Well, after a horrible start (read "less than 1 to 1 K/D") and a continued focus on a single, multi-kit account, I finally reached the 7 to 1 sniper rifle K/D ratio last night with 23,079 kills vs. 3297 deaths. In the same session I broke the 5 to 1 K/D ratio with the sniper kit (26,497 kills vs. 5,295 deaths).
Now before anyone starts to flame me about it being easy to accomplish these things through claymore whoring and using a sniper kit while in armor/aircraft, please bear in mind that, of those 26,497 kills, only 1395 came from claymores and less than 30 came from any vehicle/mounted/fixed weapons. (I rarely travel by any means other than foot when sniping, and when I do use transport it's usually an FAV/DPV/Hummer/Vodnik which I quickly abandon after getting to a point where I can hump it to an effective hide/nest location.) Do the math and you'll note that the vast majority of total sniper kills came with the rifle (23,079) with approx. 2000 coming from grenades/pistol/knife. The VAST majority of deaths came either while I was moving to my hide or relocating to a new position and was surprised by an infantry group/vehicle/attack helo, or to my prinicpal nemesis--artillery. (SinnFein maintains that these statistics validate his claim that I'm, as he puts it, "a sneaky bastard.")
I apologize if it seems like I'm bragging or coming across like just another sniper who's going on about how great he is (for the record, I'm not "great"; I've just found an approach that's proved effective for me and I've been disciplined enough to maintain it over a long period). It's just that this has been a personal goal of mine for a long time that's required a lot of work, focus, and patience, and right now I'm really happy and wanted to share it with everyone. Thanks for indulging me this little verbal happy dance.
Happy sniping, everyone.
Now before anyone starts to flame me about it being easy to accomplish these things through claymore whoring and using a sniper kit while in armor/aircraft, please bear in mind that, of those 26,497 kills, only 1395 came from claymores and less than 30 came from any vehicle/mounted/fixed weapons. (I rarely travel by any means other than foot when sniping, and when I do use transport it's usually an FAV/DPV/Hummer/Vodnik which I quickly abandon after getting to a point where I can hump it to an effective hide/nest location.) Do the math and you'll note that the vast majority of total sniper kills came with the rifle (23,079) with approx. 2000 coming from grenades/pistol/knife. The VAST majority of deaths came either while I was moving to my hide or relocating to a new position and was surprised by an infantry group/vehicle/attack helo, or to my prinicpal nemesis--artillery. (SinnFein maintains that these statistics validate his claim that I'm, as he puts it, "a sneaky bastard.")
I apologize if it seems like I'm bragging or coming across like just another sniper who's going on about how great he is (for the record, I'm not "great"; I've just found an approach that's proved effective for me and I've been disciplined enough to maintain it over a long period). It's just that this has been a personal goal of mine for a long time that's required a lot of work, focus, and patience, and right now I'm really happy and wanted to share it with everyone. Thanks for indulging me this little verbal happy dance.
Happy sniping, everyone.
Last edited by Books_DCDF (2006-06-24 09:20:59)
