Welcome to TG, mindfulmu!!

Originally Posted by mindfulmu

but I do feel that the sniper has been shunned due to the lack of tactical snipers what squad based ideas do you have for snipers?

I think snipers are shunned if a team has too many of them. It's hard to defend/capture flags with nothing but sniper kits in your arsenal...

My personal view is either you should limit a sniper squad to two or three people for recon/harassment, OR if you're in a squad of six just have one sniper to provide overwatch for the other five squad members.

Since you mentioned you're playing Thursday there's a few additional things to remember in TacMod:

1) No UAV/scan function so you won't show up as a red dot for your enemies to hunt
2) All kits have binoculars so the snipers role of recon is not unique to that class
3) Players are revived at 50% health so its easy to put them back down with almost anything you have, including pistol
4) No parachutes so don't trap yourself with a claymore guarding the ladder on a high roof
5) Friendly fire is ON at TG so be careful of where you place claymores

Claymores are going to be altered soon as well in TacMod, but I don't know the exact details so I won't mention them directly...

Intel is crucial in TacMod without "the all seeing eye" so snipers need to communicate often what they see on the ground to the higher-ups. Sure other classes have binocs but those with other kits are going to be more aggressively attacking/defending flags so the stealth factor in gathering intel still goes to snipers.

A well placed sniper/sniper team landing headshots can truly be a thorn in the side of an opponent. If your team can remain hidden long enough and have the patience to only kill an enemy facing away from you your opponent will probably lose a lot of tickets trying to locate your position and eliminate you...

You know you're successful when you start seeing a bunch of armor converging on your position trying to put an end to your reign of terror...

Good luck and happy hunting Thursday, mindfulmu!