- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: SPARTAN 021
[quote]Who here hates snipers in multiplayer.
Stupid question - actually, statement - you forgot a QUESTION MARK. I have a better one:
Who here has no skill, and whines and cries in order to shift his own weaknesses onto others?
Sniping is nothing short of an Art form. It takes a LOT of skill and talent -- whether with a rifle in your hand, or a Controller S - to snipe effectively. Snipers don't just waltz around Blood Gulch trying to pick off some random guy from afar, wasting 2 clips before finally scoring a frag; Snipers don't toady about (totally stole from Cortana's rant @ beginning of Two Betrayals) Sidewinder, hiding behind rocks and trees until they get a rocket up the ass - Snipers must be constantly mobile, constantly alert and aware of what's not only going on a mile away, but behind their backs and in front of their faces, too.
An effective sniper is one who can expend all his ammo, wasting 2, maybe 3 shots to one frag, and live to gather another bundle of ammo off the dumbass he just capped. An effective sniper is one who can reach out and pluck you out of a moving Warthog or Ghost. An effective sniper is one who doesn't -blam!- when he, in turn, gets a nice 14.5mm Armor-Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding-Sabot round through the forehead. As a matter of fact, an HONORABLE sniper WELCOMES this - it means he's got some competition.
I totally agree with you. Sniping requires superior skill, ones who hate us are ones that are jealous of our skill. I am from Vanguard Snipers clan, we havent lost a single game. Ever.