Blue laser & the alien sniper rifle: a thesis

[Hunk]

Suggestion: REMOVE the blue laser from Combine sniper rifle

Why it would be worth adding:
I don't think we'll be able to use the sniper rifle properly if we're gonna be using 1st person exclusively because:

-We will not be able to properly aim at our target without alerting them way before.
-We won't be able to scout using the scope because blue laser + no third person to scout without peaking

But either way: laser for sniper rifle??????? why???? whose idea was it???? it was just a gameplay feature on hl2 so Gordon could outrun it...

even if we dont remove it: maybe allow it to be turned off so we could look through our scope without exposing our position (makes no sense...) and only allow it to fire if we turn the laser back on.

i never really understood why there was a wide ass laser beam coming out of a sniper rifle 24/7

just a thought

leave ur opinions/arguments/unrelated comments bellow if u want


Necessary content: Gary

 

[Flop]

This, I think the only counterpoint I can think of (and what some do in tf2 but even so the two weapons work differently all together I think) is just do your best to hide the tracer for a unsuspecting target. It's asinine that if you want to pick off long range targets you'd let them know where tf u are aiming and where u are.

 

[Oswald]

Skill issue if serious

The best bait if a joke

 

[Hunk]

It's asinine that if you want to pick off long range targets you'd let them know where tf u are aiming and where u are.

lets put a warning on the radius of the impact zone of a mortar next

 

[Hunk]

Skill issue if serious

The best bait if a joke

never used the sniper Im a p1

 

[Appetite Ruining Kebab]

just keep the gun lowered when youre peaking and dont want to shine the laser

 

[bilack]

You don't need a sniper scope to scout, you have two other options for that

Suit zoom

and binos (let's go)

 

[Trains]

god forbid there’s some balance to the most powerful weapon on the server

 

[Eviction Notice]

I'd prefer not to be domed from an unknown angle along with three of my buddies from halfway across the map - I'd say the laser is there for a reason: balance.

If one is going to complain rebels do not have lasers: the scoped-rifles deal less damage(?), have a small amount of ammo available and are in very short supply (I've only seen like...three altogether) compared to the combine-sniper. Can we confirm if Overwatch have access to a limited ammo pool?

 

[Deleted member 7576]

There is only one person using the sniper on combine side (at the moment), the rebels have four (3xM40, 1xSVD [approx.]), but I don't see them out that often, and it honestly seems to me that I'm the only sniper that actually uses his rifle rebel side.
The damage difference isn't that big, SVD is ~120 @ semi, M40 is ~115 @ bolt, and CMB sniper is ~160 @ semi.
All of them can one-shot headshot, two-shot bodyshot a 100/100, and even 100/130.
Both the SVD and CSniper have insane recoil, so you can't really utilize the semi-auto firing mode.

The only difference is CMB having infinite ammo, and the laser (which doesn't render most of the time anyway).

 

[STUCK IN A CAKE]

Making a mountain of a molehill.

Literally only see Skyshield, Ron and Ovxy actually use the Sniper. And even then - it's sparingly.

 

[RedMan]

I'd prefer not to be domed from an unknown angle along with three of my buddies from halfway across the map - I'd say the laser is there for a reason: balance.

This sounds vaguely familiar from a cop perspective.

 

[Hunk]

I'd prefer not to be domed from an unknown angle along with three of my buddies from halfway across the map - I'd say the laser is there for a reason: balance.

If one is going to complain rebels do not have lasers: the scoped-rifles deal less damage(?), have a small amount of ammo available and are in very short supply (I've only seen like...three altogether) compared to the combine-sniper. Can we confirm if Overwatch have access to a limited ammo pool?

Things are balanced already, the Combine Sniper isnt like some super weapon the rebels cant counter...

 

[Eviction Notice]

Things are balanced already, the Combine Sniper isnt like some super weapon the rebels cant counter...

Then if it's balanced already why does it need changing?

 

[Hunk]

Then if it's balanced already why does it need changing?

man, read

 

[bilack]

man, read

I read that it was balanced. So it doesn't need balancing if it already is balanced