Dersmikner
Member
+147|7065|Texas
I like playing sniper on Karkand and Sharqi, and though I will play other maps, the truth is that's what I like doing and it's about all I do.

Unfortunately, my best rounds are on Gulf of Oman and Kubra Dam, and I'm usually AT or in a vehicle.

I get wrapped up in these ranks and numbers when I see everyone scoring 100 points and I want to go medic or something and rack up the big score, but it's just not as much fun for me.

So I'm between a rock and a hard place. Get the points either playing a map I don't like or using a kit that doesn't excite me, or do what I like doing and come in 14th every time, getting low SPM and never grabbing the bronze/silver/gold medals. Bummer.

Just venting. Anybody else in this pickle?
tvmissleman
The Cereal Killer
+201|7225| United States of America
meh, it dosent worry me about people scoring points and wanting to play medic because im medic 3/4 the time
chittydog
less busy
+586|7402|Kubra, Damn it!

Not really, I love the low point maps and keep playing them cuz they're fun. FuShe, Dragon Valley, Kubra, Dalian Plant... Fun is more important than some stupid stats that no one will remember in a year or two.
mattdavis1989
Sie aller Geruch
+6|7082
I know what you mean, but I would always go for what's most fun though, it really doesn't matter about you score or rank if you're not enjoying playing to get them. Just my personal opinion.
Kontrolfreq
Member
+50|7171|Cambridge UK
I can kinda relate to that, i love sniping but recently i've been branching out and experimenting with all the kits. Simply by doing that my spm has risen dramatically... I still snipe, but not to the extent i used to as i enjoy getting stuck in equally now.

I'm not massively bothered about stats, but no one likes finishing low down all the time!
|60|Cobalt
Terror in the Skies
+30|7319|Leipzig/Germany
man, i just checked your stats and wtf? after playing 77 hours with sniper rifle you still suck so hard with it - how comes? - if you would be good at it i could understand that u like it - but seeing this i can only advice you to play differently than now
aardfrith
Δ > x > ¥
+145|7359
Play the game and have fun.  If you're not having fun, do something else (unless you're making a living wage out of it).
Cbass
Kick His Ass!
+371|7261|Howell, Mi USA
Just play for fun, who cares about being first.
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Krappyappy
'twice cooked beef!'
+111|7387
for some people, the fun is in coming in first and having good stats.

if you're one of them, then you'd better stop sniping.
sagexp
Member
+16|7121

Dersmikner wrote:

I like playing sniper on Karkand and Sharqi, and though I will play other maps, the truth is that's what I like doing and it's about all I do.

Unfortunately, my best rounds are on Gulf of Oman and Kubra Dam, and I'm usually AT or in a vehicle.

I get wrapped up in these ranks and numbers when I see everyone scoring 100 points and I want to go medic or something and rack up the big score, but it's just not as much fun for me.

So I'm between a rock and a hard place. Get the points either playing a map I don't like or using a kit that doesn't excite me, or do what I like doing and come in 14th every time, getting low SPM and never grabbing the bronze/silver/gold medals. Bummer.

Just venting. Anybody else in this pickle?
My stats were like yours for a long time, i have only recently started to improve them. If sniping i think carefuly about the map before starting. Sharqi for instance, stay back from the flag fights and scope the areas where snipers usually hang out, crane, hotel roof and AA sites. You would be surprised how many easy points are to be had. Read the snipers guides and think carefully about them and use the knowledge in game. Few snipers can ground pound with any degree of succes so stay out of firefights. Dont snipe from the same area, 2-3 kills and move, but dont if you have infantary around you, hide as best you can lay a clay and pray. Practise using vehicles in Solo and then remember humans are sneaky gits so anticipate underhand tactics.

I have had a few 15+ kill streaks on wake recently by using the island firing onto the mainland and vice a versa, remember you can pick kits up, my ass has been saved by grabbing a meds pack and dropping a few around me before taking my sniper kit back.
Dersmikner
Member
+147|7065|Texas
Cobalt, I am not nearly as bad now as I was early. My stats were ruined by my first 'forever'. I didn't play offline first, so I didn't know how to toggle weapons, didn't know what did what, didn't even know to right click to zoom for the first few days til I did it by accident. I am actually one of the better snipers playing now when I play and about half the time I get the high sniper mark at the end of the round, unless someone is armor whoring as the sniper kit. I am seriously contemplating starting over with a new username so my stats will look better.

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