Quick Sniping Vs. Prone Sniping- The Lowdown...

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Originally Posted by Bright Motive

It was 7vs1 In harvester, and all I had was an M82. Now if I ran around trying to quicksnipe people like a fool, even if I was amazing I would get taken out by one of the other 7 that are breathing down my neck.

Recently, and with Otter and a couple other [S3] members as my witness, I was involved in a 5v1 on Harvester. Four guys came at me at once, one in a truck, two sniping and one with an automatic weapon. I quicksniped two guys with two great shots. Then, I quicksniped another out of the truck that was bearing down on me. The fourth kill I got (in a span of 10 seconds or so) was also a quicksnipe. The fifth guy ran away and hid for the remaining minute or so. Now, for someone to tell me that it takes no skill deserves a swift kick in the behind. Quicksniping can be done by everyone, but to varying degrees. Prone sniping can be done by everyone at the same level. If you cannot prone snipe, this game isn't for you.

The real argument here is, are rushers better than campers? The answer is yes. Of course rushers are better than campers. The guy who can rack up three or four kills in a round running around is better than the guy who sits behind a wall the entire round and gets three or four kills. [S3], this site's clan is, I believe, 118-9 in clan wars on Socom 3. Why? Because we don't believe in the type of crap that everyone else playing the game does. What do people believe in? They think camping is the way to be. "It's tactical!" That doesn't mean it takes skill. "It is more realistic!" This game obviously isn't realistic. "It is a playing style." Ok. But it isn't a skilled way of playing. "Quicksniping is a glitch!" Explain how? The fact that you can zoom in in mid-air? You can shoot an automatic while in mid-air. Why isn't that a glitch? "Insert another lame excuse as to why people believe they are good at the game because they camp and prone snipe."

[FragginHoes]

I don't play in rooms with snipers on because of quick sniping. I think it is too unrealistic for someone toting a .50 cal sniper rifle with scope wearing a guille suit to be running and jumping like a kangaroo and actually getting kills. I realize there are many aspects of the game that are unrealistic but nothing nearly as far fetched as quick sniping. Not that I am complaining about it because like I said, I play in rooms with snipers off because of it. If you enjoy it, great, keep playing in rooms. That is the beauty of custom rooms in Socom, you can pick your boundaries so people do not have to whine about others. In all honesty, I don't see why there is so much crying about this game. Just about every complaint with S3 can be remedied by room filters. So if you are adamantly oppose to a weapon or playing style don't play in those rooms, SIMPLE! Quick snipers enjoy it, have fun and just vote the whiners out of your rooms. I enjoy my style of games and that is where all will be. Just my two cents and a meager attempt to quell some of the Socom bickering because it is too great of a game to be ruined by cry babies. Enjoy your weekend fellow Socomers, see you on the battlefield.

[OTTER]

Originally Posted by FragginHoes

I don't play in rooms with snipers on because of quick sniping. I think it is too unrealistic for someone toting a .50 cal sniper rifle with scope wearing a guille suit to be running and jumping like a kangaroo and actually getting kills. I realize there are many aspects of the game that are unrealistic but nothing nearly as far fetched as quick sniping. Not that I am complaining about it because like I said, I play in rooms with snipers off because of it. If you enjoy it, great, keep playing in rooms. That is the beauty of custom rooms in Socom, you can pick your boundaries so people do not have to whine about others. In all honesty, I don't see why there is so much crying about this game. Just about every complaint with S3 can be remedied by room filters. So if you are adamantly oppose to a weapon or playing style don't play in those rooms, SIMPLE! Quick snipers enjoy it, have fun and just vote the whiners out of your rooms. I enjoy my style of games and that is where all will be. Just my two cents and a meager attempt to quell some of the Socom bickering because it is too great of a game to be ruined by cry babies. Enjoy your weekend fellow Socomers, see you on the battlefield.

Sprinting amd shooting a gun fully automatic with that accuracy isn't realistic either. Nor is shooting a model 18 with it's accuracy. Nor is people taking as many shots as they do, nor is magically appearing in a vehicle.

The WHOLE socom isn't realistic, so don't even give me that.

[Wolfe jr.]

This has been said before, but this is just a game. People DO camp in real life. (I take it you know this because you are a seasoned war veteran correct?) However, can people face a wall and see clearly what is around the corner? No. We don't have "3rd person vision". This game isn't realistic. It has been said many time, Quick Sniping is better than "camp sniping" as I like to call it. Can anyone who calls themself a "camp sniper" explain the following to me: Is it fun to do this? Do you get bored staring at open space for four minutes at a time? Please tell me. I would really like to know.

For all the people that say quicksniping is unrealistic, have you ever used a shotgun? That is unrealistic as well. After getting shot by a shotgun how can you get back up? Your health meter is really unrealistic. My point is, who cares?

Socom is a game, not real life. It's mere entertainment. You must realize that it is not real!


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[Bright Motive]

Rushing does own any amateur clan though. They camp in fault, but if you rush them they go into freeze mode.

[D.LEE]

i think both types or sniping is challenging like when people are hoping around i cant snipe thos guys yet

[The7InchPianist]

Originally Posted by Darken

its like Zipper made this game to be fun for the people who sucked at socom 2.

Yeah, because Zipper's goal is to make the game boring.

Obviously they wanted to make it fun...and there are always going to be more skilled players, and believe it or not, in quicksniping too, which is exactly what playing it is for.

[.Freed.]

Originally Posted by SN1P1NG_L3G3ND

Can you? You seem to comment on it alot how you can quick snipe in here and it gets a little suspicious. I mean how easy is it for someone who dosen't even know what quick sniping is to say 'Yea, I quick snipe, i'd own you at it too' on here?

Yes gunz.... is awesome at quicksniping.
Anyhow prone sniping is just so boring and easy and anyone can do it.
not everyone can quicksnipe but most people can.
quicksniping is more fun than prone sniping and takes more skill.
and im going to name all the things about this game that are unrealistic just so people stop saying quicksniping is unrealistic because we know it is.
1. running around and shooting an assault rifle jumping or not
2. lag
3. 3rd person vision
4. people getting shot more than 1 time and being able to do anything at all
5. vehicles running people over and ppl not dying.
6. tanks taking more than 1 rpg/at4 at still living
7. trucks taking m2mines and living
8. quicksniping
9. shooting any gun continously fully automattically it would overheat
10. the whole concept of the game is unrealistic, in real life you wouldnt see 8seals v 8 terrorists or whatever the number is. it would be like 4 v 20+ more or whatever. the whole entire concept of socom is unrealistic.
Theres probly more things unrealistic about this game but i dont want to type them up.

Also its a VIDEO GAME.

[DangerDoom]

not going to read the whole thread. . .

i am prolly one of the better regular snipers there is. i enjoy doing that. the only problem is, i am the worst quick sniper. more like, i can't even do it.

its one of those things that you hate if you die by it, or can't do it. like when you die insesintly by the F90 (noob cannon). you get pissed and *****.

QS takes tremendous skill. not nearlly as much as it did in s2. but we have all clarified that sniping in general in s3 is easier than s2.

people who say they are glitching shots. they arnt, this game is based around lag. and you may get a QSer who hits a lag spot as he is in the air. and it looks scketch. but really his shot is as lagit as they get.

its time to end this controversy and either learn to do it and love it. or learn to deal with it, and shut up about it.

[Teqila]

I prefer regular sniping , it's usually more effecient and easier. I tried learning to quicksnipe before couldn't get into it. No one's complaining about the realism if they do they really mean they don't quicksnipe and hate when they gaet killed by a quicksniper. Well that's what I've come to believe and what I want you to consider.