Warning rant. Summary of rant is Sharpshooters would benefit without unbalancing by having additional body shot damage in lieu of 140% HS for pistols only.
I was on a public server the other day and I made the mistake of choosing sharp shooter for wave 7. After the SS "balance" missing = death. Good. I am ok with that. Only makes you a better SS right? Unless your team is retarded.
When the crap starts hitting the fan, I ignore the trash and focus on the medium-large threats. I had a support , a commando , a medic, and a berserker at my back. In my sights I had incoming gorefasts , sirens and a scrake. This should have been easy picking for me. I pause for a fraction of a second to guarantee the shot. In this time my lovely team mates retreated from a horde of garbage and left me exposed. I realized I was dead when a gorefast hit me from behind. What did I do you ask? I did a 360 9mm to that bastard's dome! My team somehow managed to rage the scrake at that precise moment. Turning around and seeing a trouser wearing monster about to love my genitals with a chainsaw, I knew my life was forfeit. I managed to take the scrake and a few other with me. As soon as I dropped the team wiped. The response when they wiped and I explained I needed cover to get the head shot; WE SUCK. DEAL.
I would have survived that with any OTHER perk. You simply can't make any mistakes as a SS. If I had body shot with just my pistols I could have punched a hole and regrouped. I will never play SS for waves 7-10 on public servers again!
I was on a public server the other day and I made the mistake of choosing sharp shooter for wave 7. After the SS "balance" missing = death. Good. I am ok with that. Only makes you a better SS right? Unless your team is retarded.
When the crap starts hitting the fan, I ignore the trash and focus on the medium-large threats. I had a support , a commando , a medic, and a berserker at my back. In my sights I had incoming gorefasts , sirens and a scrake. This should have been easy picking for me. I pause for a fraction of a second to guarantee the shot. In this time my lovely team mates retreated from a horde of garbage and left me exposed. I realized I was dead when a gorefast hit me from behind. What did I do you ask? I did a 360 9mm to that bastard's dome! My team somehow managed to rage the scrake at that precise moment. Turning around and seeing a trouser wearing monster about to love my genitals with a chainsaw, I knew my life was forfeit. I managed to take the scrake and a few other with me. As soon as I dropped the team wiped. The response when they wiped and I explained I needed cover to get the head shot; WE SUCK. DEAL.
I would have survived that with any OTHER perk. You simply can't make any mistakes as a SS. If I had body shot with just my pistols I could have punched a hole and regrouped. I will never play SS for waves 7-10 on public servers again!