Sniping takes way more skill than trading a kill for a kill. How rare is it you run into a guy who's good with a shotgun and you beat him to the shot? Usually you're gonna trade on shotguns. With a sniper you're only gonna trade if you're both nice with quick scopes and/or drag scopes. Basically if it's a sniper vs a sniper the better sniper is gonna win. With shotguns it's gonna be a trade if you're both good. So I say snipers take more skill. Regardless of aim assist. Nobody can just pick up a sniper and start getting headshots without actually practice. But I can get 30 kills with a shotgun easily. Even if we're trading.