BF2S Forums Sniping is useless...

When I'm commanding at Clean Sweep on MEC side, I'm mostly located at the airfield. If I see someone hanging around, when I'm scanning, I go for him at send him a clip of rounds.

That has nothing to do with cheating! I don't know what class you are and that you just camping. It could be possible to, that you are waiting for a good moment to cap the flag or try to hunt me down.

Last edited by [FB]Eraser (2006-02-23 00:38:41)

I believe his point was while in game he doesn't know what kit you may be using.

You forget one of the most important rules of the sniperkit aswell: Don't stay on the same spot to much.
Als commanders in RL could do heatscans on which they can see you very clearly.
If I see someone near my base as a commander and no squad takes him out, I'll do the job myself.

commanders should only be able to look threw commander view and tell people where he is so he cant pinpoint theyre exact location

snipers show up as snipers on spottings, the rest is *Infantry*

use your sound... and also claymores work good

So your moaning about, getting knifed while picking people off from a distance they can't see you at an "uncapable" flag?  Saying that cos the comm can see you it isn't fair?  The people your sniping at, they can't see you either.

You'd have more fun if you sneaked ya way round the back of the hanger and placed some clay's by the front entrance of the hanger. You may have more fun with a diffrent kit and probably find your name at the end of a round on the ladder rather than at the bottom out of sight. (top 20 show on a 64 man game)

Rather than just camping there, try "attacking" with a sniper. Get in a squad and be there eyes from a distance.  You may have some protection from a sneaky knife aswell.  The biggest fun you can have with the sniper kit (imo) is on Karkland with claymores.  You'll probably get the "explosive" badges there aswell.  Failing that be a commander whilst having sniper kit chosen and go give them simular treatment.  As mentioned already at least protect yourself by placing mines down (call in for supply crate aswell) and don't keep yourself in the one posistion, kill someone and move on, focus your sights on your last posistion and take the sneaky knifer out.

Now onto the subject of moaning. If I didn't like say for eg, Macdonald's burgers, I wouldn't write and tell them, or moan to somebody about it. I'd probably go to Burger King instead.  Same applies for the game, if you don't like something, don't upset yaself by doing it again. Move on and picksomething else, this game offer's something for everyone regardless of taste.

When I'm a commander I usually protect my "assets" which were near your sniping posistion by the sounds of it.  Or I attack the enemies assets with c4.  The comm could of wiped you with arty in one hit but that would be a waste.  By coming after you he protected his assets and troops enetring vehicles., whilst still having a full arty load at his disposal.

@Crazed: It isnt smart to kill a Commander on your own when he is sitting on his ass and using his assets. leave the commander alone. its a Worthless kill. he spot you easier then you spot him and ur a sniper and probally he's a Support or anything with a automatic gun.

and about my experience dont hang on the same spot too long a commanders loves to waste his arty on u being a sniper.

just kill whats running past ur scope.

about my experience as a Commander. mostly i dont use the tottally zoomed view...i only do it when my scanners picks up a red spot too close for me being comfortable with it and ofcourse i kill it...he could cap my flag, kill me personally , steal a vehicule or use himself as a spawnpoint for his teammates.

Last edited by *ToRRo*cT| (2006-02-23 03:54:56)

Hate to throw the dagger of reality into the fray (and I'm quite sure reality is not a major component of BF) but thermal imaging is a tool on a real batllefield be it sat or helo based and I'll argue to those interested that it's AWAC's generation enabled aircraft also.

As has been outlined in previous posts you are mad if you take the same position for any length of time (say 2-3mins). 

Don't know about you but when playing commander I run scans and keep my teams briefed constantly.

Keep moving, use cover and above all take your opportunities when available - It's your neck mate.

Rock'N'Roll.

Worse is Iron Gator - scan and uav are pretty much useless once MEC gets onto the boat.

And saying IRL the commander isn't going to jump out of his chair and kill you himself - no, he's not.  He's going to have guards on the airbase and direct them to your position.  Then either they will shoot you or they'll set attack dogs onto you.

if you are a sniper then just shoot the commander, u can propably kill him before he kills you...

It pisses me off when i'm having a good run as a sniper and Artillery lands on my head (yes I move after every couple of shots) I personally think that the commanders radar scans shouldn't show up snipers, I also think that enemy snipers shouldn't show up with a red tag on your screen - in my opinion this feature negates the purpose of a ghillie suit.

On the other hand, maybe you should quit whining and actually do something that benefits your team - a good sniper team can easily turn the tide of a battle -



In this round i got more kills assists and flag defends than anyone else, I also personally took 49 tickets from the enemy team, i spent the entire round spotting enemies and directing artillery fire - thus helping my team.

Your camping at an airbase does very little to benefit your team and if the commander hadn't come to kill you, the pilot you snipe from his beloved Mig probably would have.