BF2S Forums sniper silencer

This is kind of a bad idea because it would make snipers overpowered. One of the disadvantages to being a sniper -- especially so when using the M95 -- is the noise. If there was a silencer on the M95, you could just sit in one place and pick off people the whole round (barring being spotted by their commander). You might as well remove the red damage markers when people get shot.

I don't think silencers on sniper rifles will ever get implemented unless the rifle is very weak and takes several shots to bring someone down. It's just a matter of game balance.

Not a bad idea for the reasons you suggest with one exception I think with the wide variety of speaker setups and headphones the assumption that people "know" generaly where the sniper is does not prove true. When I use my speakers I can get a kind of <180 degree direction of noises but with my headphones the sound is 360 degrees lol (unless the sniper is really close).

And somehow you godly snipers always have the damn sun at your backs!!! please no silencers

In reality a silencer only works on relatively short range sniper rifles. The simple fact is that the bullet from a rifle like the M95 is traveling at far greater than the speed of sound. I don't care how much you silence the actual shot there will still be a very loud, very clear, very distinct, and very noticable crack from the sonic boom.

Snipers rarely ever use silencers in combat. It's just not practical.

how bout another idea, silencer on the blackhawk guns........

just showing how useless i think it would be because the sniper would be much harder to spot.

btw. i have shot several people right by a flag with an enemy apc below me and still no one noticed it

Ya... Silencers are not really.... logical nor useful.

I like my rifle the way it is (fat crosshairs and all).  But what I want is my trusty scratched up set of binoculars from BF1942.  Always used them to get the bigger picture and then would zoom in on targets with the rifle scope for the kill.  A range finder would also be nice to help out with bullet drop some (also would make it easier to brag about how far away I nailed some poor guy's head).

meh, jsut use the m24, its more accurate, less of a boom, and flash, thats as close as youll get to a quiet m95, and if i remember correct, the m24 now does as much damage as an m95 right?

FeloniousMonk wrote:

In reality a silencer only works on relatively short range sniper rifles. The simple fact is that the bullet from a rifle like the M95 is traveling at far greater than the speed of sound. I don't care how much you silence the actual shot there will still be a very loud, very clear, very distinct, and very noticable crack from the sonic boom.

Snipers rarely ever use silencers in combat. It's just not practical.

you are so wrong, the muzzle velocity of the barrett .50 rifles are close too 850m/s. Some rifles reach 915m/s but not much higher than that.
And there are plenty of silencers for .50 rifles and they will all supress the noice realllll nice.

THE One thing this game lacks is the presence of "speed of sound" . If that was present, some one would drop to the floor and the shot would be heard a sec or 3 later. And if the guy sniping calls himself a real sniper, he would have consealed himself to the degree where you cant spot him very easily.

I love sniper Noobs (about 98%) who point thier thick barell over the edge of a rooftop.........pointless, yet priceless

Charmin wrote:

you are so wrong, the muzzle velocity of the barrett .50 rifles are close too 850m/s. Some rifles reach 915m/s but not much higher than that.
And there are plenty of silencers for .50 rifles and they will all supress the noice realllll nice.

What is he wrong about? The M24 and M95 are both around 850 m/s, which far surpasses the speed of sound, which (in air, at sea level) is around 340 m/s.

The fact is, the large calibre rifles will never suppress "nicely" because there is not .50 BMG subsonic ammunition readily available as far as I know. Even if there was, the range and subsequent power of the the M95 for example would be GREATLY reduced with the use of subsonic ammunition, which is why large calibre suppressors are impractical for everyday military use.

That said, this is definitely a matter of game balance and not realism.

rgp58 wrote:

Sondar wrote:

well i dont think that the sniper rifles have that long range... i personally think that the snipers need to have longer range

Longer range?  At Kubra Dam using the M95 and hiding near the bridge next to the US main spawn, I shot and killed someone near the Power station spawn, the scope said 500m+.  I can consistenly make kill shots at 300m.  The only hinderance i've seen to long range shots at infantry with the M95, is the huge crosshairs.  I'd take smaller crosshairs over longer range or a silencer.  My $0.02.

well i dont have the m95 yet. BUT i say for example on sharqi peninsula i cant hit the tv station from the crane now tell me is that because of the *fog* or because my settings ?

Snipers also only take one shot at there given location and when it calms down they bug out. Its hard to locate a single shot, but when you fire that second shot you just gave yourself away.

UberRanger wrote:

how about the M95 has a silencer on it. This is because when your a sniper you don t want to draw attention to yourself, but you can hear the rifle across the map nearly (sharqi peninsula). You can hear that there is an enemy sniper and roughly where they are.

Anyone agree?

A silencer on a large-caliber rifle that's good for 1,800 meters?  I'm not even going to finish this comment....