Originally Posted by Gambit7

I finally got to my Carbine on the recon tree. I likey a lot. Granted, it's a whole 'nuther tactic more akin to assault. Comin up on someone's flank camoed is unstoppable and in a gunfight I win with the carbine every time unless they've got the jump with a decent weapon.

Neat tactic i've learned to employ is camo at range until you work in close, rest and then camo to the flag while dropping claymores. I've taken quite a few flags this way from heavily guarded CPs.

As for sniping, fog of war perpetually gimps it on most maps. I can outsnipe a sniper with full support as long as I see him. By the time he gets his 2nd shot to me I've emptied 10-20 rounds into him and he's dead. Sniping is all about one-shot one-kill... if u cant kill in 1 shot - forget about it unless you're runnin against idiots (which is most of the time probably).

In a way, sniping in this game is better served on the Support tree IMO, you can place hard-core dmg on someone at max range. Unless you're in an organized game where recon is key. A good recon tree allows you to spot targets near indefinitely, which IMO is its most valuable asset.

Totally agree. Spotting targets and getting damage assists is mostly what I do with the Zellar unless targets are within range and fairly immobile then head shots, head shots (the importance of only head shots was expressed in the thread earlier and I couldn't agree more). There is also one main pro to head shots that many people don't think of, and that is that there is no directional damage; in other words, the victum never has any idea where the snipers location was when he got killed so A) he cannot rely this info to the team (small red target on map) and B) when he re-spawns he is not able to just pod in on top of you and spray you with a machine gun. Also it helps a squad out to snipe the claymores and RDX and motion mines that a flag/silo are littered with before they all advance in on it.
The only draw back about capping flags with the APM/Lambert combo is that while you are getting the flag you are vulnerable to grenade spamming - but I guess you could say this about any soldier type. Funniest to do is use camo/RDX and while capping flag lay some RDX down then run fast away w/out any camo and if a squad sees you fleeing most of the time a couple guys will prone by the flag and one or two others will rush after you (lay an RDX around the corner) and then BOOM - I've killed whole squads with this tactic - fun, fun.