bad sniper damage and no headshots ?

[J_CroC]

i feel the silencer is quite useless on a sniperrifle . you get spotted anyway.

And if you are on a far distance the sound isnt that loud, So imo the silencer is useless.

And i agree the sniper rifle in RTCW was very good

[Bigdog]

I would just like to say, in the hope they change it, that sniper rifles are too weak. I of course do not want a whole server full of people sitting at each end of the map sniping each other. But I think if you take the time to lie down, wiat till the red bar disapears and aim for a enemy’s head. Then it should kill in one hit if you get a good headshot. It is even harder in ET to get the headshot than in most FPSs so I think it should at least kill in one hit. But ONLY for headshots.

[karti]

i am a sniper, so of course i think the sniper rifles are too weak
however, i agree that one-hit-one-kill weapons like in AWP in CS are not good.
But i DO think a headshot should kill, when firing without silencer.

btw, i dont think silencers are useless cause if, for example, the germans are looking at the allied respawn point (over the big bridge) and there is one sniper to the right (at the footbridge, near a tree), so he is quite safe because nobody looks there. Without a silencer this nice sniping point would be quite useless because it could be flanked, like most others too.

i dont think it is harder to make headshots in et than in cs or bf1942 because of mg42s. every player who stands there (or uses the tank) is a clear headshot for every sniper with a bit skill

however, Rate of Fire should be decreased because it is quite easy to shoot twice very fast (of course u need to be in lowest zoom to find your target again…), so u can get almost everyone who is not aware where u r (i love the silencer… ) and thus where to run/hide

another thing i would like is a better death-message:
i wanna know when i killed someone per headshot

[SubstandardJones]

I don’t know this for certain, but from spending a lot of time as covert ops and sniping, I think that the sniper rifle IS a one-headshot kill weapon.

But only if you’re level 1 or higher in Covert Ops. Most things in ET seem to go along those lines. Everything is slightly toned down at first, and gaining a level or two brings it up to RTCW quality. Still more levels make it even better (Level 3 Breath control reduces scoped sway to almost nothing.)

I complained about the bad sniper rifle too at first, but I think you’ll find that getting level 1 in covert ops will make it much easier to use. You’ll be capping people’s brains out in no time.

[karti]

@jones: no, it is quite sure NOT a one-headshot kill weapon.
Breath control is nice but still u need a second or two to get your view at your enemy again.
I hae been a lvl 3 covops and i still have not been able to kill an enemy with one shot. Maybe i am just a bad sniper.
maybe.
i doubt

[bani]

i only get 1-shot garand kills if the enemy is already hurt.

i played a bit of rtcw tonight and a bit of et, and the rtcw mauser is so much more fun than the et garand.

bring back the headshot kills please, even if its only for the garand and not the fg42

btw does ANYONE actually use fg42 in et? most players seem to consider it pretty worthless.

[karti]

there’s a posting of a guy in this forum who said the fg42 becomes very good when u have specops3 (breath control). i dont know wheter that is true or not, gotta test it for my own

[SCDS_reyalP]

i only get 1-shot garand kills if the enemy is already hurt.

i played a bit of rtcw tonight and a bit of et, and the rtcw mauser is so much more fun than the et garand.

bring back the headshot kills please, even if its only for the garand and not the fg42

btw does ANYONE actually use fg42 in et? most players seem to consider it pretty worthless.

It is actually fairly decent. In scope mode, you can compensate for the kickback (sliding the mouse down as you hold down the trigger) and it does more damage than unscoped. This makes a brutal long range weapon. Unscoped it is a bit weak (see my other post about crouch and prone not helping) doing less damage and having a bigger spread than the smgs. Unless you are a very good sten monkey, it is better than the sten in close combat. OTOH the sten gives you silenced kills. If you are mostly spotting mines and/or satchel charging, I think the fg42 is a good choice.

[DAS_BISMARK]

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Well, count me in. You are 100% correct in your infrence about the rifles. Too weak, I’d be happy with the standered ol’scoped Mauser, 1 or 2 shot killes. (Depends on where you hit them :))

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