I love sniping.

[Jaged]

Sniping is now my favorite thing to do in planetside. I love the feeling of power I get from watching my enemies squirm on the ground below me. I think sniping is a very psychological game. Even if you can only damage your enemy, you force them and everyone around them to be a lot more careful. If they stay still for even a second they have to fear my bullet. I encourage everyone to give sniping a try. You might find it very enjoyable.

[Everay]

it is, but i dont get the psycological part, all i do is, point and click, i mean, why shoot infront of them to scare them when you can kill them? i dont get it

[Jaged]

I am saying if you get one shot off and cant hit them a second time, you have them pretty freaked.

[PeregineDive]

Actually, it just pisses me off. I'm an engi/medic and have no problem using surge to take cover, repair and heal up - then go hunt for your ass Most snipers and not too bright, and will stay in one position, ever after they start taking fire. I love running up with my Glowing Knife of Doom and laying into 'em, even tho I am in reinforced and carrying a thumper+deci.


-PD

[Everay]

try it...some snipers are good at fireing it up close and getting ya, ive killed alot of people with my sniper rifle at 5 meters, hell, one time, i was running towards the CC of a base, got 3 kills, though 2 were infuls...

[Deadlock]

sniping is VERY fun... although ive had my fair share of frustration from enemy snipers.

i agree it has alot of effect on the minds of the enemy as well. with my ozzman character on emerald i get tons of pissed off /t's from enemies ive whiped out.

I have a 50 shot snipe gear setup and ive had enough practice i can connect with about every shot. i could see how i could piss someone off.

[Warborn]

Sniping is definitely the most fun to do in PS, but sometimes I get the feeling that it might be a bit too good. It can be too easy to kill people at a distance, sometimes -- especially stealthers. Makes me feel kind of guilty, because I know the people I'm killing probably aren't having fun getting sniped so much.

[Jaged]

Warborn, that is the point. You want the enemy to feal helpless. That is very demoralizing and makes them fight worse.......... Wait, what do you mean this is just a "game"?

[Warborn]

No, no, I realize it does that, but I sometimes get the feeling that my demoralizing of the enemy is making the game less enjoyable for them. Eh, just rambling, nevermind me.

[FlakMan]

I find it extremely enjoyable. I'm picking up the cert with my main character when I hit BR9 tomorrow.

[Nikodemus]

IMO; sniping is definitely *not* too powerfull.
The number of times I've been killed by a sniper is low ... really low, actually. And that's even though I'm always in reinforced (thus slow moving) and I crough a lot to increase my aim (thus sit still; making myself an easy target for a sniper with an elevated position.
Whenever I get hit by a sniper (which doesn't seem to happen very often), I find cover, heal and repair up (engi/med), then just think "oh well, the CC is *inside* the tower anyways), and I just speed up my assault a bit more.

I have a br/cr 17/0 and a 15/1, and so far I have only met one single sniper who was able to kill me thrice in a row, even though I was aware of his approx. position all three times. He got a "nice shooting, mate!" tell from me.

[Cider_Ownz]

Sniping....... As a cloacker, those guys are either a pain in the ass, a good deal of fun.... I hate to be sniped, just like that, and die.....

But....

I just love to walk form aside, climb that hill, get right behind the sniper, get that AMP right next to him and start firing..... most guys die without even bothering to stop sniping and try to stop me. sometimes they try, but usually fail .

Never tried sniping.... or maybe I did try it? In the beta, long ago... oh well, I love being a cloacker. When I'll get tired I might get me that sniper cert, who knows...

[EarlyDawn]

Sniping is one of the perfectly balanced aspects of Planetside, imo.

[gospadin]

Originally posted by LNS0388
Sniping is one of the perfectly balanced aspects of Planetside, imo.

agreed!

I also enjoy good duels between opposing snipers both of us requiring the 12x zoom. Had one of those last night, both of us dodging around trees and rocks to hide our position and get setup for the shot.

I finally made the killing blow, but both of us earned a tell from the other saying nice fight.

--gos

[Lonehunter]

Originally posted by Warborn
I sometimes get the feeling that my demoralizing of the enemy is making the game less enjoyable for them. Eh, just rambling, nevermind me.

Awww, you care about the enemy . WUS!