Long-range assassin

[COMYYY]

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[chionos]

In before thread closed. =P

OR, if we're to turn spam into useful discussion:
Those stills look pretty lame to me.
Couldn't they have shown off the ass's superawesomeskillz on a less boring background?

[Mirage]

Long range assassin. So, a sniper?

[Pike]

Let's keep the thread. Talk about snipers and stuff in games!

I'm really bad at being a sniper in FPS games

[Quindiana Jones]

I'm an excellent sniper when it comes to proper sniping; observing, planning, executing and that. I'm pretty awful when it comes to quick-/no-scopes and other competitive FPS style mechanics.

[Mirage]

Not a fan of runscopefirerun?

[Quindiana Jones]

Not really. Maybe because I'm terrible at it. xD

Though I do typically prefer sneaky watchy sneaky killing. I completed Far Cry 3 with considerably more kills by Takedown than by any gun.

[Loony BoB]

I posted this in another thread and only just now realised that this thread is far more relevant. So...

I could be a sniper in PvP, I choose not to because I find it to be cheap and boring. I prefer a more involving game. I don't mind snipers in PvP so long as it's done in a realistic way - and it's not. Realism would mean that there would be one or two snipers in any one town, and once you took care of them they would be dead. In games with respawning functionality, it doesn't matter how many times you kill a sniper, they'll always be back. They're a bit overpowered in some of (not all of) the games that I've played.

As for PvE, I love sniping in games like Far Cry 3 where you have a large world to move around, much larger and more active-sniper-friendly than PvP games are. I think most of the camps I took over were done so from a very notable distance without ever being spotted.

[Quindiana Jones]

Hehe, I started that game taking outposts from afar, but once I unlocked some of the later Takedowns, it was melee all the way.

As for snipers in PvP, they're not that overpowered. A good sniper is overpowered, as is a good shotgunner, or a good SMGer. Most people get taken out by average snipers because of their own careless maneouvring, I find.

[Loony BoB]

As for snipers in PvP, they're not that overpowered. A good sniper is overpowered, as is a good shotgunner, or a good SMGer. Most people get taken out by average snipers because of their own careless maneouvring, I find.

Depends on the game/map. Many maps simply aren't designed to give you much/any cover over large spaces, or they have primary objectives which require you to go out into the open (either a key destination or a key route to the key destination) where snipers from all kinds of places on the map could fire upon you. It really can get pretty ridiculous! That's when you have to rely on some heavy teamwork and a knowledge of known camping spots, but even then it can get out of hand.

When we played W:ET there were some maps in which there were a number of snipers that would all just be sitting around trying to spot the opposition snipers while poor front-liners like me just had to try to get to the objectives before the timer was up.

[Shorty]

I'm an excellent sniper when it comes to proper sniping; observing, planning, executing and that. I'm pretty awful when it comes to quick-/no-scopes and other competitive FPS style mechanics.

This is essentially how I roll. Sniping is my preferred method of taking out enemies. I really prefer using scopes as opposed to shooting blindly like a madman hoping that I hit something.

[escobert]

Snipers are horrible people who need to sit in a corner to kill anyone. stop being annoying assholes and run around like the rest of us.

[Shorty]

No way. From my perch I can zero in on you caucus racers down below and make a hit.

[Roogle]

No, I have been mistaken as a sniper before because of the way that I conduct myself. The truth is that I wield a small pistol and try to sneak attack at medium range. I guess that's a bit unexpected of me, huh?

[escobert]

No way. From my perch I can zero in on you caucus racers down below and make a hit.

Like a loser. Oh lets hide so noone can find us and shoot someone as they run by! most boring gayness ever