Solution for too many online snipers.

[Chicaine]

I can see how it might get annoying for some people, but sniping takes some degree of "skill" (in relation, considering its a game)
They aren't getting cheap kills, so how come you seem to want to get noob tubed/rpg'd 24/7 since taking out snipers removes a massive amount of players

 

[kurupt87]

Doesn't really work. It effectively gives the player the choice of whether or not to be immune to snipers. Someone who wants to win would take that advantage. Someone who doesn't like being killed by snipers, or killed in general, would take that advantage.

In other words the default playlist would consist only of snipers, people who don't know about the sniper free list and those that want to play fair (game in default form).

 

[LordMoose]

You dont need a scope to be a sniper.
COD 3 it was me vs. 5 guys online as my team had left.
I won.
A simple Kar98 with no scope, only the iron sights and a keen eye, fire, reposition, fire, reposition, keep them guessing, keep them always in fear of that next bullet.

Most snipers Dont do that, and will always use the same damn spot no matter what, you can usually set an easy ambush that way once you drop them the first time. but never, use the same tactic.

 

[Bullfrog1983]

I just use grenades to kill snipers - or get close and shoot them in the face.

 

[CobraX]

I would play in that playlist constantly. I HATE snipers in my online games. I'm running alone having fun shooting stuff when out of no where I drop dead from a sniper halfway across the map from me that I could do nothing about. It's annoying.

 

[EinTheCorgi]

Snipers...not an issue n00b snipers yes big issue because any jack wagon can take a semi auto sniper rifle and just run around like a tart and get a positive K/D spread thats why in my opinion bolt actions are the only true sniper rifles.

 

[the_pleasure_is_mine]

Snip

The main problem with snipers on Battlefield Bad Company 2 is that most are terrible and don't bother trying to work in a team... so you get teams of useless lone wolves getting killed over and over... usually by me because they annoy me.

 

[Sephychu]

Here's a better solution to Snipers in games.
Get better at the fucking game.

I find most shooters these days imbalanced away from the sniper, making running and gunning a more reliable and highly rewarded strategy. If they're pissing you off, learn how to kill them, because the developers put them in there for a reason(I hope).
/rant

However, if the game really is imbalanced in their favour, then I suppose this is a relatively good idea.

 

[StANDY1338]

I like snipers in bc2 where they can spot things and you know actually be useful to a team.

 

[Acaroid]

Snip

The main problem with snipers on Battlefield Bad Company 2 is that most are terrible and don't bother trying to work in a team... so you get teams of useless lone wolves getting killed over and over... usually by me because they annoy me.

Yeah very true, or when more than half your team is a sniper and they never push towards the objective and lose the game.

 

[the_pleasure_is_mine]

Snip

The main problem with snipers on Battlefield Bad Company 2 is that most are terrible and don't bother trying to work in a team... so you get teams of useless lone wolves getting killed over and over... usually by me because they annoy me.

Yeah very true, or when more than half your team is a sniper and they never push towards the objective and lose the game.

Exactly... personally I don't want to ban or limit snipers but the influx of people who think they're amazing by not being able to kill anyone and camping in the middle of nowhere means that team objective based games just become deathmatches with only a handful of people trying for the objective.

 

[Trivun]

Or you can play Battlefield where bullet physics apply.

I do play battlefield... this is from other people who I play battlefield with.

Just create a custom game where snipers aren't included. It's so easy to do, I do that when I play online, even the original Halo (which despite it's age has a large following and mod community on PC). I use snipers myself a lot, but if I don't want a particular weapon I just make my own custom game for people to join, without that weapon. It's not exactly hard...

 

[Trivun]

Snip

The main problem with snipers on Battlefield Bad Company 2 is that most are terrible and don't bother trying to work in a team... so you get teams of useless lone wolves getting killed over and over... usually by me because they annoy me.

As far as playing with snipers on your team who always die, those people who you play with presumably have no idea what snipers are actually like. Realistic sniping in-game or not, snipers in real life usually always work in pairs - a shooter and a spotter. The shooter sets up the shot and fires the weapon, they get the kill, while the spotter is there to help out with the targeting, keep the area clear and make sure they aren't found, and generally act as a teammate looking out for the shooter. Plus, when a sniper takes a shot, if they need to take another they'll move and pick a new place to fire from. Not to mention, snipers will usually act as one team with another as backup, so if one sniper fails the shot can still be made. None of these things ever get considered in games...

Then again, if I had to have a whining 10-year-old kid watch my back, not knowing whether or not he'll TK me and steal the weapon to get the kills himself, every time I set up in the cliffs on Blood Gulch... I'd probably sell every shooter I own and dedicate my life to point-and-click adventures (also a great gaming genre) right this very minute...

 

[Bat Vader]

I suppose if someones wants to think they are pro it would be because they are good at playing the sniper class, not because they play it. I will admit that the sniper class is my usually my favorite class in shooting games. The sniper in Team Fortress 2 to me is the best one I have played.

 

[SamFancyPants252]

The only two things about snipers that i hate is these:
1) when I am playing a match where I am the only non sniper. I have little chance there.
2) when they have names like 'xXxUbaQu1kSc0peMa5terXx
3) when they are on my team, the last man remaining on Search and Destroy, have the enemy in sight, then proceed to do four spins, an attempt at a no scope, another spin, a quickscope and then just get shot by a more sensible player.