Too bad for you thay are giving us another close quarters map, Piatza.  This is an Italian villiage.  We are also getting Liberation, a new york map.  It is supposed to have some sightlines.  MW3s maps look good, but they are all run n gun maps that are too chaotic and boring after a while.  This game really failed.

Only map I hate is Downturn.  Every other map is awesome.

It isn't the size of most maps that bothers me- rather that there's so many corners and visual obstructions that block your line of sight while still allowing the enemy to waltz right up to your doorstep without being seen.

For close-range spraying this is just great. For everyone else its a disadvantage. And just by the way I find it a lazy and obnoxious way to have made these maps. Complicating the issue further is the unpredictable spawns. Players are scattered all over the place, so there's never any real team ownership of a given space. Any corner or bit of clutter might be hiding a hostile behind it. Whether or not your whole team is spawning nearby is no guarantee that you won't also get enemies popping into the same space.

i dunno. i think these maps are inspired by the campaign, and the campaign was mostly cqb fighting. i'm not making excuses for anyone, but that's how i look at it. most of the maps have at least a few decent sight lines for snipers, but i think they mainly focused on more hectic type skirmishes.

The map ideas were good but they weren't balance correctly. They made them too tight which truely gives the huge advantage to SMGs especially with rapid fire. In past maps there were always routes to run no matter what set up you were using. You could rush in and focuse close combats or you could take longer routes to push for longer range battles to do well with assault rifles, not to mention snipers. The maps really do feel like im just running down hallways.

The maps also seem like they were created with TDM in mind. When it comes to objective games most of the maps are not balanced. This is very present in domination. Take outpost for example. C flag has a huge advantage because you can easily cover both C and B. If you take A and B you really aren't able to cover both of them without having to sprint halway across the map.

Village is another good example. You start on C spawn right next the B flag?!? By the time the enemy caps A you already have B and C. Not to mention you can cover both B and C with ease. Better cover, better lines of sight.

Actually MW3 maps have some good sightlines. You just complain because you don't know to use them.

If you want to be successful with a sniper rifle in CQC, use an ACOG sight.

Or for a more stealthy role, use a silencer.

I realize that sniping in MW3 isn't like (somewhat) MW2, or definitely BF. It's more split-second.

I've done really well with a Barrett. It's not impossible.

Just learn to play the game

Though it would be nice if the damage was toned down a bit =/

If you want a game where the sniper can be used like a real sniper on most/all maps go play BF3. COD is known for being a faster pace game.