PLEASE !!! we need Marksman Bonus XP (Snipers)

@FarbodGreenAs someone who has been sniping since bf2, my bias wants me to agree. But truthfully beyond ribbons, normal in game xp rewards should be based off how you contributed to your team. Why should our longer ranged kill be rewarded any more than the guy actually in a point killing a defender.

@xXCA_RageXxbecause the player who's inside a close-range combat gains more xp for capturing or defending a flag, also gains more xp for doing stuff like revive, take down vehicles and so many other bonus xp. don't you agree? snipers even get less ammo than other classes.

but a long-range sniper can only get spotting xp and kills (for now), nothing else. however, if we want to think realistic, in real world snipers are also part of a unit which might not always be in the front line and stand back use the 8x 10x 20x 40x scopes to be the sharp eyes for their team, lead them to locations, take down other snipers who are going to be a treat for their squad.

besides, it's a snadbox game, we all have the freedom to play and enjoy the game however we want, either kill by a knife or a bullet from 500m away. if the melee take-down gets extra xp, then long range headshots should do aswell.

All those things you listed are extra XP for contributing to the team. I won't pretend snipers are useless, but you basically are if sniping at actual long range distances for extended periods. You serve no more than that annoying shot, that you immediately get revived from or distract another sniper (excluding maybe those God tier snipers, but even then). I'm not against some slight XP reward for maybe shots over a certain point but capped and doesn't just keeping going. Real world applications are of no concern to me in an argument about battlefield where people jump out of jets with rocket launchers and kill the other jet, which gets recreated in their own trailer. I'm not telling you how to play, I'm just disagreeing how much we should be rewarded. Don't get me wrong I'll be there taking shots right back at you long range haha.

The point is not having 30% or more of the players on a map be snipers. Limit it to one recon per squad. Many large scale FPS's are going that route. Hell let loose you can only have two snipers per side and squad it's only unlocked if your squad reaches a certain size and even then each team can only have four.  But playing 64v64 and 20 to 30 players per side are sniping. Hell on a death cam the other night I saw 6, yes 6 snipers on the same ridge. It's ridiculous. And I never once said remove them. I said limit them.

Had first 670m headshot today and thought exactly the same; would be awesome (btw don’t let teammate revive if you died with a headshot pls)

Part of me wants the marksman bonus to show the distance of the headshot.

Another part of me wants to make it so that the bonus is negative and the longer the distance the more XP get detracted.

@FarbodGreen "all hardcore/sniper players" barely get 500m headshots because they aggressively attack targets and play PTFO. Those you're describing are PS5/XBOX campers who live their lifes on edge of map in red zone spawns