Sniper Squads- call it a day!

[Anhkhoa]

Originally Posted by master of the templars

Real squads have both Snipers and both H-AT

Looks photoshopped

[master of the templars]

Originally Posted by Anhkhoa

Looks photoshopped

The HUD and name tags have been (crudely) removed, that is all.

[W4lt3r89]

Originally Posted by RHYS4190

the Snipper and the infantry can guide the Cas and help avoid AA, and the sniper can do some thing useful for a change and use his laser to mark targets, or act as force recon for the section.

And if this guy has eye on that enemy AA, he can take out the user and laser the AA for CAS to take it out for good.

These good ''sniper'' squads are very rare. I often see sniper or two + Officer in CAS squad. Probably to get a large area of observation and laser possibilities for the aircraft.
I must have been lucky though, i haven't ran into such sniper squads that whine about not getting their kits, just because they showed up late to the game.

[McCree]

I think only assets can be reserved through a squad name (e.g. apc, cas, tank). Kits are free for all.

although would love to give snipers for the CAS squad, helps them a lot more than in normal infantry squad.

[Lindahl]

This confirmes by big hate towards snipers. Normally they dont bother me but sometimes they could be a real pain in the ass.

[Guard81]

A lot of "specialist" squads I have seen are guilty of some gross stupidity.
Frequently by deciding not to co-operate with the rest of the team and investigating some far-flung corner of the map miles from any useful objective.

As a commander, this irritates me an awful lot. As an SL, I see a waste of resources as an SM I just wish they'd be helping the team and do something useful rather than let everyone else get shot at.

[Heskey]

I don't go so far as to make 'Sniper' squads, but when I am a sniper (albiet not usually in a normal squad), I find myself a lot more use to the team than 'sniper squads'.

All they seem to do is hang around miles away from civilisation and do nothing; sure they stay alive (...very rarely), but they get nothing done.

On the other hand, I get right into the action! If I was a British sniper on Basra, I get right into the city on my own; some real Metal Gear Solid sh*t, James Bonding it through the streets with my pistol, firing only if discovered; find a perch, take out some high value targets, scout for caches... After a period of time, or a few kills, or firing a few shots, move location undetected (and usually end up capping anyone who arrives in my OLD position looking for me)!

[-.-Maverick-.-]

Sniper squads can be very usefull if done corretly, they can slow down enemies, eleminate enemy squads, provide intel, guide the CAS... But I often see just a guy with a sniper kit in an infantry squad. Can anyone explain to me why are the snipers so popular in INF squads, it seems to me that they are useless. By the time your deviation decreases you will die and waste a restricted kit. Snipers are not for inf squads, thats why marksman exists.

Sniper is the most fun, and most usefull when in a 2 man sniper/spotter squad, which is what I sometimes play.

I hope that the new marksman rifle will inspire the INF squads to take that instead of the sniper, and leave that to sniper squads.

Dont get me wrong most of the time, guys in the so called "sniper squads" are useless, but some are really good and usefull.

[TheLean]

Originally Posted by Heskey

I don't go so far as to make 'Sniper' squads, but when I am a sniper (albiet not usually in a normal squad), I find myself a lot more use to the team than 'sniper squads'.

All they seem to do is hang around miles away from civilisation and do nothing; sure they stay alive (...very rarely), but they get nothing done.

On the other hand, I get right into the action! If I was a British sniper on Basra, I get right into the city on my own; some real Metal Gear Solid sh*t, James Bonding it through the streets with my pistol, firing only if discovered; find a perch, take out some high value targets, scout for caches... After a period of time, or a few kills, or firing a few shots, move location undetected (and usually end up capping anyone who arrives in my OLD position looking for me)!

Going in solo sniper in Al Basra city is like giving the insurgents a sniper kit. So what if you kill 15 insurgents, they are going to benefit so much more from that kit than the brits ever will when you eventually die. The British advantage relies on their long range firepower, the insurgent advantage relies on that they can die without loosing tickets. Giving the insurgents a sniper rifle is like giving a country the atomic bomb, it totally changes the power balance.

[DrugKoala]

Originally Posted by -.-Maverick-.-

Sniper squads can be very usefull if done corretly, they can slow down enemies, eleminate enemy squads, provide intel, guide the CAS... But I often see just a guy with a sniper kit in an infantry squad. Can anyone explain to me why are the snipers so popular in INF squads, it seems to me that they are useless. By the time your deviation decreases you will die and waste a restricted kit. Snipers are not for inf squads, thats why marksman exists.

Sniper is the most fun, and most usefull when in a 2 man sniper/spotter squad, which is what I sometimes play.

I hope that the new marksman rifle will inspire the INF squads to take that instead of the sniper, and leave that to sniper squads.

Dont get me wrong most of the time, guys in the so called "sniper squads" are useless, but some are really good and usefull.

Yes Mav, DMR is actually far much more useful than sniper. Snipers ATM are seriously nerfed due to vets complaining on newbz. So therefore, DMR is currently more useful on the field, leave alone the manual and theory. It's about the soldier who handles the gun, not about the gun that is handled by the soldier.