Guide to Sniper

[Death_dx]

Originally Posted by boltcatch

Those berets make for good targets.

What I cannot understand, is that people don't seem to recognize when there is a SNIPER, shooting at them with an actual sniper rifle. You shoot at them, and 75% just look around. 20% will drop prone; 4% will crawl away sloowwwlly after they do that. 1% will run the hell away, so I can't shoot them again.

Even worse is when you shoot their infantry for 10 minutes while their armor is sitting right there - those gunners have some of the best weapons to find and kill you, but they never seem to look for you.

Yeah I managed to get 20+ kills with a stolen sniper on Basrah, half of that time an apc was sitting 20-30 m away from me.

With the number of (ins) rallys on basrah you really need to change your position often, it's very easy to pinpoint the sniper with death camera and the red bars. Most of the time the insurgent you kill will be coming right back after you.

[zangoo]

Originally Posted by [R-DEV]Jaymz

@ the guy who wa asking what DMRs are zeroed at. It's 600m but keep reading as I will explain what "zeroing" mean in terms of the BF2 engine.


Actually, that would be the case in RL but unfortunately the BF2 engine doesn't allow us to alter the travel path of bullets. It only allows us to change the linear angle at which it drops. So in PR you will hit dead-on up until your zero point, then you will have to start aiming above to compensate.

that is not true, in pr and bf2, the bullets drop the second they are created, then they keep droping untill they die, or hit something. right now pr has zeroed the snipers and rifles by changing that amount of gravity that the projectile is effected by. snipers have a gravity modifier of 0.1, to make gravity like real life, the modifier should be set to 0.6666.

so right now snipers only have to aim up 1/6 of the amount they would with real gravity.

[Glek]

Hi guys,
I have some problems with Sniper rifles and I would appreciate if you can help me. So my problem is, that I can't hit my target with Sniper rifle. I have tried to shoot above them, or on their head, but the most of the time the bullet missed them. Due to this I always use marksman kit. The funny thing is that I can hit them with DMR, and if I miss, I can easily correct it with an other shoot. Do you have some advice for me, or I should simply forget Sniper rifles.

[[R-MOD]KP]

Try practicing in PR SP

[Glek]

But how? I can't see the bullet's impact, and there aren't bots.

[[R-MOD]KP]

Download PR Single Player and install it. Just follow the instructions. Then request a sniper kit and fire away until they drop.

[ReconAus]

Before you fire you need to keep the crosshair still on target for 2,3 seconds or u will miss, also like KP said DL SP and practice hitting targets at range that will help you get your eye in.

ReconAus

[Celica`]

For some reason you have to aim a pixel or two on the right side of your target aswell..

[[R-MOD]KP]

I normally aim for the upper chest area. That way you maximise the area the round has to hit, and if it drops a little, it'll still be a torso shot and an instant critical wound.

A tactic that I've never really got to test is to drop someone at random - pick an easy shot to make sure you hit, and preferably at some distance - and then shoot whoever comes over to revive them. Ta-daah, you've just taken out the squad medic, and now no-one will be able to revive those who die for a while. Even better, someone might rush over and pick up the kit, in which case you have another free kill.

[Glek]

Thanks a lot KP! The PRSP is really useful. I noticed that too that I have to wait still for a few sec, but its a crap I think. If the enemy move a bit and I start to revise the aim, I have to wait a few sec again, and I can't shoot down moving enemies also. The intresting is that I don't have to wait with DMR, or just a bit. Is there any tip how can I use sniper effectively?

The problem is with your idea that if you hit somebody, he will probably lay down, or hide somewhere. So you can't see when the medic heal him. If you can, you are a lucky man.