wake is not hard to get lots of kills with a sniper rifle. with a supply crate next to me 25+/0 happens on a regular basis. there's nothing better than sniping from the south base to the north village and being called a hacker because the idiots have no idea where you're sniping from. they're just looking at the north base.tahadar wrote:
I have respect for his ability to get lots of kills on a bigass map like wake...a few days ago he went 26-0 with me giving him ammo. thats better than my best no-death round in karkand which has enemies everywhere.
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Wow E-Peen fest, and here I was always under the impression Snipers are the silent type (Nyte). I can never tell if you are joking or actually believe you are that good. If you are joking, your arent very good at it, if you are not, then you should tone it down and work on that Kr some.
Brooks, I imagine if you snipe in groups of three regularly you would be an arty magnet. I snipe as a break between tough infantry battles, and when co-sniping make sure there is a good amount of distance between myself and my partner, two or more red dots static forawhile are asking for the heavens to open.
Brooks, I imagine if you snipe in groups of three regularly you would be an arty magnet. I snipe as a break between tough infantry battles, and when co-sniping make sure there is a good amount of distance between myself and my partner, two or more red dots static forawhile are asking for the heavens to open.
lol i love doing that as well, its funny when a squad is trying to hunt you with short range weapons when your on the other side of the map.doxed wrote:
there's nothing better than sniping from the south base to the north village and being called a hacker because the idiots have no idea where you're sniping from. they're just looking at the north base.tahadar wrote:
I have respect for his ability to get lots of kills on a bigass map like wake...a few days ago he went 26-0 with me giving him ammo. thats better than my best no-death round in karkand which has enemies everywhere.
I'm still trying to perfect the bullet drop from there. I've got maybe...10-15 total kills from across the bay, but I haven't nailed it down to reflex yet
To be honest, I don't typically hunt in a group of larger than two ([GDC]SinnFein and I snipe together about 50-60% of the time). On a few occasions, however, I've bumped into someone from these forums whose posts have suggested that they're intelligent, capable, and friendly; when that happens, Sinny and I will often invite them to join us.Doctuh wrote:
Wow E-Peen fest, and here I was always under the impression Snipers are the silent type (Nyte). I can never tell if you are joking or actually believe you are that good. If you are joking, your arent very good at it, if you are not, then you should tone it down and work on that Kr some.
Brooks, I imagine if you snipe in groups of three regularly you would be an arty magnet. I snipe as a break between tough infantry battles, and when co-sniping make sure there is a good amount of distance between myself and my partner, two or more red dots static forawhile are asking for the heavens to open.
But thank you for pointing out something I'd meant to include in my original post but had absentmindedly forgotten--don't bunch up around a group of other people. You're absolutely correct in your assertion that a group of three (or even two) snipers clustered together is a very attractive target for an artillery barrage, and I should have pointed out that whenever I'm not sniping alone, I try to keep at least 30 meters distance between myself and my partner(s). Two distinct and somewhat separated dots on the map is a lot less attractive to an enemy commander than an indistinct blob of numerous dots close together. Whereas the commander might not waste a barrage on a strike that would probably only kill one of the enemy, they're almost certain to drop the hard rain on several enemies in close proximity to each other. But you can never tell exactly what's going to happen; I've gone several crowded, 64-player maps where I've stayed in one general area and taken out 20+ targets and never been artied/ At other times, though, I've been in similar crowded 64-player maps for less than 5 minutes--all by myself and in an isolated area with no one else within 100 meters--and made only a few kills when suddenly every artillery strike seems to be focused on me. Using the timer works regardless of whether I'm by myself or with others, but it is almost an essential practice if you're sniping in a group.
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I guess I'm not the best sniper ever, but recently I've found sniping in and around the Palace in Warlord produces amazing results.
I think I saw you play Books on Kubra Dam a couple days on the HAF server. I think you were in a locked #5 squad, on the side of a hill near the dam. I rolled passed you a couple of times I think in my linebacker.
2 K/D isnt that hard to get with sniper rifle, its easier if you have a set mind like tell yourself "you are gonna try to get 0 deaths the whole round' Right now mine is at 2.91, and when I started it was like 1.4 so you definitely can do it.
Sniping in BF2 IMO has been dumb downed. I dont think you have to worry about wind. Too bad they dont have the ability for sniper rifles to change the X magnification of the scopes.
Its harder to be the true invisible sniper since you got UAV, SCAN & Spotting enemy infantry.
2 K/D isnt that hard to get with sniper rifle, its easier if you have a set mind like tell yourself "you are gonna try to get 0 deaths the whole round' Right now mine is at 2.91, and when I started it was like 1.4 so you definitely can do it.
Sniping in BF2 IMO has been dumb downed. I dont think you have to worry about wind. Too bad they dont have the ability for sniper rifles to change the X magnification of the scopes.
Its harder to be the true invisible sniper since you got UAV, SCAN & Spotting enemy infantry.
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You called?Books_DCDF wrote:
On a few occasions, however, I've bumped into someone from these forums whose posts have suggested that they're intelligent, capable, and friendly;
My sniper KDR SUCKS.
I think my K/D Ratio with a Sniper Rifle is 1.995? ...lol, do I win Internets?
Ok so I went and looked and its funnier.
1.9990
Ok so I went and looked and its funnier.
1.9990
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Personally I don't like to camp much as a sniper. I find I'll get more kills and flags (obviously) if I spend the time actively going for the rear end flags, drop a claymore, on to the next one. If you can get away from the main front line, you'll find you usually run into isolated infantry which are easily dispatched with the scope.
Now that's a professional statement,+1 Karma for that.Books_DCDF wrote:
At the risk of sounding immodest, I'll just say that I . . . umm . . . have a "pretty good" kill-to-death ratio as a sniper, both with the kit and with the sniper rifle . And I well understand your frustration--artillery has accounted for more than 80% of my deaths when the rifle was in my hands. The only thing I can tell you with regard to getting your ratio up is to develop a disciplined routine that you follow religiously as you approach and when you get to your hide/nest --note paths of access to-and-egress-from your desired location, plan a safe route of escape should you draw fire or should someone come up on you, scan the areas that you're most vulnerable to, check all points you would go to if you were a sniper, etc. Only after you've done all of this do you set claymores, and set them far enough apart that you allow yourself some room to shift location slightly and still be protected by the mines. Once this is completed, you're ready to start scanning for targets. I won't dictate how you should hunt from that point on--you'll find the style that works best for you--but the moment you hear a round stike near you, move as fast as possible to hard cover or a position of secure concealment. Too often novice snipers start to take fire and then look frantically for where it's coming from. That's usually a death sentence; your opponent knows exactly where you are and you haven't a clue where he/she is. While you're trying to find the location of the hostile fire, your opponent has reloaded and is carefully preparing to explode your head like a melon. Your goal should be to reach security and then stealthily relocate to a position where you can scan the field with relative safety.
Regarding artillery, I might suggest getting a watch/clock/timer. Artillery has a default recycle time of 60 seconds; if you live through an arty strike, you need to be relocating about 50 seconds later. Chances are that the enemy commander will try to hit you again, and by moving 50 seconds after the first arty strike, there's a very good possibility that you'll make him waste the salvo. Move before the 50 seconds have transpired and the commander will simply re-acquire you with a scan and hit you at your new location. I have a digital timer that I keep beside my keyboard, and as [GDC]SinnFein and ROlyPOly can attest, it's saved us on numerous occasions. This approach isn't foolproof, but it can help reduce your overall number of deaths to artillery.
Good luck.
The relocation thing is one of the most important points in sniping,when you're under fire - just disappear,find a safe position to locate the enemy and finish him off while he's still looking at the spot where you disappeared.Most people expect snipers to react like most of the "rookies" do,if they take cover they soon stand up again at the exact same spot to look for the enemy and play "catch the bullet",relocation is the more careful but also more successful method.The biggest problem with this method is that it takes patience,which most (younger) players do not have.
And the arty-timer,well,that's just one of those small but perfect ideas,basically it's just common sense,but who still uses this nowadays?
As for Nyte and his God-complex:
Hasn't every village its village-idiot who thinks he's God or Napoleon and everybody just laughs at him?
Try plaing either sharqi or mashtur, wake is a piss poor infantry map.xX[Elangbam]Xx wrote:
thanks man but i'm not trying to get "better" than Nyte, I just want a good sniper reputation. I'm just so far away and there's some rounds where i kick ass but then Karma comes back and then i get owned, not by alot, but enough to make my K journey more frusterating. I've been playinng Wake Krackhouse alot as sniper and its sorta been working. I brough myself up from 1.53 to 1.59 in about a week but that's not enough. Tahadar has an amazing ratio but i'd settle to be like dont_hit_ss where i'm good enough on stats and amazing on the field.stryyker wrote:
if you are trying to be better than Nyte, forget it, hes not that good anywaysxX[Elangbam]Xx wrote:
I give up, i can go a round with 30 and 10 or 20 and 1 but its taking too long and those gay ass arty attacks are just frusterating
Edit: When you move from A to B, hold your pistol instead of the rifle. Or if you hear arty coming....
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Heh, I love that.dont_be_ss wrote:
lol i love doing that as well, its funny when a squad is trying to hunt you with short range weapons when your on the other side of the map.doxed wrote:
there's nothing better than sniping from the south base to the north village and being called a hacker because the idiots have no idea where you're sniping from. they're just looking at the north base.tahadar wrote:
I have respect for his ability to get lots of kills on a bigass map like wake...a few days ago he went 26-0 with me giving him ammo. thats better than my best no-death round in karkand which has enemies everywhere.
Prone on the south (or north) part of wake island and sniping the north (or south) part. Great fun.
ss, I still maintain that long range headshot you got was a damn fluke.. I hit you first too, albeit in the body
EDIT: Now 637th with the sniper rifle with a 2.9 sniper rifle k/d ratio. I'm catching up..
Mj.Blindfisch, what's yours? I think last time you were around 837th? What're you currently?
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no, it's not. if you know what you're doing it's a great map to snipe on. but with a .7 KDR with a sniper rifle, you haven't sniped much on wake...just flown.Fredrik wrote:
Try plaing either sharqi or mashtur, wake is a piss poor infantry map.
Edit: When you move from A to B, hold your pistol instead of the rifle. Or if you hear arty coming....
Man, the memories just came flooding back to me 'deja vu' , I recall when I first said, I'll be happy to be top 1000, then top 500, then top 100, i kept telling meself I'd stop, Top 20, then top 10, my burnout happened at #3. Me wife still gives me hell for always changing my stopping point...EvilMonkeySlayer wrote:
EDIT: Now 637th with the sniper rifle with a 2.9 sniper rifle k/d ratio. I'm catching up..
Mj.Blindfisch, what's yours? I think last time you were around 837th? What're you currently?
Absolute best of luck to yas!
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Sinny.. You're insane