First Strike Forums — Sniper difficulty

Re: Sniper difficulty

2007-11-16T21:38:58Z

Lance Haith wrote:

semi on topic: I'm one of the rebels who camp in that tower you speak of

Hehe, probably you're the one I was trying to hit. Was there a shield up there with you guys? You guys were doing a terrific job on us troopers on the ground. I was all the way back near that water vaporator on the ground or even on it, but there's just not a lot of places to hide once you come around that corner.

Re: Sniper difficulty

2007-11-14T22:56:04Z

I know the problem you speak of. Many a times I've shot a person in the head and it didn't kill 'em (no hit indicator even) but even more times have I hit people in the head and it be a 1 hit kill so I don't know what the problem is... wack hit boxes? unregistered hits? or maybe I'm missing by centimeters...

But I like the fact that snipers aren't perfect for now because they damn are close! I'm talking about the infinite ammo man!

semi on topic: I'm one of the rebels who camp in that tower you speak of

semi on topic 2: I love the Unlockable sniper in 2142! and I've made two realy fun games with them.
1 is to just snipe long range from different hieghts and figure out how much the bullet drops before it hits (one time I was on a minsk building fighting another sniper who was on a slightly taller building ~150 meters away and it took me until my last shot to figure out precisely how the drop worked when shooting at an upward angle... doing this while being shot at by said sniper was intense!)
2 THE BEST GAME EVER: find a server with FF on, locate an enemy flag/silo, locate a person laying down mines/c4 and either shoot the explosives while they are putting it down OR wait for a team mate to walk by and shoot it. Insta-teamkill for that poor engineer

Re: Sniper difficulty

2007-11-14T20:40:30Z

I love the Disruptor on Mos Espa and on Endor, especially attacking the Tree Village. I think they are both fun guns, but head shots should be kills IMO.

Re: Sniper difficulty

2007-11-14T17:06:34Z

i never normally get a kill from sniping but then again im not very good at it. i have hit the head a few times and not killed somebody though.

Re: Sniper difficulty

2007-11-14T16:23:59Z

I have found sniping realy easy and fun.

Re: Sniper difficulty

2007-11-14T14:05:08Z

I'll check the ping next time, that's a possibility. My ping is pretty normal usually, unless the server ping goes beserck, it's happened once or twice. I have had situations where my ping was high on a peak night like Friday's. I'm pretty good with sniping, it's one of my most used weapons. There happened to be a large firefight between us stormtroopers and the rebels, and my sniping seemed to not be effective at all (and it's not because I'm a noob in that area either, as I've been sniping well since BF1942). I think Alpha0278 has a point, ping might be the culprit, I'll keep an eye out for it.

Re: Sniper difficulty

2007-11-14T11:25:39Z

I have noticed the need to take two shots with the sniper rifle. Using the left shift key helps to stabalise the sight. It could be the connection or ping that could be the problem?

Re: Sniper difficulty

2007-11-14T11:20:05Z

I kinda disagree with you here mate the snipers work, they are used alot, and i get killet all the time bye them, the fackt that they arent a noobgun and used bye evryone makes the game mutch more enjoyable atleast i think so, atleast thoose that doo now howe to use the sniperguns curently ingame are quite good with them.

And ontop off that im not a regular sniper myself, but on some maps were i know sniping is a joy like in mos-espa in the beginning were the imps have to cross som dessert to get to close quarter combat even I can take out 2-4 imps before they get thrue to city.

Re: Sniper difficulty

2007-11-14T10:40:19Z

I haven't tried sniping yet in FS, but I've been at the receiving end of a horribly accurate sniper on Endor Strike Team, and died to Disruptor fire more times than I could count. The things are deadly.

FS doesn't have a 'hold shift to hold your breath' thing, does it? Other than that, remember to let your weapon stabilize after moving.

Re: Sniper difficulty

2007-11-14T06:22:17Z

I can't quite understand why this post is here; I've never had any trouble with headshots in first strike, in fact I got 28 sniper kills in mos espa on release day, and at least 15 of those were headshots.

Re: Sniper difficulty

2007-11-14T06:13:34Z

If you think about it, regarding a laser beam, it should be way more accurate than a projectile because it won't be affected by wind or gravity (at least planetary gravity). It's supposed to be an energy bolt correct? So, like light it should be more lethal and faster than a bullet.

Re: Sniper difficulty

2007-11-14T05:11:34Z

T21

**drools**

Re: Sniper difficulty

2007-11-14T04:48:47Z

My problem with it, is that it is horribly inaccurate for a sniper rifle. It makes sniping useless, since the job is always done better with the normal rifle, or just spraying with the T21.

Re: Sniper difficulty

2007-11-14T02:44:16Z

lol, i actually like to snipe in 2142, but the one here leaves much to be desired i find...would possibly help if ther was a different choice for a sniper besides the rebel and emp...one that can actually headshot.

Re: Sniper difficulty

2007-11-14T01:51:03Z

I believe the laser beam and the actual projectile are two different entities, so that it's perfectly possible to believe you hit the target when in reality you didn't.