Sharpshooter - Not so sharp??

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Gartley

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Honestly, the M14 irons sights really aren't that bad. The MW3 skin pack does help as well:

I'd say the real challenge is learning the hitboxes on the ZEDs. Some of them are simply atrocious. *Cough* Scrake *Cough* Siren.

Now you see, hit boxes have never been a problem for me. Oh I'm not saying they arn't a problem and I've seen plenty of evidence that they go squif. It's just never effected me as a sharpie.

As for the M14 ironsights it's more of personal preference. The gun takes up so much of the screen and the sight is small. I'd go for the LAR any day of the week.
 

Deadly-Bagel

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I don't understand why more people don't agree with the topic.
I was starting to think I was missing something ><

Yeah the hitboxes suck, I found aiming at the crown of a scrake was fairly reliable but then the next game it missed every time. Feh.

I get that shooting from the hip is faster etc but seriously... The sort of range I'm talking about here is that the iron sights on any weapon I've tried are larger on-screen than the actual zed I'm aiming at. You can't shoot from the hip like that, not reliably anyway. And try accounting for lag, FAR more difficult without decent sights. Not only do you have to account for variable ping between games, but try to learn exactly where these bullets are going? Doesn't help that the "visible bullets" that you see coming out of the gun have NO relevance to where you're actually shooting.

Looking at the rest of the responses, I'm seeing a lot of how I find Sharpshooters playing in game. Not shooting at any real range, just going for short to medium range headshots. This is a fine tactic, though it usually leaves a potentially dangerous zed wandering around, but perhaps they should rename the class "Cowboy" instead.
 

Gman_95

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So you complaining about the game itself or lag which has been caused by server or host?and the bullets don't come out of gun.actually they come out of center of screen help alot with head shooting...i keep seeing people complaining why sharpshooter can't head shot from long distances and i don't know when developers said SHARPSHOOTER means you shoot a zombie in the head from 1 mile away!it's sharpshooter not SNIPER for god sake!the goal of perk is to shoot the critical point of zombie(which is it's head)it doesn't say a damn thing about being able to shoot from far distances which you can do with M99 or crossbow but if you are expecting a pistol do what M99 is doing...then you are just out of your mind!if you were suppose to shoot distanced targets then the perk would have add range as you lvl up!
sharpshooter =/= sniper.

sharpshooter = crack shot.
i said exactly what this guy said a page ago but with a lot of explanation (wasted time)
 
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Deadly-Bagel

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Ideally there would be no lag but ideally we'd all have interesting jobs, there would be no overpopulation and people would be empathetic.

Explain to me your thoughts on Commando. Surely a class based on shooting from the hip and having loads of ammo designed to fire in automatic rifles should definitely have holographic sights, a dot sight and a scope. And the accuracy class, one shot one kill, should have useless obscuring iron sights and make everyone shoot from the hip.

Also, explain why the Sharpshooter has sniper rifle and crossbow at all? If they're supposed to just get headshots at medium range by not aiming at all, surely the Crossbow and M99 are out of class? Maybe, as everyone shoots from the hip, they should give the M99 iron sights. Who uses crosshairs anyway? Not the class with a crosshair as the icon, that's for sure.

Perhaps if the game actually had a decent weapon with decent sights, people would use it rather than shooting from the hip.

I don't care if it doesn't zoom, I don't care if it's weak as, I just think a class based on accuracy should have sights to utilise that accuracy, whether hitting slightly above iron sights or just a tube with a dot in the middle, just something I can actually see my target. Is that really such an unreasonable suggestion?
 

Amber Glass

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the lever action has arguably the best iron sight in the game. i have no idea what you are complaining about, the commando has accurate sights because it needs to be able to accurately clear trash around the big zeds and utilize zed time efficiently, as that is one of its perk bonuses.

the M14 takes a bit to get used to, but the iron sights are fine once you do. the crossbow and M99 are ADS, point and click, and the pistols are plenty accurate enough, just play the game a little more and you will get used to it fine. As for "long range kills on mountainpass" the sharpshooter should be focusing on the big zeds anyway, and if you cant utilize the m14 or LAR on that map, use the damn bow.
 

Deadly-Bagel

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the lever action has arguably the best iron sight in the game

the commando has accurate sights because it needs to be able to accurately clear trash around the big zeds

the M14 takes a bit to get used to, but the iron sights are fine once you do.
So to summarise, "iron sights are fine what are you complaining about?", followed by "Commando doesn't have iron sights because he needs to shoot accurately" followed by "iron sights are fine" again.

Forgive me if I'm not swayed by this particular argument.

For all the arguments everyone has given against me I'm yet to get a good explanation as to why Commando has, on the whole, better sights than the supposed accuracy class. The idea that it's because the Commando needs to be accurate is laughable.

You can rebut everything else with "deal with it" all you like but unless you can provide a legitimate reason Commando needs to be more accurate than Sharpshooter, I'd ask you at least concede that point. We might then be able to call this a discussion instead of an argument.

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and the bullets don't come out of gun.actually they come out of center of screen help alot with head shooting...
Whoops, forgot to tell you to take another look. Fire a clip of 9mm at a wall a few metres back and check the spread. You'll have to shoot from the hip or the gun itself will obscure the view (oh look there's the point I've been making this whole time!!) And have you actually used a bullpup lately? When I first started using that gun I figured it was inaccurate based on the visible spread (it really is atrocious), and nearly refused to use it. How wrong that was.
 
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Amber Glass

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yes commando doesnt need to be accurate, body shots are more effective than headshots, zed time shoudn't be extended, and headshots are not the easiest way to do this.

you are effectively complaining that a commando with an FNFAL is outshooting as sharpshooter aiming at TRASH on mountainpass. once again if you have trouble aiming at range, use the crossbow, or the OP99. SHARPSHOOTER =/= SNIPER. The only zed that would be threatening at range is the husk, which is easily dealt with using the LAR, m14, or crossbow. also, pray tell thee how many maps are you playing where you are firing at extreme ranges aside from boring pass, and that atrocity farm? not very many, most maps have you dealing with zeds at short to medium range, and any competent sharpshooter can excel with any of the sharp's weapons at that range, and good sharps will have no trouble using these same weapons at longer ranges.
 

Deadly-Bagel

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Gman_95

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Once more, another topic that is waaaay longer than it should be.
totally agreed i thought my explanation would be enough for him but he just kept coming with more pointless question and argue...i feel a high percentage of trolling...seriously dude stop it...
 
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Deadly-Bagel

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Yeah I noticed that but this works fine. [After finishing] Actually, I think I will nest spoilers. All my responses to you are in here.
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To those who are telling me to drop the subject, I will point out I made the thread to discuss it. If you expect me to go "akay you don't agree, I am obviously wrong and will never mention it again" then you are a moron.

I refuse to change my mind simply based on the fact that someone else believes different, and if you do believe different and don't want to discuss or even argue the point, then wtf are you doing in my thread?

Ironically, telling me to drop it gives me posts to reply to, thus keeping the thread alive. If nobody agreed with it but rather simply stated so and walked out, the thread would die and fade into the archives, yet here we still are. I know Killing Floor can seem like a mindless game but that's no excuse to stop thinking.

(I would not normally indulge myself in insulting people but I find it insulting to be effectively told to get out of my own thread, so deal with it. To forumUser, as you seem keen on taking things out of context to apply or withdraw generalisations, I will clarify that I do not include yourself in these insults, only those who have told me to just drop it, or to agree with them but without presenting any actual reason to.)
 

Amber Glass

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deadly bagel you are braindead, do you have any idea what context clues are?

ForumUser is correct in that you are arguing semantics

I suggest Sharpshooter be given a scope to be more accurate. He claims Sharpshooter can be accurate without scopes, twice. He then says, in the same post, Commando has scopes so he can be accurate. If you can't see (or won't admit) the contradiction we'll have to agree to disagree.

you disregarded all meaning in my post, besides the word "accurate", you fail to acknowledge exactly what i meant by the need for accuracy, so once again i will attempt to make your one track mind understand:

commando needs accurate sights because he needs to be accurate TO CLEAR TRASH AROUND THE BIG ZEDS AND EXTEND ZED TIME, TRASH ZEDS ARE MUCH MORE PLENTIFUL AND HAVE SMALLER HITBOXES THAN LARGE ZEDS AND HEAD SHOTS ARE IMPORTANT. that is his perk role, sharpshooters are meant to be taking on the big zeds, a reflex sight or acog on the LAR or M14 would not be anymore beneficial than iron sights in this role. if you find these ironsights are not good enough for you, and want absolute pinpoint accuracy, take the xbow or the M99. you argue that the ammo pools are limited for these weapons, so let me reiterate that sharpshooter's role first and foremost is clearing the big zeds, if you are shooting at anything smaller than a husk with the xbow, you are doing something monumentally wrong.

also let me reference one of your first posts again, you are QQing about a commando being better suited to kill TRASH than a sharpshooter on mountain pass. THAT IS THE COMMANDOS JOB, that is why his weapons are more suited for such a role. let me also restate that how many maps besides farm and mountain pass do you find yourself needing to fire at extremely long ranges? Husks are the only specimen that prove a threat at ranfe, scrakes are not a threat until you make them one, FP's can rage from LOS, but if you are packing an xbow or M99 this isn't a problem, nor if you have a demo on your team. Learn to play the sharpshooters role correctly and you wouldn't be complaining about the iron sights being inefficient, they are more than suitable for doing what they are supposed to do. once you actually improve your sharpshooting skills, you will find that the M14 will be able to clear trash at medium to close range as well or even better than a commando.
 

Gman_95

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Ideally there would be no lag but ideally we'd all have interesting jobs, there would be no overpopulation and people would be empathetic.
server problem and development problem are totally different don't mix em up.

Explain to me your thoughts on Commando. Surely a class based on shooting from the hip and having loads of ammo designed to fire in automatic rifles should definitely have holographic sights, a dot sight and a scope. And the accuracy class, one shot one kill, should have useless obscuring iron sights and make everyone shoot from the hip.
we are not talking about Commando why you bring that up?what does commando have to do with sharpshooter?and again HIP shooting...people can shoot in every way they want they can shoot upside down for all i care it's something totally personal some do better from hip some do better with Iron sight.the whole complain of you is why commando have different sights while sharp shooter have iron sight.
Also, explain why the Sharpshooter has sniper rifle and crossbow at all? If they're supposed to just get headshots at medium range by not aiming at all.
Perhaps if the game actually had a decent weapon with decent sights, people would use it rather than shooting from the hip.
for second time Sharp shooter doesn't say anything about Rage.the range is up with the weapon haven't you seen people using Husk Cannon with Sharp shooter?it's totally a different weapon and it's not a sharp shooting one but i've seen people doing it a lot!again shooting from hip from different rage with different weapons is just SKILL totally depends of Player!a lot of times happen that i can't get a head shot with sniper cuz i'm not skilled enough with it but i've seen a lot of pro people doing it as its a nothing!
I don't care if it doesn't zoom, I don't care if it's weak as, I just think a class based on accuracy should have sights to utilise that accuracy, whether hitting slightly above iron sights or just a tube with a dot in the middle, just something I can actually see my target. Is that really such an unreasonable suggestion?
OK if you don't care about those you said then just buy a red marker and inch your screen and calculate its center and draw a RED dot in there it would be always there and cuz its surface is glass you can see through it!in other cases you can go make red dot over lay or Acog over lay!and glue em on your screen!how can you not see em from behind the Iron sight?as you say there is no sight what so ever on a pistol it's totally air above it!it have the best sight i think less stuff on screen an you can see around you!...it's not the sight that makes some one a sharp shooter it's the guy himself.skill matters 100 times more than the equipment...
 

Deadly-Bagel

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"Oh my god you all think my opinion is invalid and so therefore I am obviously wrong and will never bring this up again."

Is that what you wanted?

w/e, I can't be bothered with you people anymore. If you're going to admit you think I should just blindly agree with you just so you can take offence, then fine. It's like arguing with religious nuts, I swear.

And don't even start to say I'm the one being stubborn - this is my topic, I created it because I wanted to make a suggestion, if you don't agree with me then fine but don't try to convince me I'm wrong then moan I'm being stubborn. You can only prove someone is stubborn by being stubborn yourself.

Go ahead, misinterpret me all you want. Nowhere did I specify what caused the lag and if I thought there should be none, of course there's lag, it's a given. I was just stating that ideally there wouldn't be any.

I'm not even going to look at the other replies because the obscure interpretations will annoy me, I'll have to respond to clarify, and it's just going to keep going around and around in circles (thus being the "better man" and "letting it go" eh? Your words, not mine).

So in conclusion, my original suggestion stands. If you don't agree with it say so and leave, there are enough people who do agree.
 

Amber Glass

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pretty sure nobody agreed that sharpshooter should have reflex sights on the rifles :p
 

Gman_95

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"Oh my god you all think my opinion is invalid and so therefore I am obviously wrong and will never bring this up again."

Is that what you wanted?

w/e, I can't be bothered with you people anymore. If you're going to admit you think I should just blindly agree with you just so you can take offence, then fine. It's like arguing with religious nuts, I swear.

And don't even start to say I'm the one being stubborn - this is my topic, I created it because I wanted to make a suggestion, if you don't agree with me then fine but don't try to convince me I'm wrong then moan I'm being stubborn. You can only prove someone is stubborn by being stubborn yourself.

Go ahead, misinterpret me all you want. Nowhere did I specify what caused the lag and if I thought there should be none, of course there's lag, it's a given. I was just stating that ideally there wouldn't be any.

I'm not even going to look at the other replies because the obscure interpretations will annoy me, I'll have to respond to clarify, and it's just going to keep going around and around in circles (thus being the "better man" and "letting it go" eh? Your words, not mine).

So in conclusion, my original suggestion stands. If you don't agree with it say so and leave, there are enough people who do agree.
since you have no reasonable and logic things to throw back...okay thou i can say it's nearly less than 20% chance of adding all that sights and stuff on rifles and pistols.(especially pistols cuz all of em can be used double so what would be the point of a sight on double pistols?) yeah you sure can stand on you point but the thing is they would mostly come up with things that are in mind of majority!and not so many people agree with you...
 

Spicy

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Guys, guys, guys. Guys.

What if, we had alternate versions of the LAR or M14 with some sort of red-dot or holographic sight? I mean, that LAR irons are pretty effing good as they are. I don't really use the M14, because it's "not my bag" but putting the SCAR or M4's sight onto the M14 might be cool. You figure that way, you've got the laser sight for clase-range shooting (headshotting FP's) and then the after-market optic for medium to long-range shooting.
 

Gman_95

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In what world can one possibly get so mad at something as trivial as this argument?.
man same thing is happening the next topic (New Specimen Idea?)the guy haven't even think of a name for it and has just gave it power to stop bullets within 2 or 5 meter range 360 degree!!i keep saying it unbalances the game for heck load of reasons he says i'm trolling em...funniest parts are here:
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Benjamin

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Meanwhile in Turkey...

Edit: I should explicitly mention that this was commentary on the pointless arguing that has nothing to do with the thread. Obviously this wasn't apparent to some so I'm stating this explicitly to avoid any further misunderstandings.
 
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