In DoD:S I use the sniper as assault lol. Whenver I get my hands on a sniper, I move around as much as possible to keep them confused. That way they may see your first position and then get them when they notice "WTH! Where'd he g..." and off with his head.
Sniper Tactics
- Thread starter Psycho_Sam
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yea, most people dont get the idea that a scope only extends your ability to hit at greater distances. if you cant hit there with a regular rifle, the scope wont help all that much.
I love using the Bolt Action sniper either verison my most favourite maps has to be Starlingrad Kessel or Oddessa, as i just pop them off easliy, but as some one else said if you can use the bolt action for your live do NOT take the sniper leave it for someone else.
It is bad when you have a bad sniper and the enemy get's to certian spots, well i have got a kill at 1000meters with a normal rifle (couldn't see the russian mger) so i traced his tracers and shot his about location with elevation.
It is bad when you have a bad sniper and the enemy get's to certian spots, well i have got a kill at 1000meters with a normal rifle (couldn't see the russian mger) so i traced his tracers and shot his about location with elevation.
No map has a view distance of 1km and a sniper on it, unless you built one yourself.
Fog distance starts way before 1km on almost all maps and varies from map to map.
Personally, I think the most important lesson for any sniper or rifleman is to be able to find protected firing positions.
Example: just the other day I was playing on Danzig on the RTR server (thanks to whoever undid my ban) as a soviet rifleman. At the start, I always like to go to the top of the 3 story building and do a little sniping. I got up there with our sniper who promptly proceeded to kneel in front of a window and get shot in the head by the german sniper.
You never look out of a window in this spot on Danzig. Instead, you look diagonally to the east and west. There are penalties for this: it's difficult to rest your weapon and you can't cover the main street coming to the bridges. In exchange, you get to live.
My kill/death rate for that part of the map has to be in the hundreds, or even thousands to 1, not because I'm a particularly effective rifleman, but because I don't die very often.
Similarily, on Konigsplatz, I'll rarely peek over the top of a hill. Instead, I'll lie along the reverse slope of a small mound and snipe as the enemy walks across my line of sight. I'm vulnerable to people coming directly at me, but that's what teammates are for. It also encourages you to shift position frequently.
Back on the mod, when sniping on Berlin I used to stand in the rear of a building and snipe out windows in an entirely different ROOM. Windows are evil. Windows let bullets through in two directions, after all.
Just my $0.02
Example: just the other day I was playing on Danzig on the RTR server (thanks to whoever undid my ban) as a soviet rifleman. At the start, I always like to go to the top of the 3 story building and do a little sniping. I got up there with our sniper who promptly proceeded to kneel in front of a window and get shot in the head by the german sniper.
You never look out of a window in this spot on Danzig. Instead, you look diagonally to the east and west. There are penalties for this: it's difficult to rest your weapon and you can't cover the main street coming to the bridges. In exchange, you get to live.
My kill/death rate for that part of the map has to be in the hundreds, or even thousands to 1, not because I'm a particularly effective rifleman, but because I don't die very often.
Similarily, on Konigsplatz, I'll rarely peek over the top of a hill. Instead, I'll lie along the reverse slope of a small mound and snipe as the enemy walks across my line of sight. I'm vulnerable to people coming directly at me, but that's what teammates are for. It also encourages you to shift position frequently.
Back on the mod, when sniping on Berlin I used to stand in the rear of a building and snipe out windows in an entirely different ROOM. Windows are evil. Windows let bullets through in two directions, after all.
Just my $0.02