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How to be a Sniper (Basic Information)
By Storm-Atronach
The difference between being a sniper and a XxSn11p33RxX#H34DSh0t in a nutshell
   
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Category: Characters, Classes, Co-op, Game Modes, Gameplay Basics, Multiplayer, Walkthroughs
Languages: English
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20 Aug, 2014 @ 1:03am
4 Oct, 2014 @ 12:14pm
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Guide Index
Overview
Introduction 
Being an XxSn11p33RxX#H34DSh0t 
Being a sniper 
Summary 
Comments
Introduction
This guide will show you the difference between the two ways of playing the game, mentioned in the title, when using sniper rifles.
You will get to know, which tactics are useful and which make you look like a 10-year-old.
Being an XxSn11p33RxX#H34DSh0t
Here you can see some points that define you as being an XxSn11p33RxX#H34DSh0t kind of guy:

  • Buying the vantage point every time in every heist, even though it is not necessary, nobody will ever get to it, it is not useful at all to the tactic the team is going to use.
  • Climbing the vantage point, or getting to any point / camping at any point on the map while the rest of your team is miles away, caring for the objective / mission.
  • Just looking through your scope while the team is moving on without you noticing and then dying way behind.
  • Just having skilled ammo bags, because you empty your ammunition like crazy so that you can even waste more.
  • Putting down ammo bags only if you need them and ignoring your team's ammo count.
  • Wasting ammo by shooting at everything, trying to kill every enemy in sight.
  • Trying to get the highest kill count in every match.
  • Only attempting headshots, just for the sake of making headshots, even though noone cares, leading to a lot of possible missed shots.
  • Complaining about anything after you did just one thing from this list and thereby doomed yourself.
Being a sniper
Here you can see some points that define you as being a sniper kind of guy:

  • Buying the vantage point only if necessary and if it is useful to the tactic the team is going to use.
  • Moving with your team while still using spots from time to time that give you the opportunity to have a good sight on what is going on and deal some damage / cover fire for your team.
  • Keeping an eye on the action and watching for your team as they are watching for you.
  • Providing ammo bags, if you skilled them, for your team in good defensive spots, as sniper rifles tend to use rather lots of ammunition or checking if, someone can provide enough ammo support, before the match starts.
  • Serving your ammo for high priority targets that oppose a big threat to your team, as you can certainly kill them with 1 or 2 shots, can spot them from bigger distances and ignore their armor / shields.
  • Maybe having even killed the least amount of enemies, yet made some important kills that might have had a big impact on the mission's success.
  • Only attempting headshots if the damage you deal is not enough to instantly kill an enemy hit anywhere. If you however deal enough damage anyway you just aim for the biggest part of the body to avoid missing.
Summary
When comparing your way of playing the game with the points mentioned above, you come to the conclusion that there is a majority of points that are listed in Being a sniper everything is all right.
If it is the other way round though, you have to reconsider everything you've done so far and get rid of some of your bad habbits and change them into the good ones provided here.

Happy hunting!
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Khalless 23 Oct, 2015 @ 10:54pm 
Well... my experience of playing as sniper [more likely an assault sniper]

>never bought a vantage point. Because judging by my role, i never use it.
>Ending up leading the entire team, while having to run off sometime to scavenge ammo from dead bodies.
>Working in teamwork [rarely, as everyone else are trying to be rambo... especially during crimefest]
>Using medkit as main equipment to provide a healing from the said rambo. also placing medkit at tactical advantage position even you don't need it yet. like vault gate on FWB
>Try to conserve ammo but end up having to gun everything down with sniper when my sub ran out of current magazine.
>Unintentionally get the highest kill count/accuracy. due to one reason.... Most of player i met on pubs can't shoot for shit!
>Only attempting headshots if the enemy are Shield/Dozer/Cloaker

So i'm a XxSn11p33RxX#H34DSh0t for trying to save the team?
Dashij! 20 Aug, 2014 @ 7:12pm 
I'd list "having a backup weapon you are comfortable using" to the good points to be honest, because even though sniper rifles are good for taking out things from afar and to shoot through shields, they remain really situational. Unless you slap a reddot on them, but then you'd be better off with a high end AR like the SCAR or M16.
Storm-Atronach  [author] 20 Aug, 2014 @ 1:04am 
another masterpiece by me!