Originally Posted by RazersEdge

Project Reality presents an interesting concept for something that might require taking a look. Officers are visibly different from other players in Project Reality, especially to snipers. So here is the thing that I think needs to be addressed. Tactically the sniper's role is to provide recon for advanced elements of the military, taking out targets of opportunity (officers), and spotting for artillery.

While I agree we can't be dropping artillery on the enemy main-base, I think an amendment needs to be made for the elimination of officers (Squad leaders and commanders) within the main bases. Snipers can quite literally reach out and touch someone in Project Reality and I think we have been putting a major hamper on what a skilled sniper is allowed to do. If he can make it all the way to the enemy base, get into a proper position and eliminate their commander or a few squad leaders, then congrats to him.

While I do not believe he should be allowed to ENTER the base, I personally think that he should be the only class allowed to fire into the UCB. While I don't condone the elimination of the enemy regular soldiers, I think that Officers should be fair game. It would also reduce lingering in the main-base by people waiting for a vehicle that will be there in 10 minutes.

Now many of you will say "But I don't want to get shot while I am in my main-base commanding my troops", my response is Hide Better. If you're commanding from out in the open it is your own bloody fault. I know that currently this strategy is not allowed but I think considering the nature of PR and that we are trying to play in near simulation environment we should at least consider this. This would also encourage the use of patrols to search for enemies in the trees, especially on jungle maps.

Right now we have reduced our snipers to mere anti-infantry go-to boys. They simply pick off random soldiers and they don't fill any specific team oriented niche often-times. But if we encourage tactical use of the kit, things such as target stalking, coordinating shots with artillery fire to avoid the enemy figuring out where they are, things such as that, we could see an amazing use of the sniper class. Maps such as Mao Valley would be an amazing experience for the snipers, as well as the infantry assigned specifically to HUNT them because of the threat they pose. Either that or it will be extremely frustrating for the infantry trying to locate and kill an experienced scout sniper.

Hopefully this has been insightful and won't be flamed too badly. This is only my opinion on the matter and I'd be happy to hear all of your opinions, but try to keep it all in a friendly spirit.

This spawn camping.........