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Posted by: So Slick
Most important piece of advice is to ignore all advice from people who are not better than you. (easy way to do this is just look at advice from H3 50's).
Next bit of advice is to practice, a lot. Play Team Snipers all day (I would do it in H3 since there is a ranking system).
Well, this is great...if you wanna be good at Halo 3. If someone wants to be a good sniper on Reach, then the obvious answer is to use the sniper on Reach, not a different game.
Anyway...Since showing a 30-0 gameplay of Team Snipers is obviously a lack of any sort of skill, I'll just write out my list for you, OP.
1. Use the sniper often (duh). Preferably in the Team Snipers playlist or Squad Slayer. I say Squad Slayer because it has just enough people to provide plenty of practice with and the maps are small enough to keep you under pressure. If you go to BTB, 90% of the people you shoot at will be far away and don't even know that you're there. There is no point in practicing against people that don't shoot back. It is for this very reason that you shouldn't rely on camo.
2. Don't stay zoomed in all the time. I find that most often the downfall of a sniper is that they were too focused on one spot and failed to pay attention to their surroundings. Zoom out every now and then and check to your side and behind you. Especially check behind you after every few kills.
3. Go for the head...when you can. If you think that someone is moving too fast or there are too many objects in the way, then either wait or go for the body. Some people take the "always go for the head" thing way too seriously and sometimes spend a whole clip trying to get a single headshot. This is sometimes acceptable when you have infinite ammo, but not so much when you don't.
4. When it comes to no-scoping, you should practice in custom games. This way, you'll get better at it before wasting tons of shots in MM.
5. Go for high ground, but not the highest ground. The higher you go, the more targets you'll be able to see, as well as be more vulnerable. Basically, ignore the tops of towers in maps such as Pinnacle and Ridgeline. Stay on the hills or other similar areas. The highest areas are not always easy to get away from once you've been shot at, and a sniper needs to stay alive to support his team.
6. When in Team Snipers, don't jump around so much. You become so much easier to hit, especially at close range. If you ever get into a no-scope fight at close range, throw off your opponent by randomly crouching at times. Sometimes they'll be going for your head, and who knows, that crouch could just save your life.
7. And for the love of all things good, NEVER STAND STILL!!! Despite popular belief, standing still does not improve your accuracy. You are perfectly capable of using both sticks at the same time to move and aim.
If I think of anything else, I'll let you know.