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1/19/2016 6:02:00 PM
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Sniping takes no skill. Prove me wrong
So let's get this out of the way. I'm not salty nor am I calling for a nerf.
Okay since that's out of the way, sniping here takes no skill. You may (of course many of you) will say "it's totally skilled, jus adapt scrub!" Or try and bring up kd and of course I really won't give two shits.
Now I've noticed that snipers haven't been touched since day 1, yet there's now a problem with them now. Of course it was skillful compared to shotgunning *cough* I mean scrubgunning.
If you want to say sniping takes skill on here then you're delusional. It's simply point, aim, blap, then headshot. When compared to sniping in games where it factors in the bullet drop, leading your target, and zero in your scope.
That, ladies and scrubs takes skill if not a lot of skill. Of course I know many of you will disagree, say things that are not relevant to the topic, and of course try to rebuttal my statement.
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Uh..m I am going to offer a dissenting view on this subject. Strictly speaking, Sniping in PvP takes a different value of player skill than traditional gameplay. To be an effective sniper in PvP, you need a certain degree of reaction speed and awareness. Players who lack rapid reaction speed (like myself) will not be able to snipe anyone in PvP regardless of what sniper they use. Even the revered/reviled 1000 Yard Stare won't make a player with low reaction speed into a successful sniper. Simply because something requires a different skill set to be successful doesn't make it not take skill. I will never be a good PvP sniper because my skill set bars me from becoming one.
