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Subject: Why does everyone mostly go for the sniper rifle?
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In almost every shooter and some rpgs people like to go for long range weapons. They attempt to master it and when they get to a descent skill they feel like the masters of the universe.

Why is that?

  • 12.31.2012 10:24 AM PDT

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So I can unload it into the ground in front of everyone else who ran for it.

  • 12.31.2012 10:24 AM PDT

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It's usually a one hit kill weapon.

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  • 12.31.2012 10:24 AM PDT
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They can kill with it and not die.

  • 12.31.2012 10:25 AM PDT

Generalizations.
Helping idiots hate other idiots since people have existed.

Because sniping is generally less risky and less skill demanding than normal roles. (Halo might be the only exception.)

inb4 sniping takes skill

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  • 12.31.2012 10:25 AM PDT

Because 720 wallbang quickscopes

  • 12.31.2012 10:25 AM PDT

How about a cup of Marine Kickass and side of Orrrah

Perfect camping weapons

  • 12.31.2012 10:26 AM PDT

Because it's an instant kill. They have a better chance of getting a kill with it hiding in the back of the map than out shooting someone with a normal weapon from close range.

  • 12.31.2012 10:28 AM PDT

Oh, you think darkness is your ally. You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn’t see the light until I was already a man. By then, it was nothing to me but BLINDING!

It's an elegant weapon, for a more civilized age.

  • 12.31.2012 10:30 AM PDT

Doc: "i'm a pacifist"
Caboose: "your a thing that babies suck on?"
Tucker: "no dude, that's a pedephile"
Church: "tucker, i think he means a pacifier"

Because people feel that doing better with the "precise" weapons mean your a better player. No different than people who feel high k/d simply means "better player".

  • 12.31.2012 10:32 AM PDT
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Usually 1HK
Long distance
Allows player to be out of harms way whilst still assisting his team
Easy to learn

  • 12.31.2012 10:34 AM PDT

Wheres Meh Sniper?

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Powerful, allows for you to sit back and gain kills/assists. Most Badass weapon.

  • 12.31.2012 10:43 AM PDT

I don't trust other randoms with it. I get sad when I hear 4 shots from a teammate firing the damn thing and reading nothing from the kill feed. I'm not the best but I'll be damned if someone from the other team gets it. I'm talking preHalo 4 game play, however

  • 12.31.2012 10:47 AM PDT
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Walk up to her quietly from behind and breathe heavily on the back of her neck and whisper "amore"

Their next game better have rocket boots!

I made that up.

It's the easiest weapon to use.

Point and shoot. Also instant kill most of the time.

  • 12.31.2012 10:53 AM PDT
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  • 12.31.2012 10:54 AM PDT


Posted by: Halo Quintilogy
It's the easiest weapon to use.

Point and shoot. Also instant kill most of the time.


I find it really difficult to use cause I can't aim

  • 12.31.2012 10:54 AM PDT
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Because sniping is branded as pro.

  • 12.31.2012 10:55 AM PDT

Most of what I say is sarcasm, the rest is of the highest intellect.

Because it makes you mad that someone beat you to it.

And it always will.

  • 12.31.2012 10:55 AM PDT

"That's about all that can be said for plots, which anyway are just one thing after another, a what and a what and a what.

Now try how and why."

If you perform perfectly with a sniper rifle, a player won't be able to fight back, where as an easier to use but lower reward weapon places players on roughly equal footing. This means that in order for one rifler to beat another rifler, they have to rely more on positioning and movement, which has more unpredictable factors involved.

This might sound like I'm trying to say that sniper rifles are over powered, but I'm not. Most of the people who complain about sniper rifles being over powered mostly just haven't learned how to properly counter them. Yes, there is less explicit difference between a good sniper and a passable sniper than the explicit difference between two players using most other weapons, but I don't think I've ever seen a bad sniper make people mad (unless it's for letting their team down).

  • 12.31.2012 10:56 AM PDT

A competitive players main goal is to win.
A casuals main goal is to have fun regardless of whether that results in a win or loss.
It has nothing to do with individual skill or knowledge, it has to do with the reason you play.


Posted by: Halo Quintilogy
It's the easiest weapon to use.

Point and shoot. Also instant kill most of the time.


Not in games where sniper rifles aren't OHK to toe with .50 cal.
In BF3, sniping and playing the objective takes a lot more skill than whoring assault class which is easy mode. That's why majority of players say Recon is useless because 1) There are so many people who are bad with it 2) They can't use the class because it's harder to use than ones with automatic weapons.

I've always sniped in all shooter games, I prefer accurate weapons over spraying ones. If I use an assault rifle or similar weapon, I always pick the burst fire one.

Plus, it's elegant way of killing, one shot between the eyes and you're down. :p

  • 12.31.2012 10:56 AM PDT

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Because, generally, it's a very easy weapon to use in the least risky role.


AKA: They're bad.

  • 12.31.2012 10:56 AM PDT


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Why does everyone mostly


Hahaha

  • 12.31.2012 11:51 AM PDT

I am the God Emprah of Mankind.

Deal with it.

Harder to get killed when you're out of the enemy's range.

  • 12.31.2012 11:51 AM PDT

I like to play Reach for fun. I hate MLG, campers, armor lock, and team killers because they ruin that fun. Deal with it.

I usually don't. I'm okay with it, but I don't fool myself into believing that I can land every shot or that every shot will be a headshot. If an enemy drops a sniper, I will take it.

  • 12.31.2012 11:52 AM PDT

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