You need to flinch way more when scoped in with a sniper, bodyshot damage needs to be reduced and aim assist should be nerfed for sure. Flinch would increase the danger that sniping lacks compared to shotguns. Bodyshot damage is just too high on medium and high impact snipers, allowing for easy clean up kills or just wrecking the pace of the game after an easy bodyshot. And aim assist needs to be nerfed so it's no longer a crutch, and before sniper fanboys start with the usual "aim assist does nothing scrub get good" then why do the best snipers build there snipers entirely around aim assist, aim assist scopes, base aim assist, aim assist perks. Everything. Why in pro-tournaments did people use shadow of viels EVEN THOUGH IT'S MISSING AN ENTIRE PERK and the only actual perk you get is trash just for it's aim assist.