Good god, will we never run out of stuff to bitch about? Snipers are [b]exactly[/b] the same as they always have been. AA has not gone up. Range has not gone up. Impact as not go up. Not even player skill has gone up. However, mag sizes have gone down and many perks also received a nerf. I'm pretty sure [i]1kys has identical base stats to the Longbow Synth[/i]? [b]Nobody[/b] bitched about snipers back then. The only thing that has changed about them is that, now, more people use them. Shotguns are no longer the overwhelmingly best choice. You can't ohk someone at unreasonable ranges anymore. This leaves the door open to other options, which is why snipers are used more. In Y1 it was all about shotguns. Having a heavier mix of snipers introduced completely changes the game. You get killed frequently by snipers because you get caught off guard by shit you didn't used to have to worry about. I actually enjoy the added element to the game. It just makes things more interesting. [i]But the snipers have not changed!![/i] They weren't OP before and they're not right now. [b]Edit:[/b] some people argue that snipers are just too user friendly. Keep this in mind: [spoiler]That's not really he point of this game. It's not a simulator. It's not even as realistic as something like CoD or even Battlefield. You have powers not unlike those of a demigod. Running around with a sniper hitting headshots with relative ease shouldn't be out of the realm of possibilities.[/spoiler]