BF2S Forums What is the best sniping place in the game?

if i told you, i would have to kill you

edit: speaking of wake, you can also snipe from between the pile of rocks on the arty island. your nearly invulnerable there when arty rains on your head or when a j-10 does its minutely bombing run.

Last edited by tahadar (2006-04-29 06:19:14)

dont_be_ss wrote:

go on a 64 player wake only server. be u.s and snipe from behind the arty at the far end. ive had hundreds of kills from there. it's very hard for other snipers to hit you and even tanks!

Its true , ive seen you do it , you got loads of kills. very good place

everybody says the crane on sharqi is so obvious, but its still a kick ass spot.

Daqing oilfields, just sit in the grass about 50 ft away from either gas station behind some trees.  You can't get any better with the camo, some chump walked right past like 3 ft near me and didn't even notice.

Pfc. Leemus wrote:

dont_be_ss wrote:

go on a 64 player wake only server. be u.s and snipe from behind the arty at the far end. ive had hundreds of kills from there. it's very hard for other snipers to hit you and even tanks!

You talking US arty of PLA arty?

he said "be u.s. and snipe from behind the arty". its rather self-evident that he meant the U.S. arty

I'd have to say anywhere not listed in this post.

I'm more of a CQC sniper.

Some of my best and most fun round were from the crane on Sharqi. It's SO OBVIOUS that no one even looks there when you're sniping from it!! However if they do look at see you, you're screwed because you'll NEVER find them in time.

I've been thinking the hotel on sharqi too, I just need to get the heli sometime.

Metamort wrote:

Some of my best and most fun round were from the crane on Sharqi. It's SO OBVIOUS that no one even looks there when you're sniping from it!! However if they do look at see you, you're screwed because you'll NEVER find them in time.

I've been thinking the hotel on sharqi too, I just need to get the heli sometime.

yer iv been thinkin of the hotel in sharqie aswell or .. the building to the right of it .. heading towards the tv station ... (i checkedf it out on an empty server) its got great cover and if ur the u.s and the tv station is ur last base the mec storming to the tv on the hill are easy pickings.. only worry would be that fuken havok

The best sniping place is one where no one ever looks.

Behind some trees in the open and stuff like that.

Or better yet, figure out where other snipers love to hide out and get places where there is a very limited view to just that area and blast away from there.  It's harder to be spotted from these small little spots.

There is no one best sniping place; it depends on a lot of factors, for 'normal' spots not least of which is if there are countersnipers out there and how good they are.

My favourite spots for fixed sniping are ones that you can't get to directly, like the east end of the row of buildings on the north side of the road leading from City Entrance to the top of the hill above Construction Site, which give you overwatch on Alleyway (front and back) and one spawn area for Surveillance and the roof that you access via two ladders.

Other than hiding in plain sight where the ghillie actually works the best type of spot I think are ones you can't get to on foot at all - chopper drops or jumps from Vodniks or other vehicle roofs.

Lamsey wrote:

I'm no sniping expert, but the crane on sharqi looks good.

Yeah, to other snipers too!

It's a place any decent sniper will scan over to check for their enemy counterparts. You can play it cagey and be hard to hit but it limits your effectiveness.

Lamsey wrote:

You can see half the map from up there...

Same in reverse too I was being sniped a while back, couldn't zero the guy and eventually got killed, respawned back at City Entrance and just walked south and standing out nearly in the open I got his squadmate twice and him once - they just weren't expecting to be sniped from that far back I guess, plus they were silhouetted against the sky and I wasn't.

EvilMonkeySlayer wrote:

Good spots are where your silhouette is broken up, for example;

Stairs often provide a good way to break up the silhouette.

Yep, shooting under/between covering objects is good too so there's only a slice of you visible. Course this limits your tactical usefulness if you stick there but at times it's well worth it.

I personally like being MEC (or China) and moving with a squad around and capturing points. Good points for capturing points, getting kills and KDA's. Even better if you're SL and your fallen members can spawn on you.

Oh boy! This is my kind of thread! I'll post some pics up tonight!