Don't unlock the M95, it's not better (yet)

[Cadde]

I've unlocked the M95 a week ago and i must say im VERY disappointed.
I have been using it ever since but i found it useless to say the least.

I played alot with the M24 before unlocking the new one and the M24's accuracy is DEADLY while the M95 tend to spray bullets from time to time..
I can't get a useful shot with it in ranges above ~50 meters.
(Im not saying i cant headshot over and over again with it at 100 meters)

It's just so damn unreliable...
I try aiming dead center on the head on a guy standing perfectly still at ~120 meters and i miss...
I might add that i am prone and he is out in the OPEN. Probably AFK.

I move the sight up to the top part of his head and fire. MISS!
I move it further up and fire... MISS!
Whats the problem i think, a guy is usually 1.7 - 1.8 meters high and atleast ONE bullet should hit it!
So i go dead center on his head again and i get a body hit.
I fire my last round and he finally dies!

I can keep giving examples where i have the exact same aiming location where i usually get head shots but i dont think i'ts needed.
The M95 just simply gets inaccurate at diffrent times and i cant hit anything!

Another thing that really bugs me...

I can aim at an enemy heli pilot while he is hovering but i only kill him 1 out of 15 times. I aim exactly the way i always aim... FOR THE HEAD!
If i try to kill a pilot in a heli before it takes off i usually succeed but i remeber one time when an enemy soldier jumped out from the blackhawk and rand for our attack heli... I ran up NEXT to it and fired a round straight in his head trough the window but all i get is a splash and he does not DIE!
I fire again and still nothing!
He takes off and i just give up hope for the M95...

Today i played on Machtuur City and i went up to the flag to the east.
Inside the guard tower is two guys, one Medic and one assault.
I am at 40 meters range and i have a perfect aim for the assaulters head!
I fire and i get NOTHING! No hit indicator or kill.
When i fire again i know that someone will probably hear me and come and cap me. But that guy has some magic shield around him, his head is sticking out beyound his shoulders. I have a perfect aim for the head!
Then a M249 LMG gunner goes prone to my left and burst 4 bullets and im gone.

If this isn't FIXED i will have to say i will never ever in my life purchase a DICE/EA game ever again. They promise a armour piercing weapon and i get a random death calculator where i have a tiny calculate button to press with a pencil.

Sometimes it's just not worth purchasing a game unless you download it and play it for a month before deciding if it's good or not.


Im really ranting here i know but im fed up with the bugs and the LAG in this game.

THE END!

//Cadde

[DeltaBoy]

i hated the m95 at first but i got use to it and now i love it i get many 1 shot kills

[Cadde]

i hated the m95 at first but i got use to it and now i love it i get many 1 shot kills

Okay now i have cooled down a bit since that really annoying guy that i just could not kill in the guard tower.


I will add that i get ONE SHOT KILLS with the M95 about 70% of the time.
The rest is either on moving targets or targets where i aim in a hurry and have to shoot again.

Normally in a game i get 20 - 30 kills and 3 - 10 deaths depending on visibility and where i am hiding.

I use the M95 as a ASSAULT weapon 30% of the time.
One shot to the head if i belive i have the time or one to the chest and then draw out my pistol and shoot 1 - 3 shots in rapid fashion to do the job.

I have noticed that some server lag alot more than others eaven the ones that didn't lag before.

The lag make's some guys fall three centimeters through the ground and then be "teleported" back up... They kind of jump up and down making it pretty hard to get a good headshot eaven in closer ranges.

Most of my misses (Unless they are lag related or bug related) are on targets that go prone just as i shoot.
The most annoying part when people go prone is the fact that they fall to the ground in 0.1 seconds so eaven if i aim for the chest area i miss because he moves to the ground so quick that i click 0.1 seconds before he goes prone and then he is prone and i miss him, forcing me to either reload and ire again or try to run away and strafe out with the quick body shot and pistol move.

//Cadde

[MIGHTYGREG]

Re: Don't unlock the M95, it's not better (yet)

the M95 is as slow as the M24, and as inacurate as the MEC and Chinese sniper rifles, it has all the dissadvantages of all of the standard sniper rifles rolled into 1 gun. my advice is stick with the standard sniper rifles. its such a shame that the M95 is crap on battlefield, as i have been using the M95 on all of the delta force games for years, on the delta force games it is the best sniper rifle by far.

[Spodeboy]

Re: Don't unlock the M95, it's not better (yet)

the M95 is as slow as the M24, and as inacurate as the MEC and Chinese sniper rifles, it has all the dissadvantages of all of the standard sniper rifles rolled into 1 gun. my advice is stick with the standard sniper rifles. its such a shame that the M95 is crap on battlefield, as i have been using the M95 on all of the delta force games for years, on the delta force games it is the best sniper rifle by far.

Ditto that. I actually like the standard sniper rifles: the M24 is highly accurate and powerful, the MEC anc Chinese rifles has a high rate of fire that is also good for close quarter fighting.

[ZAGOR]

Re: Don't unlock the M95, it's not better (yet)

I play quite often with the m95,especially when MEC or PLA,and even if at the beginning I found it to be less accurate of the M24 and was'nt able to hit sht,I started to READ the many posts and various topic about it, and the best suggestion I found to be of an invaluable use is this:THINK YOU ARE SNIPING WITH A REAL RIFLE,AND YOU NEED TO TIME YOUR BREATHING!LET THE CROSSAIR(spelling?) rest over the target head a little longer,1-2 sec.breath in,breath out,SHOOT...BAM ,HEADSHOT
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M95 is not a "hurry in the battle" kinda rifle...it takes proper posture and patience and slow movements.....for the "run-drop to the ground -and -shoot" action you'r better off with the SVD

[DrunkenPirate]

Re: Don't unlock the M95, it's not better (yet)

I must agree with Cadde too, I unlocked this gun about a week ago too and I am disappointed with it too. I get far more success with the M24

[bisley]

Re: Don't unlock the M95, it's not better (yet)

Best sniper rifle for me was the .50cal from DC , proper 1 shot stopppa !

[MaCs&TeCNiNeS]

Re: Don't unlock the M95, it's not better (yet)

M95 rules... I can use it np.. Its got me my highest kill count in my status

Ive killed more with the M95 than with an automatic rifle...

Takes patience... Alot of it... If i say so myself, im skilled with it... Ive hit pilots in Black Hawks, while its flying plus, while its high above my postion :)

[kran1um]

Re: Don't unlock the M95, it's not better (yet)

I use the M95 and found to shoot just above the crown to get that 1 shot, problem is you are wasting your time shooting at moving targets unless they are far away. I just can't get the moving target thing. Yes also need to take your time with the M95.

[easycompany25]

Re: Don't unlock the M95, it's not better (yet)

i hated the m95 at first but i got use to it and now i love it i get many 1 shot kills

you guys are dumb you have to aim lower because of back fire and once you learn to shoot you can shoot people outta the helis and humvees (specail people)

[imported_Wasp]

Re: Don't unlock the M95, it's not better (yet)

M24 pwns. Sometimes I go for the kit of a US sniper I kill and expect to find the M24. Instead I find the M95! Sheesh! I might consider the M95 as a chinese sniper but never over the M24..

It's bigger, louder, more inaccurate, thicker crosshair... Yeah all good reasons to pick that thing!

[CaptJordus]

Re: Don't unlock the M95, it's not better (yet)

To put it plainly, i think Snipers are the 2nd worst kit in the game, (first being the AT faggots who use the ERYX/SRAW as an anti-infantry weapon. And you can go cry me a river if you say your MP5 sucks and you have no nades)

Snipers get on my nerves in a TERRIBLE way.Why you ask?

1. On a map with fairly spread out waypoints, like wake island, when each team has an opposing CP, almost EVERY SINGLE person on the team becomes a sniper, lays in the grass, and tries to pick each other off. Me being Assault, Spec-Ops, Medic, aka non-***** kits, I have to run over to the CP to kil some people and TRY TO CAPTURE IT. Taking CP's is a lost art in BF2 for some reason. (Although bf42 had plenty of sniper fags as well).

2. I cant stand it when squad leaders are snipers, because they do stupid stuff like lay 50000meters away from the battlefield and you have to walk a friggen mile when you spawn on them. The only thing worse is when they are snipers and then get into an airplane (exluding transport choppers).

Summary: The sniper rifles dont need imrpovement, if anything i would give them the accuracy of the MP5 so all these idiots will stop using it so they can hide in the bushes instead of taking a CP.

Grow some balls, get a real gun, and get to the CP, dont lay your fat butts around.

[unlimitedmp]

Re: Don't unlock the M95, it's not better (yet)

But AT rockets are so effective in game and in real world. Besides, most of the time you can dodge them unless you're prone and/or paying attention else where.

For some reason, the m95 + headshots dont agree with me. I'm prone, I wait ~3 seconds steady on the motionless target, and fire. Miss. I do it again. Miss. I wasn't very far either.

I prefer the standard s. rifles.

[bitvomit]

Re: Don't unlock the M95, it's not better (yet)

this topic isn't about why snipers suck ass and why you can't kill them. stay on topic.

anyway, i just recently unlocked the M95 and i love it. i've gotten way more kills with it than i did with the default sniper rifle. although it does have its quirks. like other people have said, you can't hit targets from very far away even if your crosshair is dead center on the target(this happens with the default sniper too). i've gotten hits like this on some occasions but it's far easier to pull out my pistol and bink people. (for some reason the silenced pistol is accurate no matter what distance you shoot from)

the penetration on the gun does suck as well, it seems that the only thing the gun CAN penetrate is cockpit armor. but if you shoot the side of a hummer door to kill someone, it won't register. wtf? other than these few issues, i think that the M95 is much better than the default just for the fact that you can **** off plane campers while they're taking off :)