xblbw wrote:
So sniper rifles are long range. Fair argument.
Got a question for you.
How come I can kill a sniper on the otherside of the map in BO with a skorpion? You can't say sniper rifles are exclusively long range weapons when all the other classes are effective at that range with the exception of shotguns.
This argument for balance is completely lop sided.
The more I think about it the happier I am with the way it is.
Maybe because given the map size the bullet from a Skorpion will still travel far enough to kill him? Also on regular core to kill someone with a skorpion a close range (10-20 feet) it takes 4 bullets. At long range 200+ feet it takes at LEAST 6. Here is where most people get confused about the whole bullet range arguement.
The bullet has MAXIMUM velocity right after expelling from the gun. This means that ALL guns should have higher damage the closer you are. SMG users complain that the AR can kill just as fast as a SMG. This SHOULD happen because the AR uses a slightly larger caliber round as opposed to a SMG. The AR and SMG are pretty close as far as damage up close, but the SMG user gives up a little power at distance to fire more rounds per second. The arguement that you want the sniper to be as accurate and effective at close ranges would be EXACTLY the same as someone wanting the shotguns to kill with one shot over 1/2 way across the map.
I'm not saying to decrease the power of the sniper at close ranges because there are times that you WILL be caught unaware. That being said though, the sniper class is SUPPOSED to be a stealthy hidden player, NOT a spinning ballerina jumping off ladders hip firing for his youtube montage. Aim assist SHOULD disappear from snipers, in fact it should be gone from MP anyway. I ALWAYS turn it off in game, and it's even turned off on my dashboard preferences for ALL shooting games.
You are trying to say that there should be a cap on gun distances? Well if that is what you want then how about the cap works both ways? If a AR can't shoot 300 yards, then the sniper should ONLY work at that 300 yard range and more. So if an enemy gets in your "bubble" of 300 yards, you have to switch to your secondary (which would be a pistol, if you haven't swapped your weapon out for a dead players) and hope and pray that the enemy would be in the guns effective range. Pistol range 0-75 yards, SMG range 0-150 yards, AR 150-300 yards, sniper 300+ yards, and shotguns 0-50 yards. Yep, capping distances seems like a really good idea (sarcasm).
