The problem with snipers
Good evening everyone, I'm here to vent a bit from my point of view. I'm not saying I'm right or wrong, just giving my perspective on the whole thing. But I feel like there is way too many snipers ...
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EA_Mako
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Community ManagerI'm definitely curious to see how the changes to Olympus shake things up in this regard.
While that looks largely centered around a particular POI, it's definitely disrupted some pretty long sightlines in the area and should be interesting to see how map designs evolve going forward.
I've been both the group with the high ground and the one trying desperately to make insufficient cover work against squads that had better positioning, so I can feel your perspective in my soul.
Thanks for the detailed thoughts here!
I'm happy to see that others sort of share my thoughts.
I've not yet dared to try out Season 9, but I am indeed curious to try the map after mentioned changes etc.
Hopefully we'll see some changes in the future that will be aimed towards us, who enjoy the closed in fights compared to the open field battles.
Thanks for taking the time to respond!
well the thing is: you prefer that single aggressive playstyle.
it is fine, but it has flaws. the biggest of it is that you first have to close the distance to the enemy to be effective.
once you are, snipers get worse against people wielding an SMG/AR + shottys.
the only way counteract this is to utilize a sniper yourself.
by that i do not mean you should 3 snipers yourself, but one out of the 3 players should definetly wield a weapon that can provide long range pressure.
i see that in progames aswell and i argue the same way. it does not make sense to be effective in close combat on 3 players while having no answers beyond that.
imho the new marksman category with its possibility to even work as a shotgun, though not as effectively as an actual shotty,
pushes out the sniper rifles even further, because you get a decent shotgun while having also a decent long/midrange weapon.
which makes me think what purpose sniper rifles have in apex legends at all, because you mostly spot enemys at midrange.
yes they all are pretty good, but lose most of their validity when it comes to close combat, while 2 marksman rifles now have the ability to be just as strong midrange and swap to close combat shottys with 1 button.
BOCEK and 3030 should be the weapons you should work with in my opinion.
not 3 on a team. but at least one of you should carry an "answer".
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