Solution for too many online snipers.

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GamesB2 said:
This is an idea I've passed around a few times and people have said they like it.

Basically for any online game that uses playlists, such as Call of Duty or Halo, there should be a few options for a 'sniper free' playlist. This removes all sniper weapons from the game.
For games such as Battlefield, the class option and items all stay, but you cannot use snipers.

So what do you think? Could this work and if it was implemented would you use it?

EDIT: For peoples information... I'm not the one complaining about online snipers, this is a idea I give to people who do complain.

And the game most people complain to me about is Battlefield Bad Company 2.

So no elitism here thank you.
In MW2 when there are alot of snipers i pull out a tactical knife they are very effective
 

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tellmeimaninja said:
Perhaps. I think we need to find a way to make an idiot-free playlist.

No, xXd34ThX$N1P3R69Xx, being able to get a kill while running around firing your gun in a circle is not your skill, it's a fluke.
Ugh i despise people with those gamertags. Also iTzDeltanooblolkillar and anything of that variety.
 

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What works against snipers for me most of the time are two things (if not first killed by sniper, that is :p):

- Stay low.
- Don't move too slow.
- If you've located a sniper, flank him (and if it's urban, go from building to building to get him).
- Always try to get up close and personal with a sniper if you can, most of them hate that.
- Don't cross an open terrain of not necessary (duh!).
- Try to move close to any cover you have till you've reached your point (when in a street you've eliminated one point of altitude to get shot from).
- If you can't take a clear shot at him, keep on the move till you're near him.
 

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i know no body really cares but f/w/e im gonna say it anyway... i do notice alot more snipers on BF:BC2 than are strictly necessary, they next to never kill me cos they always miss me (im a dodgy fuck) and then my squad finds the shooter and blows his brains out with a LMG (seriously, the M60 is ridiculous in terms of power to accuracy ratio) so they dont bother me. but there is too many people who think they are "pro" by bein a sniper
 

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As someone who plays BC2, halo AND CoD online, I can honestly say that sniping has never bothered me. A sniper camping your spawn points, on the other hand.....
 

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dathwampeer said:
Snipers are never a problem. Only people who whine about there being too many snipers. They're a big problem online.
Snipers are a problem in Bad Company 2, because you often end up on squads full of Recons who don't help with objectives but just play for kills.
 

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really? Rather than learning how to take out snipers, you'd rather be lazy about it and just remove them from the game? First of all, they would never do this to MW2 because they said "They want you to play the game THEY made..." Which means if grenade launchers stay, snipers stay too.

Second of all... I don't know what servers you're playing on, but I have never seen a "Sniper infestation"

Here's an idea for those that complain about snipers... "Learn to play the game." They're not god-like... They bleed just like every other class in the game. It makes me sad that people would rather remove a class they have trouble fighting against than learn how to actually beat that class...
 

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You could always have it work like real-life.
Firing a bullet from a sniper rifle makes you a giant target, so you've got to switch position after every shot, hit or miss.

Actually build this into the game as a feature, make the sound of a sniper rifle more loud, more prominent than other guns, the muzzle flash more noticeable, etc.
 
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snowfox said:
really? Rather than learning how to take out snipers, you'd rather be lazy about it and just remove them from the game? First of all, they would never do this to MW2 because they said "They want you to play the game THEY made..." Which means if grenade launchers stay, snipers stay too.

Second of all... I don't know what servers you're playing on, but I have never seen a "Sniper infestation"

Here's an idea for those that complain about snipers... "Learn to play the game." They're not god-like... They bleed just like every other class in the game. It makes me sad that people would rather remove a class they have trouble fighting against than learn how to actually beat that class...
Oh come on it says specifically in my post I didn't say this...

And snipers are a problem in bad company 2 because most of them suck and practically none go for the objective meaning you have teams of incompetent lone wolves.
 

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i just use the Carl Gustav. Best Sniper weapon in the game!

see a wall and blow it up, and all day you'll have a kill.
 

vallorn

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GamesB2 said:
snowfox said:
really? Rather than learning how to take out snipers, you'd rather be lazy about it and just remove them from the game? First of all, they would never do this to MW2 because they said "They want you to play the game THEY made..." Which means if grenade launchers stay, snipers stay too.

Second of all... I don't know what servers you're playing on, but I have never seen a "Sniper infestation"

Here's an idea for those that complain about snipers... "Learn to play the game." They're not god-like... They bleed just like every other class in the game. It makes me sad that people would rather remove a class they have trouble fighting against than learn how to actually beat that class...
Oh come on it says specifically in my post I didn't say this...

And snipers are a problem in bad company 2 because most of them suck and practically none go for the objective meaning you have teams of incompetent lone wolves.
don't even mention that if their in your squad you have the choice of spawning in either; the team spawn which is usually camped or the snipers location which is miles away from the action and sometimes impossible to get down from.
 

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NeedAUserName said:
Shovel said:
NeedAUserName said:
Shovel said:
NeedAUserName said:
I wasn't aware there was a sniper infestation problem... Is this news to anyone else?
Nice contribution...
If it makes you feel better next time I'll type "^This"
Thats just posting for the sake of posting, in both ways you contribute nothing to the discussion.
And how does your post?
 

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I didn't know snipers were a problem, well then again I'm a sniper, but I'm a decent shot,I know people get pissed because we camp and most of the time we pay attention and sabotage your sneak attempt to kill us, like this one time there was a guy trying to sneak up on me, and not five seconds earlier I laid a claymore down and BOOM, I was able to continue living for another day. =P