BF2S Forums A Sniper's Guide: Basics of Sniping

Well you have some good points in it but its a bit of a long boring read (thank god i read bloody fast) and your sniping stats are ok (my other Nicks ratio is 2.64 with a Accuracy of 48.88% its only a new one so im only a Private First class if you want to look its plzd0nthurtme) but i definately agree about the high grounds like cranes ilove getting the guys off it some of the best places i have are on the ground where people walk right past me lol.


The Overall Ratio is 2.15

Last edited by Lestat<CoN> (2006-01-28 03:32:48)

Lestat<CoN> wrote:

Well you have some good points in it but its a bit of a long boring read (thank god i read bloody fast) and your sniping stats are ok (my other Nicks ratio is 2.64 with a Accuracy of 48.88% its only a new one so im only a Private First class if you want to look its plzd0nthurtme) but i definately agree about the high grounds like cranes ilove getting the guys off it some of the best places i have are on the ground where people walk right past me lol.


The Overall Ratio is 2.15

My Mom says I am number one.

usmarine2005 wrote:

Lestat<CoN> wrote:

Well you have some good points in it but its a bit of a long boring read (thank god i read bloody fast) and your sniping stats are ok (my other Nicks ratio is 2.64 with a Accuracy of 48.88% its only a new one so im only a Private First class if you want to look its plzd0nthurtme) but i definately agree about the high grounds like cranes ilove getting the guys off it some of the best places i have are on the ground where people walk right past me lol.


The Overall Ratio is 2.15

My Mom says I am number one.

Im glad that your mom tells you that does she also hold your hand when you cross the road.

But what was the point you made with your comment i dont know but if you read my post i was actually agreeing and pointing out a good fact in his so please be useful if you cant go play in the corner quietly ok

I must say I have been trying this today without the .50 cal, and I seem to get more kills than usual ( which isn't a lot.)  You need to join a server with me ComradeWho, and show me some spots on various maps.

Damn, I like it! I searched up my Treatise (which looks a pale boring comparison now, in my opinion) which I wrote back when I only first started sniping seriously (I still don't play a lot of BF2 and had a K/D of 1.09 with the rifle. My K/D is now 1.38).... and it can be found here: http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=6882

Anyway, I really like it. I like the guide to locations (even though I don't play on Karkand much) but the guide in it's entirety is well written.

Always throw grenades at claymores or remove them when they're no longer likely to kill the enemy.

Hear, hear! The more people say this, the more that people might actually listen and not leave their claymores scattered about the battlefield. In fact, if what I read about the next patch is correct and claymores will no longer be tripped off by Grenades...

Well, it's just going to get worse!

Why not lets feature this? We hardly have a sniper guide in feature post at all

It's a pretty good guide, albeit long and very advanced for a "basic" guide.

I think that using predetermined shooting positions is a bad idea, and that it's best to be unpredictable when picking your spots. That might be just me, guess it would make me feel too "cookie-cutter". Another thing I would add is not to shoot from anywhere where you would produce a silhouette against the horizon, like the top of a hill or building. Also, people with low video settings don't see small foliage in the distance, so while you may be laying down in a bush on your screen, certain OPFOR will percieve you as just laying out in the open.

I didn't see anything about bullet drop in the guide, maybe because I skimmed it over, but it's important to stress that it exists to beginners so they don't get frustrated when they are not hitting shit at great distances.

Good guide overall, feature post definitely.

Loved the post because presents new positions that I normally never thaught being so useful. But on the other side of the medal -> I really love to snipe snipers on cranes.... sooooo easy shots and the poor bastards don't even know from where the lead is coming If you add a medic to revive them all the time ... wow... you can call me a statspadder!

Last edited by Driller[SV] (2006-01-30 04:40:33)

I stopped reading when he said that the M24 and the M95 have the same power.  Also, his comment on how snipers should move to USMC.  Great, even more reason for noobs to tip the scale by moving to USMC.

But seriously, don't rely on stats.  M24 and M95 don't even come close to the same power.

They both take two shots to kill, but the M24 will lower someone with body armor to around 45% health, while the M95 will drop them to 2 bars of health.

ComradeWho wrote:

HerrHav0k wrote:

They both take two shots to kill, but the M24 will lower someone with body armor to around 45% health, while the M95 will drop them to 2 bars of health.

Untrue. The m24 will lower an opponent's health to the same degree as the m95. Again, please refer to the weapons statistics: http://wiki.bf2s.com/weapons/comparison

Yes, they do the same damage, but the M24 does not ignore the extra protection that is gained from body armor like the M95 does, which is why your health will drop to around 40% when you're wearing body armor and get hit by an M24, and down to 2 bars when you get hit by an M95 (again, when wearing body armor). Do an experiment, firing the rifles at the torso, and see the amount of health taken off by both rifles with and without body armor.

Good guide. Lots of useful tips and thoughts + great maps.

I must say now, that both Comradewho's and tyferra's digest are both top quality and everyone must understand that they are works in progress. I've heard several comments 'hinting' at the ol' "taking advice from a lesser qual/stat sniper". I now believe this perhaps isn't truly warranted. Often times the best teachers are not the top craftsmen at thier specific art, however they possess a unique ability to observe and translate to the betterment of others. I brought a clanmate along with me the other evening to some of my spots (11 on Kubra + 9 on sharqi + 17 on Dragon and lastly 6 on Oman) each of these spots currently net meself ~18-30 sniper rifle kills per round with 2-3 deaths. Needless to say our results were drastically different in nature.

Some tradecraft can be passed on, however the 'hand eye/ memory muscle or scope posistion cannot be transeferred through verbal guidance, only through personal experience IMHO". I personally cannot turn a non-AT&T (reach out and hit someone....long distance) sniper into a snipe. I can only try to show my online passion for this particular art, complete with the innate satisfaction of an unbelievable shot to an other.

I, have endured a, albeit short, lifelong of business and personal stress. It is now that I truly enjoy (with me bottle of whiskey at hand) the long range warfare and stress relief. I now add the destinct pleasure of ventrillo with dear firends (GDC clanmates and DCDF bhoys, namely my twin, Books_dcdf, along with his fine group of DCDF online family).

Three evenings ago, I, made 2 of the most unbelievable shots in my recollection. First was a ~250m headsahot on a moving tank gunner.

The second will forever be etched into my mind for 2 reasons. First, easily a +300m headshot on a fast moving dune buggy gunner that didn't even seem humanly possible. The second reason it will forever be my finest pull,.....Friends, Books and Tempus DCDF were flanking me, witnessed and were on voice comms. I hold that particular memory near and dear to me heart as I wasnt alone on the back nine and dropped a hole-in-one, I was with Friends...priceless. Now, of course, keeping in mind this is a game, but nonetheless my hobby therefore holding certain personal satisfactions to be said.

BF2 is just that...a game. Me wife is perhaps my biggest cheerleader tobesure as it keeps me home most nights and out of the pubs. Despite any of EA/Dice's shortcommings I am truly grateful for thier creation, not for the simple/complex game mechanics, but for the pleasure derived from wit I so enjoy.....

Your mate,
Sinny

*ps ..rabble rabble, sorry but i tend to get a bit long on the keystroke after the first bottle or so:)