Sniper Bug??

[Thermis]

This might just be me, but with the new .75 it seems that the snipers are bugged. I can seem to hit anything. This is sitting on top of roofs and or the ground not moving anything but the scope. I have only used the M40 on Kashan and the Brit sniper on Basra. Both seem to have accuracy issues.

[Sgt.North]

I just used AlBasra and had no problems, 2 shots, 2 head kills fair distance, one about 300m, and 200(ish)

[ralfidude]

im preety sure the sniper deviation bug was on the devs to do list. So unless something went boinkers id say its fixed, im still trying to get passed the installation part of the new patch but once im there im definitely going sniping, u have no idea how depressed i was to not even be motivated to pick up a sniper kit in the previous release due to the bug....

[Thermis]

Well I've just used the m14 and it seems that its been fixed which makes me very happy.
When I used the sniper on basra it was a stolen kit so that might explain it but I have only had problem hitting moving targets. Anyone else having that problem. Or can explain whats change so I can fix my tactics?

[Eddiereyes909]

thermis maybe you just cant use the sniper kit properly?



Seriously, lets get on Zang's server to test them out tonight?

[PsychoSquirrel_NZ]

i was dropping guys with 1 shot from 350m on Jabal last night easily. you just have to let the sight stay still for like a second.

[Thermis]

So I cant fire with the site in motion then. That'll help.

[chuckMFd]

Ive noticed the m40 accuracy issue on the chinese maps but not the other maps and its only the m40 all the other sniper rifles seem fine. Ive even waited for 2 seconds just to make sure I get a clean shot and it always misses even when the target is standing still and Im prone. Its like a 1 for 3 hit ratio.

I know its not me because I've droped moving targets with the mosin nagant from 700m and greater with one shot consistently! Of course to do this you have to leed your target; just so you know this isnt my first rodeo.

note. Ive only picked up the m40 off of dead people who seemed to have trouble hitting me Ive never actually started out with it. Not sure if that had anything to do with this.

[LudacrisKill]

Does the sniper kit have the same effect as a HEAVY AT...where if you move your mouse quickly to aim at somthing the yellow aim things move apart and you need to w8 a few secs for it to re-aim. So im guessing you need to be very still for 1-2 seconds before firing. (as in very still in body and aim)

What do you think?

[Waaah_Wah]

You need to hold the scope still for like 2 sec before it gets accurate

[Howitzer]

Theres nothing wrong with the snipers !!!

[Scot]

cant the devs make it so that when you move slowly, eg tracking a target, it doesnt make it any less accurate??

[WeeGeez]

All Snipers are perfect, I really hope they don't fiddle with them any more. You just need to wait a bit longer than in vBF2, like as mentioned before, 2-3 seconds. Obviously that number depends on the range of the target, the further away the target is... the longer you wait .

I managed to be "top of the list" once on Al Kufrah Oilfields, I was sniper the whole time taking out clueless enemies at the Village Outpost , 1110 or so points, 23 kills most of them headshots, 9 deaths but our team still managed to lose. Before you say, I am normally more of a Team player, It's just that all the squads on the GB team were a bit new

[MikeDude]

Does the sniper kit have the same effect as a HEAVY AT...where if you move your mouse quickly to aim at somthing the yellow aim things move apart and you need to w8 a few secs for it to re-aim. So im guessing you need to be very still for 1-2 seconds before firing. (as in very still in body and aim)

What do you think?

yeah.. you are right. this is it. it has the same effect. but now you dont see those yellow things. just make sure you wait at least 2 seconds before shooting. this makes sniping hard and realistic. i love it!

[Waaah_Wah]

It does NOT make sniping realistic

[Scot]

a sniper can easily move slowly, like track a target and be very accurate still, he doesn't have to wait 2 secs, otherwise he may miss the target

[ralfidude]

i think is being looked into.

THe hold still for 3 seconds is bullchit and they know it.

But i did notice that the US sniper is MUCH less accurate than the british sniper, HIlls of Hymnyongnfsjdhfi whatver, that map, try it. Its ridicolous!!

[OkitaMakoto]

I still actually believe the sniper is a useless kit. Why would anyone take the sniper over the marksman kit in PR is beyond me. I dont claim to be an expert marksman with the sniper, but when im prone and aiming still for 3 seconds, fire at their face at relatively close range and I miss... thats just wrong.

:shrug: I just never request the kit and only sometimes pick it up so i guess I dont care, but itd be nice to have snipers actually pose more of a threat than they seem to pose now...

But once again, :shrug:

[WeeGeez]

I still actually believe the sniper is a useless kit. Why would anyone take the sniper over the marksman kit in PR is beyond me.

You should practice more and maybe you might manage to get a 800m headshot one day...


I dunno who I killed but he bit the bullet at exactly 6.38pm 42secs Today

I even got promoted too!



The same round I had managed to get 20 kills, and because (I think this is how the PR system works*) most of the kills were at least 500m+ away I got lots of big points, yum. Ended up with 1700 something, top of the list on my team, 2nd player of the game and I had managed to get to that rank with the 2silver stars which I havent ever accomplished before, not even in my vBF2 career.

*I'm sure the further away your targets are on PR the more points you get? Because that first kill at 800m (above) my score just jumped to 800 or so...

So yeh lots of points in sniping, and yes, I was definitely helping out my team! before you say anything mr.

Oh and...

but when im prone and aiming still for 3 seconds, fire at their face at relatively close range and I miss...

That is true, happens to me all the time but only ever on the smaller maps. I'm gonna stop requesting the kit on smaller maps because, obviously, they are definitely gonna be useless pretty much most of the time. Sunset city is an exception lol.

[OkitaMakoto]

Its not that I cant ever hit anything, this isnt a thread for simply saying one can and one cant. Im not interested in saying what I can and cannot do compared to some leet snipers out there. Im simply saying, as others have, that the snipers are way too annoying to use. If you cant track a target in PR without greatly reducing your accuracy then there is something wrong

I could post pictures of me hitting things with the sniper too, that doesnt take away from the fact that they are not working as good as I think they should.