If its not based on "realism" then why have they tried so hard to give the guns realistic properties?
Bullet spray, range, fire rates, Range Accuracy?
The only thing they havent done with the guns is produce bullet drop over distance and make sniper rifles realistic.
No one will ever sprint around with a .50 cal in hand throwing it up to their shoulder and firing in a split second, they will land 5 feet behind where they were standing with a few broken bones. Usually this weapon is fired from a prone position or from a mount. It can be shoulder fired from a standing position but not without leaning in and bracing.
I love sniping, but there honestly **NEEDS** to be a way for sniping to make sense. You can't snipe traditionally in this game but people can run around the map slinging a 50 cal around like a BB gun and its ridiculous. If you get on a rooftop to try to be a "real sniper" you get taken out from half way across the map by a Sub Machine Gun. Its pathetic.
The developers of games like this put in game modes where certain features/perks/accellerators are disabled so that gamers who have a severe distaste for a particular game function can search for games without that feature, (Hardcore modes, Barebones modes);
why not a mode where quick scope/draw is disabled and or base it on the weapon? No reason why they cant add this into the game and for those who want to quick scope and those who dont mind it, go on to regular game mode, but for those who despise it, have a game mode where mr sniper is going down if he runs around going toe to toe with assault rifles and SMGs.
Further, why cant their be maps that actually "FAVOR" traditional sniping? For instance a Tree line that runs the entire north and west perimeters for instance and is (scale) 50 yards deep? Its a slight rise with good sight lines to the battlefield. Camo ACTUALLY WORKS, and someone can actually snipe traditionally. Gamers would know just as they do now where the sniping positions are but with a deep, open treeline, its not just point and shoot. A player will actually run a risk if they go "hunt" for a sniper, but you still know where they are, so you can call in bomb strikes on the tree line and or approach from an angle and wait for the flash, track it down, and kill him.
A Sniper could defend an objective such as a flag in domination or a bomb site and/or other effectively while his teammates secured other positions and the like. Attackers would have to use strategy to take care of the sniper(s) and assault the objective.
And this way, snipers both QS and Traditional could have equal efficiency and enjoyment out of the game all the while and the sniping position doesnt have to be a deathtrap but isnt a full blown campers paradise either.
Also remember.....Thermal scopes, someone can reveal the snipers position while the rest of the map enjoys their fast paced killing action.
