Sharpshooter the most useless class?

[Dolphin Buff Man]

Yes it is. Unless your Support But that wouldn't be in the bounds of the thread, so maybe it was an imaginary combination, cos lets face it, wouldn't it be nice

Over powered though

 

[TheBoobyTrap]

LOL you obviously don't know what your talking about...
How many hrs do you even have? you judge a perk based on 2 players in 1 game... Sharpshooter has it's place in a team and very valuable. I dunno why i bother posting to this.

 

[Neom.1r]

SCAR/Xbow or M14/LAR sharpshooter ftw. If your good, and your team knwos it, a good SS is invaluable.

I like that I can't deal with FP's very well, it makes me more reliant on my teammates. Ofcourse, give me space and an m14... but thats besides the point and relatively rare.

 

[effidy]

Nevermind, supports class is best anyway, if I don't buy AA12 by wave 5 everyone dies, especially on amusement map.

 

[C_Gibby]

Nevermind, supports class is best anyway, if I don't buy AA12 by wave 5 everyone dies, especially on amusement map.

No offense, but it sounds like your team sucks.

 

[poosh]

Just before the event we played HoE @ Biotic Labs with 5 ss (all xbow+HC) and 1 sup. It wasn't killing anymore - it was raping. Instant-kill Fleshpounds - not bad for "most useless" perk.

 

[kablooie!]

Just before the event we played HoE @ Biotic Labs with 5 ss (all xbow+HC) and 1 sup. It wasn't killing anymore - it was raping. Instant-kill Fleshpounds - not bad for "most useless" perk.

Insta-killing fleshpounds is one thing but did you kill the CRAWLERS?

Like the OP I'm still skeptical.

 

[poosh]

Insta-killing fleshpounds is one thing but did you kill the CRAWLERS?

Like the OP I'm still skeptical.

There is HC for crawlers and other trash. And if something gets close, it receives HSg blast from our support. I'm not saying it's a best team load-out: 2, on some maps - 3 ss in the team is optimal imo. I'm just saying it's possible to do the map with 5 too. But sharpies must have excellent skill.

 

[kablooie!]

I was being sarcastic.

 

[pyromaniac123]

Draw crosshair on screen with sharpie, become ultimate sharpshooter

 

[Ibin.]

Sharpshooter is far from useless. Very far from it. Play with better people and you will see how.

 

[BigDawgKS]

I find that it's more the players that are garbage than the class. That is, most of the noobs seem to play as SS as if they never figured out how there are other perks...

Good SS players are rare, terrible ones are overwhelmingly common. Then again, the same could be said for any perk.

 

[Foster]

You can tell this guy has never played on Suicidal and Hell on Earth.

Support and Commando serve an important role in any squad - their niche is speed, and keeping a lot of the crawlers, clots, gorefests and stalkers from the rest of their team. So it's no surprise that they would kill with greater speed and numbers.

However, Sharp Shooters, with a couple levels, can stun Scrakes, Husks and even FPs with a Lever Action or Crossbow. They can kill the Fleshpound while he's far away in just a few quick shots - which means that he'd be dead before he could rush and reach the actual squad. Both a Support and Commando would have to wait til the distance was closed, and again, they can't stun.

Sharpshooters are also very efficient in early waves, due to the bonus they gain in Pistol damage. Even on higher difficulties an SS can quickly dispatch a group of incoming clots and gorefests with just a pistol.

This is like calling all Pyros useless because of the handful of level 3 morons who decide to unload their flamethrower on the Scrake or Fleshpound. Don't blame the perk, blame the person playing it.

 

[nutterbutter]

its not pointless... maybe the people you watch need to aim for the head...

You can blame me for that. During the beta, I had the bright idea to remove the sharpie damage bonus and even add a small reduction in damage for body shots. Now they may have been discussing this beforehand, but it was implemented after I suggested it so I'm taking credit. TWI just removed the bonus for body shots and it was a mistake.

It isn't that bad when the sharpie can aim, but put mobs in groups when they climb over each other and bounce over obstacles and the sharpie is screwed.

 

[sph34r]

Well, that's another part of playing the class. Just like the demo, you need to pick your moments to shoot. If you spam your trash device (HC/M9/M14) you'll never hit anything, just like if you spam your M79/32 all over the place you'll just run out of ammo.

 

[Undedd Jester]

You can blame me for that. During the beta, I had the bright idea to remove the sharpie damage bonus and even add a small reduction in damage for body shots. Now they may have been discussing this beforehand, but it was implemented after I suggested it so I'm taking credit. TWI just removed the bonus for body shots and it was a mistake.

It isn't that bad when the sharpie can aim, but put mobs in groups when they climb over each other and bounce over obstacles and the sharpie is screwed.

To be fair, if the hitboxes were 100% reliable the Sharpy would be perfectly balanced

 

[masteriamamind]

Personally I want a buff. I will gladly sacrifice reload speed, weapon spawning, and discounts for 2x head damage across the board! No weapon restrictions, no favors other than pure killing power. Sharp shooters would be a highly specialized class with a ton of negatives. If i have to risk my buttocks to get a clean accurate shot I want the payoff, which is to say a dead specimen.

 

[Merin Redplate]

Sharpshooter's cool.

 

[lawszepie]

I did play on a hard sever with a skilled SS, when wave 9 ends someone ask "why I've never seen a sc and right after those fp yell they would dissapear?

I'm not a very good player, I did try to be demo and my skilled friend be a SS then play on doomv7 hard, man I was glad that he was there....

also if you're play support and have a good ss with you is pretty annoying, right when you see a sc and pulling out your boomstick or aa12, it's head would be gone already.

 

[kablooie!]

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also if you're play support and have a good ss with you is pretty annoying, right when you see a sc and pulling out your boomstick or aa12, it's head would be gone already.

For me, that isn't annoying at all.... it's ****ing beautiful!