Rename the Sniper

[FredDuzt]

A good sniper will only die a couple of times in a round if any and get a kdr anywhere from 4-1 to 10-1, on top of spotting and calling out enemy positions. That is more than your average soldier will do, considering the scores I see.
It is silly to say Snipers don't have any impact in the game, some terrify whole squads for whole games sometimes.
Just need a very smart and patient shooter, with very good communication skills and enemy spotting as their highest priority

[Mongolian_dude]

The term Sniper describes, as equally as Spotter, the role of the kit.

...mongol...

[SFOD_F HaXXeD]

...Remove sniper? I'll quit PR if I cant snipe.

[Axel]

A good sniper will only die a couple of times in a round if any and get a kdr anywhere from 4-1 to 10-1, on top of spotting and calling out enemy positions. That is more than your average soldier will do, considering the scores I see.
It is silly to say Snipers don't have any impact in the game, some terrify whole squads for whole games sometimes.
Just need a very smart and patient shooter, with very good communication skills and enemy spotting as their highest priority

I usually see regular squads without snipers who has much more points and are more efficient on the field than squads with snipers, maybe that's just me though.

[FredDuzt]

I usually see regular squads without snipers who has much more points and are more efficient on the field than squads with snipers, maybe that's just me though.

I agree. I guess what I mean is that a sniper that does his job well (observation, intel, communication, extremely good shooting and good use of separation from rest of infantry as oppose to disconnected lonewolf) is as efficient as a good rifleman (following orders, awareness, communication and good shooting).

On the same token a bad sniper can be as if not more useless than a bad rifleman, but imo that goes for all kits.
Not enough to remove it though, if anything it is these peculiarities that make it a specialty kit.
That is the way I perceive it.

[Axel]

Yes definitely, when I think about it, when a fellow named priby was a sniper in my squad he did a bloody good job.

[Eddie Baker]

It doesn't matter what you name the class, if it has something 1337 and/or powerful, people, idiots and not, will flock to it. Either way, there isn't much we could do to keep the kit name specific enough so people know what it can do, and yet still generic enough to work across every faction, because recce/recon/scout/etc. all have different meanings across developed military forces. That's why it hasn't been done.

Locking for re-suggestion, and because this is just turning into another "REMOVE/NO- KEEP THE SNIPER!!!" thread.