I have to agree. This iron banner is awful with the amount of snipers. Sure they've been around since the start, but you can't honestly say that it hasn't gotten considerably worse lately. Telling people to stay out of sniper lanes isn't exactly solid advice. There's definitely people who run out in the open and get domed. Sure, they deserve that for being frittata's. It's the mere fact that every spot on the map is effectively a sniper lane now. And the, "running around with your head cut off" argument is just turrible. Stop it. Countering with scout rifles is definitely an option. Again, not always effective. Unless i get the jump on the guy (he's not hardscoping down the hallway when i enter), i feel like 8 times out of 10, he'll still get the headshot off. Even while pumping bullets into his head. Unless he's just an awful sniper. I personally haven't used a sniper in months. I don't even own a 1000-yard stare, having dismantled them all a long time ago. But i don't ever recall sniping to be this demoralizing. It's on par with the final round garbage. At least then you had to waste all but one bullet.