Aggressive sniper rifle main here and I agree 100%.
In my experience the primary reasons why sniper rifles in BF2042 are a joke balance wise are:
-Non-sniper class weapons are far more accurate at range than they should be, making them easily capable of outperforming snipers even at long range.
-Much slower ADS than other class guns.
-Soldier movement lacks momentum, leading shots is nearly impossible against enemies trying to dodge your shots.
-Low bodyshot damage, requires too many sidearm follow up shots.
-Switching to sidearm for a quick finish off shot is way too slow. The last season recon sidearm switch time buff might have solved this, but it didn't seem to work yet (bugged).
-SWS-10 muzzle velocity is too low, there are DMR's and LMG's with higher muzzle velocity.
-Way too strong scope glint, it even shines through smoke and foilage. Using a sniper rifle with a scope is pretty much the same as turning into a bullet magnet. Enemies can instantly pinpoint your exact location before a shot has even been fired.
BF1 was the last BF game with properly balanced sniper rifles, ADS was fast, torso and limb shot damage was high and only 1HK within a very limited minimum and maximum range, fast sidearm switch time, no hyper accurate non-sniper class weapons, scope glint was not too strong, soldier movement looked more natural. Using sniper rifles gave me plently of confidence in the capability to win fights and didn't feel like severely handicapping yourself, unlike BF2042.
@KunstulaThe 'sweet-spot'-mechanic in BF1 was bad, it made sniping too easy. BF1 also had way too many players using snipers, because of the easy-to-use sniper-rifles.
But still, the Martini-Henry was something else, perhaps the most satisfying gun of any BF-game...
@cso7777
Strongly disagree, and it's funny how every time snipers are properly balanced and actually able to compete with other class weapons that many players start complaining that they're OP, it's the same even in other FPS games, where sniper rifles get the same nonsensical built in nerfs out-of-box that severely cripples their performance in battle. I've had these discussions more times than I can count, the truth is that many players simply pretend to be arguing in favor of gun balance by calling for all sorts of sniper nerfs when in truth (and it's pretty obvious) they just want to eliminate any real competition against the full auto weapons run&gun meta playstyle.
Exactly.
Battlefield 1 = Sniperfield1.
