..... And Cpt. Praxius, am I understanding it right that your arguement basically boils down to "pubbies play in a disorganized fashion, therefore all classes are really just crap and people should randomly fight without any direction?"
No, go back, read again.... slower this time so your brain can process the information properly and then get back to me.
The fact of the matter, which you have yet to even refute, is that different people use the class differently.... and just because some may play the game differently from how you play it, doesn't mean they're playing the game wrong or that somehow you're king sh*t and what you do and say goes.
Nobody can be that daft.
There are many different tactics that can be used for each class in the game..... officers, sappers, all of them, real life or in-game did not have one cookie-cutter procedure for how they operated and sometimes they have to operate outside of the box.
Don't like it? Deal with it.
You have your training, your basic method of operation, but when the enemy uses one tactic that counters your cookie-cutter approach, you then have to change things up..... which means sometimes a "Marksman" has to play as a "Sniper"
Generally we do have our "sh*t" straight. Our points are just going over your head because you're arguing from a point of ignorance about the real difference between the sniper and the marksman/sharpshooter.
I have no ignorance on the matter, I've been born and raised in a military family and with a father who collected a lot of WWII weapons, uniforms, medals, books, etc. etc.... in fact I had basic sniper training at the age of 12....
The problem lies in you not being able to understand how I am implementing things that can tie "Reality" with a "VIDEO GAME!"
All you are doing is "Well *sniff* in reality, this is what they do, so it can't be this...."
No matter how much you want to cling onto your subjective view of reality, there is only so much one can do within a video game's limitations, thus compromises are required.
Even with the tanks there are compromises, even with every other class in the game there are compromises.....
.... Oh, but just for the sake of you trying to be right for once, you'd just settle with your black and white mentality of what you think a Sniper/Marksman/Sharpshooter, etc. is and thus IT HAS TO BE THIS WAY!!
Sorry to burst your bubble chief, but you're opinions are about as valuable as my own.... which is they're worthless.
The problem is you can't even focus on one particular thing I say, and just want to sum it all up as "What you said is stupid..... you're ignorant, blah blah blah...."
Well if that's the case big shot, how about you actually explain how... otherwise, pull your head out of your arse.
"Killing important targets" does not a sniper make. It's the way they operate that makes the difference. And how you play them in the game has no effect on the definition of the roles.
Are you even reading what you type?
"It's the way they operate that makes the difference."
Really? Duh, I don't remember ever not saying this.
Yet then the next line you type you say "How you play them in the game has no effect on the definition of the roles"
You just said it's about how they operate, yet if I am in game and I operate my class the way they operate in real life, then that's how I play them in the game, thus has a direct effect on the definition of the roles, especially if the role in-game currently says "SNIPER"
Sounds like logic is on my side here, while contradictions continue to plague your arguments more and more.
If you're a SMG dude, and you break from your squad and go way off by yourself, hide in a bush, and plink at targets that are 300-400 yards away, you're not a sniper. You're a SMG trooper who's being a friggin' moron. The same is true with the marksman role in the game.
Oh ok there.... you throw out all these various definitions to support your argument, how someone can be a sniper no matter if that use a scope or rifle, or whatever.... and how it's all about how you use the class or operate..... but then once someone decides to do something you don't approve of, even though it matches exactly to your previous definitions and they operate and use the class exactly as you described.... suddenly they're morons.
Why? Because they just proved you wrong?
Cripes.... quite wasting my time.