if you check my stats you'll see I am a devoted sniper... however, I don't agree on your point wraith, as if you were shot on the battlefield it would be very, very, very easy to tell which direction it came from. so for me the shot indicator makes perfect sense.
you can't look down and see which direction the bullet entered your chest in BF2, so the indicator pretty much serves that purpose. it simply drives us, teh devoted and skilled snipers, to hold that trigger and really persue that head shot. I like it.