Sniper Rifle Sucks

[Cruise Control]

Is it just me, or does the sniper rifle suck. I can attach a SuperScope and a Power Cross to a pistol with a longbarrel, and boom a stronger gun than the sniper rifle.

[Distain]

I actully havent really touched anything els aside from the cerebrus. You can pwn everyone with just it.

[Maux]

Is it ust me, or does the sniper rifle suck. I can attach a SuperScope and a Power Cross to a pistol with a longbarrel, and boom a stronger gun than the sniper rifle.

I disagree. The sniper rifle (Hydra) kicks arse. One of the final guns you can get within the Hydra gun series can do a whopping large amount of damage (the only draw back is one bullet per load). It is quite a good gun expecially near the end of the game. I also like the Ultimate Weapon, and the griff just frustrates me,although it is one of the three guns I use.

[*~Angel Wing~*]

I disagree. The sniper rifle (Hydra) kicks arse. One of the final guns you can get within the Hydra gun series can do a whopping large amount of damage (the only draw back is one bullet per load). It is quite a good gun expecially near the end of the game. I also like the Ultimate Weapon, and the griff just frustrates me,although it is one of the three guns I use.

Yes the Hydra is the best one!!! I've been using it ever since I got it, and haven't changed it once.

[Cruise Control]

I've modified everything to the max (Power Cross <3), and I think that shot for shot the long barrel pistol is better it fires more for 8/10 of the same damage, and its lethal anyway.

I've also found the magic system blows, with the exception of one boss, magic sucks. I always use my cerberus relief instead of materia. Except now I have to melee (SPOILER)Arch Azul, and thats not fun.

[Distain]

Ya the magic/materia emliment of the game is pretty much pointless. I never realy used it.

[*~Angel Wing~*]

Ya the magic/materia emliment of the game is pretty much pointless. I never realy used it.

Yeah the only time I used magic was against those robot things cuz they're weak against thunder. Other than that I never use it.

What I hate is you get a lower score if you don't use magic, which I think is sooo not fair.

[Cruise Control]

Which is why every time you find a mako point you use it all.

[Doomie]

1. I love magic. Fire rules.
2. Cerberus is my favorite gun.
3. I find myself using more melee attacks than shooting. ^_^

[Ironside]

Well i find the main cerberus wepon the best however the sniper was ok when your fighting other sinipers but thats bout it. On the magic well I used the lightning alot I once took out 7 guys at once using the lighting spell since it goes from one enimy to another after a few milisecs after shooting it. i used the cerberus long barll lighting materia and power cross as my main wepon choice.

[*~Angel Wing~*]

I disagree. The sniper rifle (Hydra) kicks arse. One of the final guns you can get within the Hydra gun series can do a whopping large amount of damage (the only draw back is one bullet per load). It is quite a good gun expecially near the end of the game. I also like the Ultimate Weapon, and the griff just frustrates me,although it is one of the three guns I use.

Yes the Hydra is the best one!!! I've been using it ever since I got it, and haven't changed it once.

I think I changed my mind...I upgraded the Griffon and it's really kick ass!!! I use that one alot now. I think for me it's a tie between Griffon and Hydra.

[fullmetal_fantasy]

Well i hated the sniper rifle, you'd be shooting and trying to focus whille people are constently shooting at you. xD
So actually i liked the magic, i used it instead of sniper because it shot far away and plus the fire materia explodes and can get alot of eneimies
not to mention homing ability ^_^

[Zeromus_X]

I also thought the Sniper Rifle was sucktastic...

[Cid's_Lady_Erin]

I found the sniper was useful for one type of enemy, but otherwise it wasn't so great. I used it mainly to target in on exploding barrels/boxes upon which exploding barrels were balanced. If I could, I would thank Deepground and WRO for being so dumb as to leave such barrels standing around at every opportunity possible and then hiding near them.

And yea, I used the fire materia all the time when magic was needed. The other materia seemed kind of useless. The nice thing about the fire was that if I shot it in a general area that also included exploding barrels, it usually set them off too.

[Nominus Experse]

The sniper rifle is basically used to kill snipers, and barely anything else. In Very Hard, they literally take off 800 to 1000 HP with one shot, so having the Hydra to combat them is amazingly useful in that sense. From time to time, you are capable of killing mass groups of people by targetting a barrel that is conveniently placed next to them. The Cerberus peters short in range (even with the Nova Barrel), and more than anything, caused the soldiers to then become alerted of your presence. The Gigant Hydra is the only gun that surpasses the Ultima Weapon in damage (280 compared to 200).

But seeing as most of the game will be played in medium to short range, the usage of the Hydra is limited. Unless you are one of the types that enjoys picking soldiers off from afar with calm patience and effectively hiding yourself, the Hydra is not a gun that you will use very often.


And as for magic, get a materia floater and upgrade it so that your magic level is maxed (3). Then proceed to see what magic is truly capable of. To further the use of magic, it does not use bullets, allows you to kill off large groups of soldiers easily in one or two magic shots (Fire or Thunder materia), and also ignores defense.

How do you think you kill the Dual Horn in order to get the Manahaert? Thunder materia and the Ultima Weapon coupled with a lovely chain.

So really, magic and the Hydra are actually quite useful - it simply takes a certain amount of thought and patience in figuring out how to use it exceptionally well. However, once harnessed, I found that Very Hard was actually quite easy.