So apparently people have recently been asking for a sniper nerf, so here's what I think:
First let me say, I usually don't subscribe to the idea that to judge something, you have to have experience with said thing ( i.e. You don't need to cook like chef Ramsay to know something tastes like shit), but in this case, I feel that's simply the truth. So, unless you are actually able to snipe, don't go around yelling about aim-assist and sniping being easy.
Snipers in games have always killed other players with one shot to the head (afaik), so the problem can't be that. What I think the problem is with snipers is not that they are OP, but that they are too widely available. In Halo, for example, the sniper is just as powerful as it is in Destiny, if not more, but there are two things that "balance" it, if you will. One: it is limited to a pick-up, and two: It takes above-average skill to properly use.
The skill factor remains in Destiny, but instead of there being only one or two snipers available at any time, there can be as many as 12 in the Crucible. This "imbalance" is also present in shotguns. This means that if you are good enough, the optimal strategy is to shoot goonies in the face. Hence why people think snipers are OP.
Basically, the fix people should be asking for is less special ammo, not for a sniper nerf.
P.S.: I do think some snipers are easier to snipe with. (Looking at you, Shadow of Veils)
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first of all, which is by far the most important change: nerf bodyshot damage. 2nd, nerf stability on snipers when you jump with the sniper, I have sniped ppl with perfect accuracy when im freaking gliding with my warlock, thats just complete bullshit. Go ahead and try it yourself in patrol. Nerf special ammo amount. That will do it I think.
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7 AntwortenSnipers preform too well in close quarters & the game is way too generous with headshot calls. They will be nerfed next balance patch.
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It's the aim assist
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2 AntwortenBearbeitet von Boomstick1911: 12/13/2015 3:18:36 AMThat, or fixing the Special Weapons that have become useless. People have jumped the Sniper bandwagon for the same reason they jumped the Pulse Rifle bandwagon: It's what we have available. Sniper Rifles are not OP, rather they are one of technically only two viable options. Fusion Rifles are in DESPERATE need of a proper fix.
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Less special ammo, I agree, also the precision damage is a bit wonky, no, VERY wonky, sometimes I see for myself that I hit nowhere near the head, and get a kill, other times, I feel like it hit but did no damage.
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Last bumep
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1 AntwortenBearbeitet von Mrmoney211: 12/13/2015 3:09:30 AMBumpity bumpity bump. Ps aim assist does not do what everyone thinks it does, is not "op" like everyone thinks it is, and does not matter as much as everyone thinks it does, I'll explain what it actually does o anyone who wants to here it. For some reason the destiny community has a hard time grasping the idea that some snipers are just good at sniping and blame an in game mechanic they don't actually understand.
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4 AntwortenI hate this argument. So I'm running tlw and a sniper. I stop sniping and start killing people with tlw when I run out of ammo. Or whatever the best weapon is at the time. So then after we nerf special ammo a second time people complain nerf tlw, nerf thorn, nerf mida multi tool, nerf pulse rifles, nerf auto rifles, nerf fusion rifles, nerf sunbreaker. Where has this gotten us? It's gotten a shit ton of weapons moved off the fun list and into the shit house of vault space weapons we all have sitting there waiting for the next sandbox adjustment to make it viable. Buff everything to make it fun. Pulses need to go back. Autos need to go back. Shotguns needed to lose the high impact or have range cut off. Give them their movements back. The nerf train is out of hand. Give it up accept the fact you suck at crucible and you need time to get better. No amount of nerfs will make you suck less. No matter how many times we nerf shit bad players are still bad and good ones will always shine. So before we make this game cod or some other garbage multiplayer let's start trying different shit then the community mentions because they obviously have no clue what they're talking about.
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Shameless bamp 2
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We need people like you designing the mechanics of destiny. The way this game is "fixed" or "updated" always makes me feel like this is an experimental game for something else in the future -_-
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Infinibump. You hit the nail on the head.
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