How to be a good sniper.

[aocfork]

thermal gives you a 60-80 meter range, much much shorter. i never grab it.

[killbill1]

Sniping...my favorite past time...when you get your first kill off it...you feel good about yourself and you kinda get the feel for it. The best is having a snipers duel with someone for the whole game and then basically complimenting each other back in the lobby. But once you get the hang of it its pretty cool and fun. Go to respawns to get used to the hand gun...use it for the whole time respawning. The hand gun also helps improve your shooting with any other gun...ecspecially the M16...But all these tips are very very useful. And i wouldn't mind playing with ya'll either. Sound like good ol fashioned competition to me. Snipe on playa's. Be steathy and use everything to its advantage cause everything is a advantage in the game (boxes, corners, shade, darkness, ect.) And be different. select different areas to snipe other than the norm.

[OTTER]

Ok man first off you need to know the map before you do anything, that helps a ton, because say in Vigilance and you are lying prone in that little corner beneath that one building that you can blow, (near end of tunnels and ground turret) and you see a guy coming to the right circling around the Terrorists spawn and he will eventually end up at you, you need to know where he will come from and either wait for him, or go prone and just wait with your DE.50 (personal favourite) /Model18 and have mines where he will come, a really good part about Terrorists is their mines: you lay them where you think the enemy will go and boom, you dont need to stick around to explode em like you do with claymores. But KNOW YOUR MAPS and when your a sniper...I suggest you have a headset, communication is KEY if you do not communicate someone gets killed from behind, an easy preventative kill. I say, if you are kinda rookie but are in an Urban level, such as Sujo, Vigilance, hell maybe even Frostfire and tons more, and are unsure of your skill, try (as a SEAL) the SR-25 SD because you can fire at them and they dunno wtf is going on lol. As a Terrorist the M82A1A is good, but flash is definately noticable as someone else noted and highly innacurate, but the right sniper can use any rifle and kill the enemy, the key is stay hidden, either low/prone or high/concealed, I see some people who think they are all that sniping STANDING UP on a roof that a guy with the M60E3 can take out....stay low...know your maps, and just get confortable with a certain sniper rifle for each team and map.


Now on another note: HandGuns, I in particular am a good sniper but im even more dangerous with my handgun, get....say 1 or 2 or 3 kills with sniper, get an equal/more amount of kills with handgun, the DE.50 close range is, I think unmatched, i take 4....5 shots max to kill a person, take your DAMN TIME PEOPLE! Some people just strafe around or circle around and fire as many bullets as it takes until the enemy/themselves dies....with the DE.50i wait until they actually go in my crosshairs and fire, you can take out someone with that in 2 shots w/o a headshot its easy, on the other hand the Mark23 which i never use its either SP-10 or Mark23 SD i prefer the SP-10 just because well....personal preference, like i said get comfortable with a handgun and sniper and you will be unbeatable, well not unbeatable but get at least 3 kills each round. I prolly have forgotten a lot but I hope I helped.

[aocfork]

play maps that make it hard to snipe, you will become a better sniper, sniping corridors that give you maybe half a second shots. i got good on frostfire, i made the horrible mistake of using the m8a1a2 or whatever as a terrorist standing up and sniping out of the window. see, i never let my scope steady, i hand steady my scope, so with all that wobble i would just miss some of my targets, but after a day of doing it, i go better, and now dont need the .50 cal for most kills. i take the m40 and get running headshots with ease. 16x zoom, more than all guns except .50 cals, usable by both terr and seal, scope doesnt move while prone, and standing it barely moves, so i say this, get good with the .50, cuz aiming does not need to be as precise as with the other guns. then move on to the other guns, if you like rang, grab the m40a1, if you like popping 3 into their chest before they can react, then the sr and sasr series are for you. but i do recommend that once you become a better sniper, grab a better sniper rifle, the can be used in more situations. sure, i use the .50 cal on maps still, but that map is well suited for the .50 cal, i dont grab the .50 cal on a map like foxhunt, for i will be running around, standing up, and needing lots of running shots with faster reload than the .50 cal, less recoil, less flash, higher fire rate. use the rifle the situation calls for.

[GordyPal]

I think the best way to get good at sniping is to play respawn games in Chain Reaction. Most of the shots are across the map and there are is a lot of variety to the types of targets.

The best thing you can do is repitition and respawn is the best way to do so.

[Jayson b]

I like to stay in tall grass on higher ground that way if someone coming up behind will not see you as easy if you are liying down and you get off a good steady shot without being seen and you must change where you are hiding. moving regulary and scouting are th most important it also helps if you ask other team mates where enemy are located so you can get an easy stealth kill

[DocHolliday]

OK you want to be a sniper... I aint saying im the best sniper out there but im dam good with a riffle..For starts dont go to the same places every round they will be looking for you there next round wait a round or two before you go to the same place..and if you really want to mess up there heads snip a round kill a person or two if so and you die get a regular wepon for the next round and do what you going to do this will get them wondering about next round then you get your riffle..And dont listin to people a sniper riffle is a 1 shot kill yes that is if you aim at there chest or head thats all i aim for i shot wont kill anyone if you hit them in the leg or arm ect...one thing that makes a good sniper is team work talk to your team alot when your sniping just becouse you see 3 people running in your scope dont think your going to kill them all you need your team also tell them you got three guys running in what direction they are and then try to snip them off shot the last guy first then middle that way they dont know were your shooting from you could be behind them or on the side ect...main thing is to learn from every sniper you come across and use there skills in your own way and make somting new of it ...ECT ECT i can go on and on about snipping just go out there and have some fun... 1 big thing i learned to is dont snip laying down your shoot always never seem to hit what ever your laying on try snipping standing up or kneeling down this will also help your accuracy with the real riffle to becouse the crosshairs will be constantly moving...

[aocfork]

some good points, but i have to disagree, with some. your scope will always move as a sniper, but making that worse does not help, for it also bobbles up and down, left and right, making it trickier to get a shot, prone is better to stop that, and a good way to see that your shot wont miss is this. most people shoot objects in the way, roof, ground, etc. if you see that little yellow dot around your crosshairs, it means something is between you and your target, then is the time to go crouch. if you snipe standing, then arent you more visable, if you are visible, are people gonna see you, avoid you, call you out to their snipers, or shooot you?!? of course they are. thats what i have to add to your points.

[murdoc]

I'm glad i made this thread I thought i was a good sniper but i just read all the posts and i see myself being a better sniper. Thanks for all the tips and i hope this helps out people!

[sabes]

Originally Posted by aocfork

some good points, but i have to disagree, with some. your scope will always move as a sniper, but making that worse does not help, for it also bobbles up and down, left and right, making it trickier to get a shot, prone is better to stop that, and a good way to see that your shot wont miss is this. most people shoot objects in the way, roof, ground, etc. if you see that little yellow dot around your crosshairs, it means something is between you and your target, then is the time to go crouch. if you snipe standing, then arent you more visable, if you are visible, are people gonna see you, avoid you, call you out to their snipers, or shooot you?!? of course they are. thats what i have to add to your points.

Thanks for the yellow dot tip, I had no idea.