\\SNIPING TIPS & TACTICS//

[Erg]

Anyone know a good spot for snipin on abandoned, cause i can't snipe that map!!!!!

[Morpheus]

I will show you but i cant show you. Then if we played in a game you would find me easier....... :P

[Jezz]

a good tactic i find is if someone is running in a direction, put the crosshairs infront of the person and when they run across shoot! This is easier than lining it up, but different situations require different skills.

[Erg]

Does anyone know how to quickly take a guy out with the SR-25sd moving across your screen. Cause i hit once but don't have time for a secnond shot!

[Schneider707]

Originally Posted by timberwolf

Does anyone know how to quickly take a guy out with the SR-25sd moving across your screen. Cause i hit once but don't have time for a secnond shot!

Ok, I use the Sr-25SD alot and the best thing for me is to shoot and keep leading. What will happen is that by the 2nd time you hit them they will turn around and head another direction garunteed (unless they're really close to cover...or they have no frickin' clue why their heath is dropping). Depending how close to cover they are you might just wanna lead him until you can hold your cross hairs on his head <------- I seriously dont suggest this until you get desperate or good

Try an M40... its easier to lead a person to get a head shot on them....or body shots :)

[Erg]

but that not the point i want to remain silent! if ya know what i mean. cause ive been using the m87 alot. but its loud and gives your position away against multiple enemies!! AHHH

[5parta]

Originally Posted by 7SEALS

thermals are good in sandstorm. don't listen to what ANYONE says. use a thermal if it helps you. it helps me on sandstorm, frostfire, generally any dark map

Its pointless to give tips and advice to people if you start your post with
"dont listen to what ANYONE says."

but, anyways....

1. Know the weapons. Different snipers systems deal different amount of damage, have different rates of fire. Furthermore, know what kind of wobbeling you'll get in your scope once you zoom in. It might be very hard to accurately sniper standing with a .50cal riffle (ELR/M82), but
with an m40, you get very little wobbeling in your sights even when standing.

2.Accuracy prone > accuracy crouched > accuracy standing. self explanatory, but still : your more accurate prone then crouched, and more accurate crouched then standing.

3.When zoomed in, dont chase your target. Pretty much anyone can hit a motionless target. But then again, that doesnt happen as often as you'd like (in a game), so in order to hit moving targets, instead of zooming in and trying to hit the center of my x-hairs on the running man as he's moving, i put my x-hairs a bit in front of the target, and shoot when he runs into it. This is farily easy if your target is running perfectly sideways (from left to right/right to left on your screen, or even easier if your mark is running straight towards you. what you'll probably want to focus on at first is getting the timing right (fireing the gun at the right time) but mostly getting use to putting your x-hairs in the path of your target (for the majority of the shots you'll be taking, the target is actually gonna move diagonnally on ur screen). I dont know if i explained this concept clearly enuff, but it worked wonders for me.

4.Lastly, learned to snipe for yourself. By this i mean, be mindfull of the tips and tricks others (myself included) will give you. Something that works great for me might not to shiznit for you.

as far as what i read in this thread, i didnt find any rights or wrongs. In socom, what gets you killed is wrong, what gets you kills is right (glitching and cheating being put aside here).

[7SEALS]

Originally Posted by timberwolf

but that not the point i want to remain silent! if ya know what i mean. cause ive been using the m87 alot. but its loud and gives your position away against multiple enemies!! AHHH

good tactic for that is after you shoot (hit or miss) get up, pull out handgun and run somwhere and snipe somewhere else. this goes with the have an escape route tactic.

[Sash]

What tips i can giv is that, as a terorist(which i am alot!!!) put mines in places where you cant take care of. This is a good back-up plan and u can get more kills than u think if u place them rite.

If u can then get another sniper to take care of other places(e.g on crossroads). And if there is a moving target like some1 said, put ur x-hair few feet ahed of him and when he hits the outer edges fire, bcoz he is moving he will be ahead of ur shots but if u do as i say then it should work.

Thats all i can think of rite now, and be confident, dont blow ur chances bcoz u think the enemy will find out and u mite miss, if u have him in ur site, zoom and IF he slows down just fire and u've got him.

Good Luck!!!!!!

[Broton]

When i snipe in crossroads or fish hook, i check first that my back is on the wall. Then i try to hide in shadows, roof or something. If you stay hide and snipe well, you will have somehting like 10 kilss in the end of game.