Why can i aim with the sniper rifle?

[TheJkWhoSaysNi]

Why cant i aim with the sniper rifle?

I just got this game and its cool so far...but the Sniper Rifle seems...inacurate over long ranges. I've gotten more kills long range with the gun on top of the tank, The sniper rifle wont hit 75% of the time...After playing MOH:AA its frustrating.

Does anyone know what i'm doing wrong?

 

[Will]

All I can advise is crouch, draw your bead, breathe out, and then fire. For stationary targets, that should see you hitting more.

Moving targets...heh, just play with the lead distance. I found the distance one day with the BAR, and then just used that in my head for the sniper rifle. It works as often as not.

Just remember, keeping your team informed and spotting for artillery is just as important as sniping in clan games.

 

[Scooba Da Bass]

Listen to Will, he's a scary sniper.

Over long distance the ammount of lead required feels slightly unnatural, if you can get onto a small server and ask for someone to run back and forth whilst you practice plugging away until you get the ammount required.

 

[Will]

Try to see it as an angle, rather than a distance. I think its affected by ping, but mine is stable, which helps, I don't have to correct much.

Hold down left-mouse after you fire, and the scope stays engaged, so you can see the dust spurt.

 

[Malfius]

also download the one of the blood packs which are available, help to let you know if you hit them ( especially at long distance)

 

[Buzz007]

im pretty sure its buggy anyhow, i took 3 shots at a stationary target once and not one shot landed, no matter what body part i aimed at. I dont have this problem with ANY other FPS.

 

[Scooba Da Bass]

I find you tend to miss shots even on stationary targets unless you're crouched/prone.

Something we spoke about before was the possibility that shots originate from the middle of the body, instead of the top, don't think we ever managed to resolve this, but it would explain the 'missing bullets' that seems to happen a fair bit.

 

[.Cask]

Nah the sniper rifle is fucked in this game.

Played sniper the last few times I've played Omaha and didn't get a single kill, not a single one even when firing from prone at the guys on the MG's. Had a friend round and we had many hours of fun firing blanks with the sniper at stationary targets. And yet every time I was hit with a sniper it was a 1 shot kill. Never has a game got me so fustrated before.

 

[legendario]

When the full version was released I became l337 (well kindof) with the sniper.

I felt lame though so I decided to spawn camp planes and crash them into my team.


Seriously I felt the full release had nearly reached a happy medium with the sniper.

 

[Will]

Its accurate until you get to extreme range, when it seems to become a bit of a lottery. On a LAN game, even at extreme range I can rack up major kills.

I wonder why I keep missing on the servers...

 

[v64]

I have found you need to hold the crosshairs over the target for a few seconds, before firing.

My pings are in the 20's so it can't be because of lag, must be a bug or a design feature. Maybe the 1.2 patch has fixed this problem anyway.

 

[Will]

Yeah, thats why I said breath out.

Hopefully the patch will fix it, because so servers you have no choice but to lag.