I've heard that a lot of people think that sniping in an fps is stupid, and shows a lack of skill. Personally, I think its a load of crap, but I'd like to know what you think.I say if your getting head shots once every second, thats some skill.
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Posted 07 December 2006 - 07:57 PM
Sniping in a FPS is skills, not lack of them. Personally, I favour the automated rifles over the snipers. AK on CS:S BAR/STG on DOD:S M4A/AK in AA and so on. Still, snipers make out a big part of any FPS game which has them implented. Sniping with the AWP/Auto is by many frowned upon, but I think they add up to a very good experience. People are just annoyed over being "pwnd" over and over... And it is possible to shoot snipers using an assault rifle. In many cases, you can aim faster.
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Posted 07 December 2006 - 08:48 PM
People like to bash people for sniping, because they feel its 'not fair'.I think it takes skill, patience and experience to be an effective sniper, which I don't possess. :(I used to be more comfortable with assault weapons.However, since I played Call of Duty 2, I've fallen in love with bolt-action rifles (don't really know why), which are basically sniper rifles without scopes.So I may turn out to be sniper material someday..
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Posted 08 December 2006 - 02:53 AM
for the AWP in CS, i think the 1 hit KO is a reward for the sniper having such good aimthe autosnipers are just gay 
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Posted 08 December 2006 - 03:03 AM
i love sniping! POINTS were deducted for this post by Paranoid Android
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Posted 08 December 2006 - 06:38 AM
I think being able to snipe people means you're probably better than them, period. Honestly, I hate having to just fire away at people face to face, because usually it's all about either luck or reaction time. My fingers aren't scary fast, so it is essential that I take them out tactically by sniping and such. Were it not for sniping, I'd get pwned... a lot.
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Posted 08 December 2006 - 06:45 AM
Honestly, i think it shows skill and no skill. a lot of people i know who snipe cant fight close up, but on the other hand, a lot of people who fight close up usually cant snipe well...
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Posted 08 December 2006 - 07:01 AM
i think sniping takes skill because you need good timing and its not just spray and pray all day. also, if they are positioned properly, snipers can capture areas better than a team assault of just rifles (just my opinion).i just hate the people that use the autosnipers, those are just stupid. i dont mind awps or scouts in CS:S.
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Posted 26 December 2006 - 11:42 PM
heh, that really depends on which side of the gun on im. I love killing people when they have no chance of killing me but if the game ends up being everone is a sniper, nothing gets done.
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Posted 26 December 2006 - 11:53 PM
Sniping in a game isn't about skill, its easy and i honestly think sitting around waiting isn't fun.
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Posted 27 December 2006 - 05:15 AM
snipins for pussies, but every team needs a thingy
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Posted 27 December 2006 - 05:35 AM
Sniping is pure skill. If you ever watch professional gaming, the players there will be able to snipe someone with a headshot in the time it takes an amateur to fire a submachine gun. If you can't kill snipers, you shouldn't be playing FPS's at all.I've heard that a lot of people think that sniping in an fps is stupid, and shows a lack of skill. Personally, I think its a load of crap, but I'd like to know what you think.I say if your getting head shots once every second, thats some skill.
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Posted 27 December 2006 - 06:04 AM
Whoever said sniping is stupid and is a low way of killing, they just mad cuz they get owned by snipers. Sniping takes alot of skill, since u have to shoot from a VERY far distance and most snipers aim for the head, which is a small target.
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Posted 27 December 2006 - 02:15 PM
yeah snipers are really good but those who snipe cant shoot a darn thing up close especially in CS making it an easy target for those knife wielding creeps :-)
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Posted 27 December 2006 - 08:58 PM
sniping takes skills thats for sure. altough its a good way to kill, its alot more fun to just go after them.
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Posted 28 December 2006 - 10:24 AM
sniping dos take skill and its fun
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Posted 28 December 2006 - 11:24 AM
There is nothing better than picking off a few enemies from long range and being able to sit back and enjoy the victory without having to worry about anybody being right on top of you in two seconds.
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Posted 28 December 2006 - 07:19 PM
Well.. I go off-scope so i guess thats skill? 
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Posted 28 December 2006 - 07:52 PM
Sniping in an FPS game in my honest opinion does take skill because you have one shot (usually) and if you miss it takes like 5-8 seconds? to rooster it and be ready for another one and by that time if the other guy is pretty smart enough could advance and maybe hide before you pull back into position then sneak attack you.
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Posted 29 December 2006 - 01:34 AM
Well it depends, if I go on a server with a high ping rate, I prefer not to snipe (such as servers hosted outside Europe), but if it's within, then I will, because I hate having to lead to compensate for the latency.
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Posted 30 December 2006 - 02:23 AM
In real life that would be a challenge but in a game its easy you just need to run a mouse over someones head.I think they should make a sniping game for the wii THEN it would be skill.Whoever said sniping is stupid and is a low way of killing, they just mad cuz they get owned by snipers. Sniping takes alot of skill, since u have to shoot from a VERY far distance and most snipers aim for the head, which is a small target.
Edited by facespore, 30 December 2006 - 02:24 AM.
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Posted 03 June 2007 - 06:49 PM
i love sniping... but half the time i preffer to go to the front lines and just shoot everything that moves!!!!
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Posted 03 June 2007 - 06:53 PM
I like to snipe sometimes (go Trace on MPH!) but most times I'm just too trigger happy that I go in and say if I die, I die with my finger near the game-gun's trigger.
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Posted 03 June 2007 - 08:19 PM
I love sniping. The aspect of hiding out and waiting to ambush your enemy. That and one shot kill make sniping way fun.
