I only played MW2 for a few hours at my cousin's to realize it was horribly broken. The only CoD I've ever bought was CoD4. And, I don't snipe in shooters because I'm a crap sniper.this isnt my name said:
Sniping is officially WORTHLESS in Black Ops
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That's what your side arm is for.psivamp said:
To the OP. A broken game mechanic has now been fixed. Regardless of how much you might hate it, you can now
-use sniper rifles as they were intended
-play a different class type
-go back to play MW2 instead of Black Ops.
Someone else stated snipers shouldnt be used in CoD games and I for one agree. The maps are all too small for proper use of a sniper rifle.
Sniping is worthless now because if you ARE sniping from a sniper position and you see someone in the open, aim at them, and then you have to WAIT to shoot at them so the bullet goes where you aim.elvor0 said:
Then fix the auto lock since that is what was exploited.w-Jinksy said:
This is just my personal opinion, but i think more games should do what project reality does. Restrict the sniper class so only two people on each team can actually be one and encourage point acquisition through spotting and observation rather than this quick scoping business. I usually really liked being a sniper in MW2 but i never quick scoped. Alongside the upgrades to guns, you should also be able to change certain internals to guns to make their attributes differ. Like you could put an extended barrel and longer buttstock in an assault rifle with an ACOG and make that into a DMR, rather than a full sniper rifle. ADS time will be slower but there will be less recoil and more accuracy at long range. Just an example.
That's what sniping is actually like though, no one's a good enough shot that they can just whip out thier sniper rifle and fire a decent shot off in half a second, you'd still be bringing the rifle up to your face in that time. The idea is you spot someone, then follow and blast them, otherwise all you're doing is quick scoping from a long range, as opposed to actual sniping.Phoenixmgs said:
What I saw in that video was that the kills the video maker got when quick scoping (the lucky ones, as he calls them) it appears as if he's simply using drag shots.
Basically you scope in near the person you want to kill, and then drag it towards them and fire. This essentially negates the few seconds required because the crosshair is not on the target until you drag the crosshairs on to said target.
At least that's what I saw in the video. So it isn't completely useless, you just can't quickscope directly onto a target and hope to hit it. That is to say, if what he mentioned and showed in the first part is correct.
Regardless, so what if quickscoping is removed? it's an exploit of sorts anyway, despite being part of the game. I've personally never minded it a great deal when playing MW2 and I do consider being able to do it consistently fairly skillful.
Basically you scope in near the person you want to kill, and then drag it towards them and fire. This essentially negates the few seconds required because the crosshair is not on the target until you drag the crosshairs on to said target.
At least that's what I saw in the video. So it isn't completely useless, you just can't quickscope directly onto a target and hope to hit it. That is to say, if what he mentioned and showed in the first part is correct.
Regardless, so what if quickscoping is removed? it's an exploit of sorts anyway, despite being part of the game. I've personally never minded it a great deal when playing MW2 and I do consider being able to do it consistently fairly skillful.
I think every console shooter ever has some sort of aim assist and/or enlarged hit boxes due to analog sticks being far less accurate than a mouse is... PC games usually never needed it, but they are start to throw it into some now and it is sad...Merkavar said:
I have an opinion on this: I don't give a shit. Seriously you guys its not really the way you'd shoot a sniper rifle anyhow. You're all just pissed cuz now it'll be more difficult to kill people. Oh god! Challenge in a video game!? Whatever shall we fucking do!? The world's going end!! OH JESUS!
Stop using the "in real life" argument. The other guns in CoD don't perform like they do in real life either, and CoD is far far from a realistic shooter. A game shouldn't try to do actual sniping (and where's the gravity and wind bullet physics) when it doesn't even have actual recoil on the guns. You can't shoot ARs in real life like you do in CoD either.elvor0 said:
Glad to see the Escapist community supports less retardation in their games. I came into this thread expecting 7 pages of whining, but looks like the majority of people realize quickscoping had no business being associated with Sniper Rifles.
But as a PC player, I still find it weird when people don't do this with every weapon BESIDES snipers. I know I Mouse2 for juuuuust about every single shot unless it's a shotty or it's a complete desperation situation.
But as a PC player, I still find it weird when people don't do this with every weapon BESIDES snipers. I know I Mouse2 for juuuuust about every single shot unless it's a shotty or it's a complete desperation situation.
