OMG, the SVD has become a headshot machine!!

[Sneaky Assassin]

Re: OMG, the SVD has become a headshot machine!!

First, Sneaky, let me apologize. My post was very rude and I didn't mean to come off that way. . .

I just feel like you are feeding into the "OH NOES!!! THE PKM IS UNSTOPPABLE NOW!!!" frenzy that has developed since this patch has come out.

Not a problem.

[Paas]

Re: OMG, the SVD has become a headshot machine!!

My gosh people... The PKM SHOULD be able to shoot the same distance as the M24, SVD, and L96a1.

It shoots the same caliber round as the SVD, with almost terminal ballistics of a 30-06. Also, it shoots "More" of the ammo out than a sniper rifle does. So, they aren't really "Sniping" you with it. They are "Surpressing" you with it, and you don't move... so you get hit.

It's the way it should be. Heck, even an M249 can eleminate a sniper at range. Furthermore, the Deviation onf a MG is going to be niltch when it's supported against the "Earth" with a correct camber angle. So, EA got this right... Granted, it's not "Perfectly" realistic, but, it's a step in the nice direction.

It puts the weapons in their perspective. I think the problem is people were so used to the MG blowing donkey balls, they cannot understand what it "should" have been capable of in the first place:

"Rifle like accuracy, simulating the combined fire of up to 7 riflemen [M249]".

Now.. about the SVD. Well, a true SVD is a 2moa weapon out to 600m. An M24 is a 1moa weapon out to 800-1000m.

The SVD is correctly implemented as it stands. Although, it could use a serious bump in recoil. Having fired plenty of SVD's, I can tell you for sure, if you do managed to maintain a proper sight picture you won't be on target. The SVD is not a very well balanced weapon, and it's extremely "butt" heavy.

{WP}Paas

[Robske007a]

Re: OMG, the SVD has become a headshot machine!!

admit the acc. has increased a lot, and a lot of people didn't use it as a sniper

you could do that before the patch, if you knew how to use the gun.

[Stalks-Death]

Re: OMG, the SVD has become a headshot machine!!

It's pretty funny that people get mowed down, sniped, supressed, by FAV machine guns, or tank machine guns for that matter...and go totally crazy because the support can now actually hit stuff at long range with a "similar" weaponry. The accuracy of the pkm is nowhere near of what the FAV or other mounted machine guns are, but it's much better than what people were used to...so they think it's overpowered simply because "it's not like before".

It's very cool that snipers are now a factor to deal with. We need to learn that trying to outsnipe a sniper is riskier than it was, and that keeping out of sight from the sniper and getting closer is a better idea than dueling (course, that's where skill comes in...if you're better than the sniper, you still have decent odds, but he's more suited for the job nonetheless)

Same goes with a support gun, if you run straight forward toward dueling a support guy, you no longer have 80% chances of winning. Learn to catch them from the side, when they are moving, etc.

[=50K= Karesk]

Re: OMG, the SVD has become a headshot machine!!

You have to still fear the SVD though, I've killed people at point blank with that thing. Used it like a crosshairless pistol.