Am I the only one who chooses to be a sharpshooter?

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DeSTrOYeR

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Mar 20, 2006
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The head hitbox seems to off a little bit or something. I have noticed that if you hit a little too much on the left or right of the head, it won't count as headshot. Seems almost as if the body hitbox extends above the shoulders, causing bullets that would of missed to actually hit empty space and sometimes cause clear headshots to count as body shot.
 

Morgoth

FNG / Fresh Meat
May 16, 2009
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my main class is sharpshooting imat 620 headshots now and i got the game since release XD
 

BoB Dolen

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May 16, 2009
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Seriously buff Firebug, Medic, and Beserker!

Wtb recoil reduction and range increase for flamethrower at least!
Wtb Piercing shots for sharpshooter/marksman, and maybe law perks for them as well?
Wtb Range increase for med pack for medics and maybe a heal aura so that they're of a better value to their team?
Wtb Armor perks for beserker as well swing range increase?

While I think the zerk needs the axe range fixed and maybe a armor perk but unsure on that.

Zerk > Support for waves.
 

Faith~Rains

FNG / Fresh Meat
May 16, 2009
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I only play as Sharpshooter. Discount on Desert Eagle and Crossbow and higher damage with a headshot makes it so worth it.

The perks of the Sharpshooter are fine, especially since level fives spawn with Dual Eagles.
 

Jon

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May 14, 2009
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The perks of the Sharpshooter are fine, especially since level fives spawn with Dual Eagles.
I did not know this...this gives me even more of a reason to level this up...

Almost level 3 SS...getting to level 4 is going to take forever.
 
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suibhne

FNG / Fresh Meat
May 15, 2009
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I find the HS detection a little dodgy, and it's also tougher to score HS counts when playing on a team. Because of this, SS is just a pain to level up unless you're farming stats in solo mode, at least in my experience.
 

Reise

FNG / Fresh Meat
Feb 1, 2006
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I play Sharpshooter if there's already a ton of dudes playing Support or Berserker.

I never use the Crossbow though. It doesn't feel powerful enough compared to the lever action to warrant spending about $400 to reload every wave. Yeah it can shoot through multiple zombies but with the scope on there I hardly find myself trying that. Usually I stick to the handcannon and just switch when something bigger comes along.
 

FlatChest

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May 19, 2009
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Hell no, I think it's because the Sharpshooter perk is extremely difficult to level up quickly. Sometimes headshots are hard to earn, especially if you manage to score one, but another player shoots the decapitated body and steals the kill.
There's nothing more satisfying to me, than crouching 100 metres from a Gorefast with my Handcannon, carefully lining up my shot, and earning my squad ZED time for popping his head. VERY satisfying.

Wrong, 1 hit for sharpshooters. They drop instantly when their head gets off (if you're using one of your 3 weapons).

And sharpshooters are not that hard to level.
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Kale

FNG / Fresh Meat
May 16, 2009
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Level 3 Sharp here.

I love using the bolt action rifle, just feels fun. PLus I'm always in the top 5 players on any 20+ server I go on. While other classes waset their ammo. I sit back, pulling constant head shots in a row keeping the crawlers off your ***.

Just remember......When a infected is right next to you, you swing around to shoot it, but your not quick enough, and all of a sudden its head blows up. It was me protecting your ***. I'm always taking care of you from afar.
 

Zargas

FNG / Fresh Meat
May 18, 2009
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Love the SS
at first i was a rifle humping bastard running around pulling HS left and right and then i picked up the crossbow and WOW

last night i was pulling off 3-4 HS at a time in the biolab as well as soloing Flesh pounders
this thing is probably the best thing since sliced bread, loads of enemies? no problem fire a bolt and watch it gibb it way thrue the lines


I wonder about somthing tho
if my bolt goes thrue 3-5 heads at once do i get 3-5 head shots or just 1?

If you enjoy the rifle atleast give the crossbow a go you might be suprised like me and actually love this weapon
now i cant play without it
 

Nanostrike

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May 19, 2009
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Love the SS
at first i was a rifle humping bastard running around pulling HS left and right and then i picked up the crossbow and WOW

last night i was pulling off 3-4 HS at a time in the biolab as well as soloing Flesh pounders
this thing is probably the best thing since sliced bread, loads of enemies? no problem fire a bolt and watch it gibb it way thrue the lines


I wonder about somthing tho
if my bolt goes thrue 3-5 heads at once do i get 3-5 head shots or just 1?

If you enjoy the rifle atleast give the crossbow a go you might be suprised like me and actually love this weapon
now i cant play without it

It's only weakness is ammo. I don't understand why they didn't give the Sharpshooter bonus ammo capacity for it's weapons like they did the Support...
 

WineGlass

FNG / Fresh Meat
May 20, 2009
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It's only weakness is ammo. I don't understand why they didn't give the Sharpshooter bonus ammo capacity for it's weapons like they did the Support...
This is my problem too- I like playing as a sharpshooter, but the low ammo capacity makes me rarely use the crossbow. I know it penetrates multiple enemies, which is great in solo mode, but when it comes to multiplayer, I find myself not getting to use that as much (because the enemies spread a bit more- London being the worst for it). This just leads me to either firing off single shots, or running around trying to get the best line up- whereas everyone else can just fire wildly, achieve the same result and still have ammo to spare.
 

SiC-Disaster

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Dec 16, 2005
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Sharpshooter ftw, i like that class most of all.
High precision, 1 hit kills for most of the zombies.

And all of the other perks just come by through playing.
"Do X amount of damage with this weapon or that weapon etc" while Sharpshooter requires you to precisely aim at heads and score headshots instead of just play and rewards being thrown into our lap:)
 

Faith~Rains

FNG / Fresh Meat
May 16, 2009
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Wrong, 1 hit for sharpshooters. They drop instantly when their head gets off (if you're using one of your 3 weapons).

And sharpshooters are not that hard to level.
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Wrong.

There are times when the Lever Action does not kill Gorefasts when their head is blasted off.

And I wonder how you got to level 5 so fast. Did you just make a server that only spawns Clots? Or, do you just play this constantly until you reached level 5?
 

Not_so_Lucky

FNG / Fresh Meat
May 22, 2009
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;)

I'm a sharpshooter from hell. I think it's decently easy to get HS :eek: I mean if you're on a frantically moving team, yeah its gonna be difficult to pull off one but if your team actually holds out you can be the most lethal on the team. Just remember to aim for the bridge of the nose. Almost a sure fire HS. Although that's just me...I have a quick trigger finger so I'm always poppin' domes :3