sniping is suprisingly fun

[PHATHEAD009]

so today I finally hit Brig Gen (WOOT), so with no more point grind I decided to give the recon kit some love and attempt sniping (which I am never good at, in any game).

I had so much friggin fun. It was so nice to finally camp in those sniper spots on camp G I am usually getting picked off from and be on the other end of the scope. Even more rewarding was the fact that one hit either killed or decimated a guy. I was so used to the ganz or voss from my regular classes that I always thought it took at least 5 shots to kill someone. Once I got in the groove and started getting headshots it was even more fun. I def am gonna play this class a lot more now that I am not as concerned about points or awards.

And for those career snipers out there, I never got around to unlocking it but I can feild upgrade to it, so which is better - the standard sniper rifles or the Zeller? I find head shots kind of tricky unless the target is prone or crouched, so those extra 3 shots really come in handy. Is the Zeller that much more powerful that you can get away with only 3 in a clip?

Laslty, what do you recon guys put in your kits for sniping and non sniping loadouts (I did unlock the carbine). I usually do the RDX and Mines, but I now have the stabilizer and the active camo with NS upgrade. Are either of these useful? What about the sniper decoy?

Thanks for the advice.

[b` m3ow]

Recon makes the game IMO. Recon needs more skill for those tricky HeadShots.

To answer your question about the guns... Zeller does more damage to the Upper Torso then the Stock... Zeller might have 3, but you get about 9 clips.

Loadout for me is... Zeller/Steady Thingy/APM to watch my a$$

Sniper Decoy, I was going to get that. But I heard it was a pointless.

Cya on the front!!

[Bladeeagle]

I don't know ask sogek1ng.

[Lunien]

Standard, its not much of a power difference, besides, one headshot from either will kill the guy just the same, and it has a larger clip.

Glad to see you like sniping

[Mazee]

As a sniper myself i tend to use the stock rifle very much as I snipe more then 3 at a time (I play on large servers)
Plus the Zeller scope is really ugly compared to the stock rifles.

[StoneCold313]

Since i have clocked 250+ hours with the Zeller(and counting). I can say that i love that gun. Yeah it has 3 bullets per clip, so what. You can kill enemy using light armor with one shot(need to hit the "sweet spot"). You can destroy AMP's,RDX's and motion mines with it. And it gives you good laugh when you see * (teamkills) * after you blow motion mine to engineers face. It has lot's of good qualities in it.

But talking about the stock sniper rifles.

I was playing in Camp G few days ago, and decided to give a change to the Moretti. I noticed straight away that it feels more "light" than the Zeller. You can shoot bit faster with it(IMO). I managed to wipe 5 enemies from the roof with one clip(one dude i killed twize).

Both gun's has their own up's and down's.

So it's lot about what you like, try them both and you will see what "feels right" for you. For me it's the Zeller. But in the past few days i have used the stock rifles time to time, just for fun.

Usually my loadout is Zeller,APM's and either stabilizer or RDX.

The stabilizer gives you an helping hand when you are shooting long range, it gives an edge against other snipers (before they get their scopes settled down you already have his head in your crosshair, and you kill him before he does any damage), and it helps you to get those headshots on the runners.

The decoy actually works if you use it right. I haven't used it that much but i have had some good laughs when i see enemy running with his knife out, and thinkin about easy tags, just to get his face blown off with my APM.

Im now ending my wall of text, but good luck with your sniper career and we'll see u on the battlefield. :salute:

[Punished1]

The Zeller is my favorite weapon in the entire game. Feel is what's most important to me in an FPS, and the Zeller has all of it. It looks like a monster, SOUNDS like one, and the damage it does also compliments it's sound.

After I unlocked the Zeller, my frag rate jumped from about a 1.45 to what it is now, 2.16.

My loadout is Zeller/Stabilizer/APM/RDX.

[b` m3ow]

Since i have clocked 250+ hours with the Zeller(and counting). I can say that i love that gun. Yeah it has 3 bullets per clip, so what. You can kill enemy using light armor with one shot(need to hit the "sweet spot"). You can destroy AMP's,RDX's and motion mines with it. And it gives you good laugh when you see * (teamkills) * after you blow motion mine to engineers face. It has lot's of good qualities in it.

But talking about the stock sniper rifles.

I was playing in Camp G few days ago, and decided to give a change to the Moretti. I noticed straight away that it feels more "light" than the Zeller. You can shoot bit faster with it(IMO). I managed to wipe 5 enemies from the roof with one clip(one dude i killed twize).

Both gun's has their own up's and down's.

So it's lot about what you like, try them both and you will see what "feels right" for you. For me it's the Zeller. But in the past few days i have used the stock rifles time to time, just for fun.

Usually my loadout is Zeller,APM's and either stabilizer or RDX.

The stabilizer gives you an helping hand when you are shooting long range, it gives an edge against other snipers (before they get their scopes settled down you already have his head in your crosshair, and you kill him before he does any damage), and it helps you to get those headshots on the runners.

The decoy actually works if you use it right. I haven't used it that much but i have had some good laughs when i see enemy running with his knife out, and thinkin about easy tags, just to get his face blown off with my APM.

Im now ending my wall of text, but good luck with your sniper career and we'll see u on the battlefield. :salute:

Sweet Spot? <-- HeadShot? please.. tell

[StoneCold313]

Sweet Spot? <-- HeadShot? please.. tell

You can kill enemy with one shot if you hit the head, no matter what type of armor he has. But this is the "sweet spot"

The Upper Shoulders hit is unique to the Zeller vs Light Armor. It grants a 10&#37; bonus to damage, meaning it does 100 damage instead of the default body shot of 90.

Again, no other weapons have a special effect on Light Armor.

ts all amazingly technical, which I feel would just confuse the issue further if I went into the explanation. The curious can crawl around in some tweak files and figure it out. The bottom line:

Zeller against Light Armor Torso = 90dmg
Zeller against Light Armor Shoulders = 100dmg (1 shot, 1 kill)

And one more quote:

The torso is split into 3 separate areas, the belly, the midsection and the upper chest/shoulders. On light armor the shoulder armor isn't quite so effective. That said, its not exactly an easy shot, which is entirely the point. Its intended as a "random factor" of sorts on torso hits. The head shot is the guaranteed 1 shot kill.

So you hit light armor enemy to upper torso/shoulder area with Zeller, then you should be able to get the one shot one kill.

Click to see the whole thread(archive)

Click to see the "how does headshot's work?" thread

[b` m3ow]

Yeah headshot kills with one shot no matter about the armor. But im talking about the "sweet spot" between head and upper torso. When you hit enemy using light armor to that spot with Zeller it kills him straight away. It's hard to explain the exact location where to shoot, but you can try it yourself.

Between head and torso... Neck?

[Skates]

Read the posts HERE by CKMC and Demize99 from DICE. They explain the one soht kill to the upper torso on light armor with the Zeller.

[StoneCold313]

Between head and torso... Neck?

Read the posts HERE by CKMC and Demize99 from DICE. They explain the one soht kill to the upper torso on light armor with the Zeller.

Damn, someone quoted me before i edited my post.

Anyways click either link what Skates posted. And Here is some info too

[NoseKi||s]

You can destroy AMP's,RDX's and motion mines with it. And it gives you good laugh when you see * (teamkills) * after you blow motion mine to engineers face.

I had totally forgotten that. Thanks for the reminder :)

[StoneCold313]

I had totally forgotten that. Thanks for the reminder :)

Eipä kestä

[AlienwareAlx]

well it does not matter what sniper i use i get nuthing but head shots but i like the defult guys cuz of the 5 rounds a clip vs 3