Playing Warhawk, trying to get the acheivement for making a sniper kill from over 2500 feet. I find a suitable location on one of the largest maps available, but unfortunately it seems most of the fighting is taking place out of sight from me. Until I spot a lone wolfer flying around. Yes, flying around, as he had a jetpack, which are extremely hard to hit with a sniper anyway, never mind in excess of 2500 feet.
A quick check of my map shows me the target is indeed a good distance away, well within the estimate I have for the required distance, so I start trying to shoot him down. You only get 7 shots with the sniper, so I needed to make every one count. I expected him to see the first bullet trail and then immediately try to fly away. He didn't. So I start putting shots down range. Miss. Miss. Miss. Miss. Now I'm getting annoyed and my prey has clearly seen the bullets passing by as he starts flying about more erratically. He still doesn't try and fly clear though.
Miss. Miss. Now I only have 1 shot left. I pause to take a breath, calm myself. My taget momentarily pauses too. Perhaps he thought I was out of ammo, or that I gave up. Whatever the case, it was his last mistake.
Boom! Last round, killed, acheivement ding. I was so very happy with that. I don't care that it took 7 shots, it was epic.