Thread: Sniper issue.

[QUOTE=sirsolo;1402648]

Inf rifle is pretty much accurate no matter what and is affected by deviation. With its high clip size and rate of fire, it -will- kill things at 300m.[quote]

Debatable.

A sniper rifle should NOT be affected by deviation.

It should be an unstoppable force that requires no thought or skill. Continue...

That is not how they are designed.

There are several DEV's and ABA guys alone that can debate this with you... But in my own experience, while PR's system is not perfect, it gets the job done.

I consider myself quite the marksman in my time with my M14 back home. Even with my experience and a good shooting table and calm winds, I am not going to hit the 200m every single time.

Deviation keeps it interesting, IMO. And in real life you simply cannot make every. single. shot. Deviation is to keep the sniper rifle from being a disgusting kill-whore weapon, like it used to be. 36-0 used to be my mainstay, and it earned me some devices here at TG...

Snipers should never be like that, again.

So when I zoom in crouched at infantry who easily snuck behind me because it's a big world out there and is now 200m away, I want a fighting chance.

Where was your wingman?

Not to wait 5 seconds where each second is a chance at random death to miss, because I didnt wait a stupid amount of time.

If you think about it realistically, it's not that far off... Using the M14 as an example, again:

1. The weapon is damn heavy. In PR you can walk with your weapon shouldered and pointed down range forever. In real life, I'd like to see you do the same. Even with a 9 pound M16 you would tire fast. Hell, I could give you a 5 pound weight - if I made you hold it out in front of you, muscle fatique would take over...

So theoretically, you have to bring the sights up and find the target first.

2. PR does not incorporate breathing - which even at 20m could make a kill shot turn into a miss.

So theoretically, you're counting your breaths before you pull the trigger... And you don't just "pull" a trigger. You will miss your target if you "pull."

When you are ready to fire, after bringing your weapon to bear, sight, and get your breathing where it needs to be, you do not "pull." You slowly squeeze, with as little pressure as you can get away with before the weapon fires. The first thing that goes through your mind when it fires should be "Holy ****, a gun just fired!" It should surprise you.

So, lets review.

1. Bring up gun. Get the target in picture.
2. Steady your body and your breathing. Get into your firing position - which is different for every shooter. My crouched and prone positions are different than many because I'm 6'3.
3. Squeeze the trigger, slowly.

Hey, looks like we're past 5 seconds now...

So what I thought was the sniper rifle should be automatically accurate to a certain distance,

If your rifle is zeroed to 800m, you're going to have to undershoot your target theoretically. PR does this to a small degree.

with very small deviation (2 second still or whatever would fix that deviation) and the time it takes to zoom in would be like "deploying" the rifle.

Again..

1. Bring up weapon. Rough sight.
2. Breathing/Firing position better be good.
3. Squeezing trigger, slowly.

It does. not. make sense for snipers to be as defenseless as they are at medium range.

I don't know, maybe they're supposed to be used for LONG range engagements... Your wingman should be slaying the mediums.

Close range they have pistols, whatever.

Which, in the right hands (ala mine) dominate anywhere from 0-50m.