I have no problem with snipers themselves, I don't really feel like they're all that great, but the sheer number of players using snipers in Iron Banner is honestly ruining the flow of the game. It's currently slowed down way too much because people fear being picked off around every corner they turn, and certain parts of maps are being shut down completely by just 1-2 people using snipers. Something needs to be done with the other three special weapon types so players are more likely to use all four types equally, instead of 95% using just snipers. It's getting quite ridiculous now, and there's a large number of my friends deciding to skip iron banner, and the crucible all together because of it, which I find sad.
Edit: This has nothing to do with being killed by a sniper or that I think they're overpowered. This is about the amount of people using them and how it ruins the flow of the maps and game in general. Please stop responding with the typical "learn how to counter it" that has nothing to do with anything, even when I do flank them and everything suggested, I can't do anything about teammates that still continually run out and get picked off trying to counter snipe, and other stupid shit that eventually loses the game.
Edit: Day 4 of Iron Banner, started to play on my hunter after achieving rank 5 on my warlock. The land is still corrupt with red glows as far as I can see.
Turn a corner, get picked off.
Run to cover, get picked off.
Enter a room, get picked off.
Use super, get picked off.
Out shoot enemy, get picked off by said enemy at any given range.
Spawn, get picked off.
Return to orbit, get picked off.
This is just sad.
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1 ReplyButthurt cause you got a sniper in the knee, bro?
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Preach!
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1 ReplyWaaaaah I can't snipe waaaah
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I disagree, I'm seeing lots of Thesans, shottys etc. Snipers depend on the map. Probably not seeing a ton of snipes on Cauldron or Cathedral but others are more geared for them like Pantheon
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Twilight Garrison= problem solved
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3 Repliesthe effectiveness of snipers is getting out of hand. i have no problems with someone sniping legit. but... under no circumstances should somebody be able to jump in the air - while in midair aim with a sniper and 1 shot somebody that is moving. have seen it done to numerous teammates and have had it happen to me. or a sniper bum rushing someone and quick scoping. this game is getting to be just as bad as Call of Duty with the sniper crap.
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Buff autos, pulse rifles and Hawkmoon and the balance will be restored to the Force!
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I agree with you there, I still see and hear people complaining about shotguns but come on. There's a reason why almost everyone uses snipers now instead of shotguns. Shotguns are kind of weak right now and really inconsistent from my experience using them which is almost never. I started sniping during HoW and had more fun doing so when shotguns were still OP. Now crucible is just boring, run around a corner just to see 2-4 red lights and dying instantly.
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1 ReplyRemember two burst high impact pulse rifles, red death especially. I think those were the primary weapons that kept snipers in check. they did not have time to line up a shot, get a body hit and switch weapons. high impact pulse rifles had the range and damage impact to make snipers think twice.
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Edited by battlechaser2424: 2/25/2016 9:07:38 PMwelcome to the 1000yardmidashotgun banner
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6 RepliesEdited by Darches: 2/25/2016 7:35:03 PMIt can't be that bad... HOLY SHIT. Seems the community has caught up! I was playing salvage yesterday... I only ever died to multi-body snipes by the enemy team. It was a hard fought victory but they camped SO HARD with their snipers they couldn't do anything to stop me from disabling their probes. Juggernaut just keeps getting better and better in this meta! I even tanked a -blam!-ing golden gun with it once. Shoulder charge is dead though :(
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Who cares about snipers. Every match i play has a team of 6 running around with the damn mida.
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It's really not that bad, I can't use one in pvp to save my life but they're not a major issue
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I don't mind camping snipers, you know exactly where they will be! I don't let the play sytles of other players bother me - it's what makes each match different and forces you to attack/defend in a different way. (Bright side reply)
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Body damage from snipers needs nerfed hard. 3 body shots from high impact should be a kill. I'm cool with somebody killing me with a headshot. I'm not cool with all these scrub lords just 2 tapping the shit out of everyone.
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So you have one of your teammates lurk in the sniping lane just to keep the red on the radar. You goto the backside of the sniper with a throwing knife and a shotgun. 2 or three times. Sniping lane down one less sniper.
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4 RepliesNah, the real problem is mida and DoP, this meta is boring
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2 RepliesLol first people were complaining about shotguns in IB now people are upset about snipers. Really guys?
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5 RepliesOr you could stop running blindly into areas with a shotgun, that might help [spoiler]or you know, learn to snipe[/spoiler]
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you mean the MULTI TOOL EVENT ? again this game has no balance PVE or nothing for me or give me back my THORN
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9 RepliesHahaha, shut the -blam!- up, way better than shotguns... Sniping takes skill...
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3 RepliesRun shotgun in rusted lands yesterday which is a pretty heavy sniper map. Got second place on my team. Snipers aint the problem people running to the sniper lines are the problem.
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2 RepliesBuff fusions then
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I did notice the slow pace. All my matches so far have seemed overly sweaty. Kinda felt like a 6 man trials but every team has 3 idiots that just go balls deep trying to get kills and end up 4 for 16. ( I may have been that idiot once or twice)
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Really? I went into multiple lobbies of kids just bum rushing with shotguns that require no skill, unless you count blink or shade step as skill. Btw, I do definitely use sniper 90% of the time, but that's because shotguns are really to easy.
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Every match I played its was shotgunner banner.