BF2S Forums Sniper rifle differences?

LT.Victim wrote:

The sniper rifles suck in BF2142..

I couldn't hit shit cause of that dam movement..

Its so retarded..

try sniper rifle in real life. see if you can get it 100% steady like in BF2 while holding it..standing up, and crouching. kthks.

sooooo 2142 is REAL life? cool when do i get my active camo? christmas?

sonneillon wrote:

I played with the sniper class quite a bit in 2142 and failed to find whats better about the Zeller-H. To me it seemed to be a little bit more accurate (if that) but with less ammo. It still takes more than one hit to kill someone with it, just like the other sniper rifles, and you can't hit anyone through windshields with it.

well if what you say is true, then how come in one of the 2142 websites, the pan asian and the european base sniper rifles ( sorry i dont know all the names yet) does 80 points of damage.

that Zeller H has 3 rounds per clip, and according to the website does 100 points of damage and you can take out most heavy armored troops with one blast and instantly kill a lightly armored trooper. thats comming straight from the website.

the base rifles i believe has 5-6 rounds per clip. if the zeller H has only 3 rounds per clip and does the same damage as the base sniper rifles, then it seems counter productive . and the zeller H is supposed to be anti material.

at the same time they dont want all your chestshots being 100% kills.

the zeller H is a tier 4 unlock, there better be something special with that damn thing. if its only 3 rds per clip, it better have a nasty punch..

i have been playing online fps for a long time.. everytime you have a gun that has less rounds than an ordinary gun , it will 9 times out of 10 do more damage.

a perfect example.

ak 101-   damage 34 pts per round.... each clip has 30 rounds
G3         damage 45 pts per round    each clip has 20 rounds

see the point.  its really retarded to make a level 4 sniper unlock with 3 rounds per clip and having the same damage dealt as a base rifle with 5 -6 rounds on it. id say the zeller H must do more one shot kills to the chest of a enemy soldier with full health.

I'll tell you, you will be only lucky mofo to find someone who doesnt run with extra armor because it is available to every class. I did not have one, one hit kill the whole time I played, with the exception of headshots. And besides looking at stats I was hoping to get info on personal experience with the rifle.

Last edited by sonneillon (2006-09-28 21:31:18)

An added bonus is it is an anti material sniper rifle. It means it can get rid of C4 and mines.

However, I'm currently campaigning for a Sniper Rifle unlcok improvement.

You've got to admit, I looks cool and sounds prety cool too.

Sorry, it's part of the hush-hush special testers group. The good news is that most people want it better there too. However I can voice you guys' opinions there. Currently the Sniper rifle has three bullets per magazine. That's ridiculous, most likely that will be improved to at least five. I'm also asking if the scope can be made easier to use as well.

Ea said that they toned down the sway on the sniper rifles alot  so they should be easier to use, and what specialistx2324 said

LT.Victim wrote:

stryyker wrote:

Ty wrote:

Sorry, it's part of the hush-hush special testers group. The good news is that most people want it better there too. However I can voice you guys' opinions there. Currently the Sniper rifle has three bullets per magazine. That's ridiculous, most likely that will be improved to at last five. I'm also asking if the scope can be made easier to use as well.

is the FP Beta forum still running? i assume thats where this info is coming from

No, hes apart of the few that get to BETA test the whole game - all maps and crap..

*mumbles under breath*

damn southerhemis

bob_6012 wrote:

I think it's cool that the sniper rifle drifts around...they've made it more realistic. Too bad we got people bitching about it already, that'll be one of the first things nerfed. Hitting a small taret at range is not hard to do, all it takes is practice. I myself can consistiently nail pop cans at 200 yards with my rifle no problem. Just practice guys...that's what it boils down to.

but then it boils down to the difference between real life shooting, and the game.

Because you cant steady the gun any better in the game after practice, it still wobbles

well thats good that the rifle drifts a bit, no more snap shooters like in karkand or wake island kinda thing.

i want you guys to take a look at this

http://bf2142fever.com/content/Zeller-H … iper_Rifle

it says it can do 100 points of damage (if i am reading it correctly). none of that cheap 95 pts of damage that Bf2  sniper rifles do.

its a tier 4 unlock and from what i hear,it has a big bang.

it only has 3 rounds. and like i said, why should i unlock this rifle when the base rifles do just about the same thing. i mean has DICE really lost their mind? the base rifles cary 5 rounds at least.  based on the website, they are kinda saying, that this unlockable rifle can kill with one shot ( excluding a head shot which of course kills with one shot).

in BF2 if you noticed, a full health person was nearly impossible to kill with a shot to the chest with a rifle. they always had 95 percent health gone. plus there is no scope drift.

now in 2142, if this Zell H does that much damage of 100 there has to be a catch... scope drift to this rifle and base rifles of 2142.

the unlock has to be a one shot kill for one good reason: if you shoot a person with the Zeller H that in the chest, there will be an insane amount of scope drift. that dude you shot with the zeller H better be dead because if not and he runs away and yet if you can see him, it will be impossible to realign another shot, because it takes a while for the drift to die down with little movement of the rifle on your part. in addition, that fool wont dare stick his head out so that you can get the "leftovers"

and if what stryker said was true, then DICE screwed up again. either you get rid of the scope drift so sniper rifles are not necessary one shot one kill (unless in the head), or you can put some drift into the sniper rifle but you better put that one shot one kill thing ( and i mean a nice bullet to the chest).

thats what i think.

From what I see, the unlock sniper has 2 advantages
First, it does more anti-materiel damage
Second, it does 100 damage rather than 80, such that if there is no damage loss due to distance/armor, it's a guarenteed 1-shot kill.

the game is gonna be completely different than what it was like in beta anyways >_> why don't people just buy the game or go play it at a local cyber cafe to answer their questions... its not like anyone here is an all knowing god of knowledge in regards to EA/DICE's Dev thinking...

in the tuning beta ... they all sucked. Things will change... hopefully...
I still prefer the knife > sniper rifle