in the movie who's picture you posted one sniper killed a number of the squad.
>>341939872
>>341939872
I can't tell you how many times I have saved objectives from the enemy team by picking them off the flag before they could capture it.
They're only useless in certain modes, even then run and gun snipers could mop the floor with a team provided they're good enough.
>>341940226
Yes bit in video games they don't give snipers high value targets or a bigger score mutiplier, thus they become slow and non-contributing.
>>341940352
I forgot to mention area control. They can stop a team dead in their tracks. Especially working with their team.
>>341940376
Agreed.
I played RO2 and the snipers just camped like douchebags.
The ones who actually contributed would kill enemy machine gunner and snipers.
>>341940376
>>341940724
So many targets can be sniped in these games.
Also they have a series called Sniper Elite or some shit dedicated to sniping HVTs.
>>341939872
>he says this posting a dude with a spray-n-pray GPMG designed for suppression
>>341939872
Actual snipers are worthless due to time limit constraints in every game and the nature of respawns. That guy you shot on the MG can be back in the same position within a minute.
Countersniping is two worthless jackasses jerking each other off while everyone else plays the game and are occasionally inconvenienced.
Offensive/Defensive marksmen that remain mobile with the rest of the team are perfectly acceptable.
I don't think snipers are useless, I think they're just fucking gay
it's boring to play against, because you can't really engage the sniper or do anything about it - you're just going about your business, and then you either die or you don't die
in most shooters, the lethality of things is turned way down, but they always keep the instant death sniper headshot meme. I think it would be better if they did shit damage instead, to make up for being so ridiculously long range. also make the guns not hitscan (not that non-snipers shouldn't be hitscan too, but a hitscan sniper rifle is aids)
>>341941025
I'll give you designated Sniper games like SNiper Elite, but in mutiplayer FPS they suck.
>>341941318
Agreed 100% a good mobile recon with a DMR is pretty cool. Snipers blow.
>>341939872
I wish every sniper was replaced by a flamethrower.
>>341941272
still did most casualities.
>bfbc2
>wookie
>auto shotgun
>motion mines
>>341939872
Sniper in Insurgency is a very useful fellow to have on your team. Especially if he can do his fucking job.
>>341941318
>That guy you shot on the MG can be back in the same position within a minute.
That's the same for every fucking gun, it's up to the team to respond correctly to the advantages given and grounds available due to that now-dead suppression thanks to the sniper, for example.
In arena-shooter examples though, they simply function as the high-risk high-reward gun.
In bf4 i could mark nearly every enemy on the map if i was in the right position with the 40x & the 14x varuable. On a good day i could kill 3 men from 300m to 900m a minute. I was technically worthless but every time i marked an enemy or a group they died 10 seconds later.
>>341942013
>not going pump action and shooting faces from a mile with slugs and ironsights
>>341943549
got to sit in buildings so your motion mine advantage is really unfair
