I hate qsing ( never hate the person, hate the deed) becuase of the noise. ...... Seriously.
Sniping ....... the type that follows the definition, has always been my favorite style in cod. To me being stealthy is like an art form. It takes a lot of effort to be a good stealthy sniper. Face it ....... killcams and sniping just dont go well together and in hc ffa you get even more than a killcam. But when I snipe its all about not being located. An unsilenced sniper rifle is bad enough when you are limiting your shots and making each one count, to stand in the street banging away with the most distinct sounding weapons in the game is like heresy.
It makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up, and I just want to go kill the sob. I dont care what I'm doing, I'll leave a really good sniping spot in the middle of a great killstreak just to go try and kill the perpetrator.
Thats why I hate qsing, now I'll tell you why I think its cheap and about as op as anything in the game, and I rarerely let that word slip from my mouth.:
Basically its like playing hardcore mode while everyone else is playing core. The key to hc mode is making that first shot count. Aim assit helps greatly on the first shot, but the slightest recoil from a weapon negates the aim assist from there on out. While every other weapon requires more effort to stay on target after the first shot, a ohk weapon circumvents that need for continous effort.
If you dont agree with what I said, go play some blops. Play hc mode and turn off target assist, play a few games turn it back on, play a few games , turn it off, and keep doing that for a while. You will see what I mean about the first shot being cruciual, and how much difference there is not only in getting the first shot but also about the assist weakenbing with recoil.
I did a lot of qsing in blops. But not with a sniper rifle...... the m16/acog/silencer. In hc mode the m16 is a one burst kill at almost any range, and that was one of my favorite sniping setups. Sniping with any weapon, particularly a sniper rifle is tricky because with the limited views, if you have to take time to track a target, there is a good chance you will lose them behind cover before you get the shot off. While most of the time I would just not take the shot to avoid detection if I missed ............ there were times in the beginning where I would see someone run, and instinctively try to snap on to the target and get a shot. At first it made my jaw drop at the "skilled" shots I was making in that panic type situation. "WOW!!! I didnt even think I was on target!!!" I thought to myself many times.
But ..... then I started figuring out the mechanics of it. It wasnt about being on target, like it is when you ads, track and shoot. Its about snaping onto a line instead of a point. As usual, knowing how to track a target is a must in qsing. But instead of having to be point to point shooting, if you lt/rt all you have to do is snap to a point anywhere on the enemy's path where he could be over a matter of 1/4 second or so. That doesnt sound like much time, but it makes a world of difference.
I kept doing it for about 50% of my shots from there on out with a great amount of success. But in all honesty my self pride took a beating I knew I didnt deserve half the kills I was getting .......... but it worked.
In mw3 I havent really put much effort into doing it with a sniper rifle. I have made those flinch shots enough though to know the advantage you get. If I could compare my accuracy between ads and qsing I'd have to say my accuracy qsing is probably 3 or 4 times that of when I ads and try to track.
My issue though is that I cant do it when i make a concious effort. I think the amount of time I'v spent in hc mode over the years has given me a pretty good "snap to" in a hurry. So I'm not saying its a total lack of skill or anything. You do still have to be fairly accurate .... fairly being the key. You definitely dont need the accuracy that it takes to continue holding a target.
Contrary to what most say, I see a lot of good qsers. I play ffa mostly, and there are plenty of them there. Of course there are way more bad ones than good ones. But I see qsers win in ffa quite often. When I say "good" though, I'm not talikng about aiming ability. I've said it does take a bit of skill, and timing, but what I see in good qsers is the combined ability to qs, identify targets quickly, and stay alive for a period of time while attracting so much attention. .......... and somehow,........... I havent figured this out, but the good ones always manage to beat me to the hotspots. I get killed, it seems to take forever to get back to the action. I kill a qser and it seems like he's back again in the same spot 2 seconds later. That baffles me, and that part does annoy me.
