Using a sniper in 2042 is super easy and makes the game a complete sniper fest with rooftop campers. Dxr - 1 shoots straight every time has WAY TOO high of muzzle velocity and NO BULLET drop. Plus scope glint is like a giant spotlight that's the only small downside when using anything 4X and above for sights. Sniping has been a skill set and useful tool when employed correctly in past games. It was challenging, took skill, and was realistic. Sniping seriously needs an overhaul in this game imo

@SCUBASTEVE120Sorry but we have no sympathy for those trying to make the game harder than it needs to be.I mainly just play with Assault Rifles but I have used a sniper enough to know the truth:Yes there is suppression but there are weapon attachments and Operator Class perks to compensate.Yes there is bullet drop and it is based on your distance to where you are aiming and what Sniper Rifle you are using. More powerful snipers have less bullet drop than smaller ones.Yes you definitely need to lead against moving targets A LOT. Failure to do so results in missing every single shot. THIS IS A FACT!So the real question is are you really trying to make the game better? Please don't make it any harder than it already is.

@SCUBASTEVE120You say "It was challenging, took skill"How do you know they are not skilled? And play this class for that reason.If they are skilled, then you want to nerf their skill, because you get annoyed with just, their skill.Maybe it's something else in the game that needs to be adjusted.

@SCUBASTEVE120 This is not my experience when sniping. Maybe you are at a higher skill level and so your perception is sniping is easy. That's fine, but you cannot put your perception upon everyone else.I also assume you are on PC?

@SCUBASTEVE120 wrote:Using a sniper in 2042 is super easy and makes the game a complete sniper fest with rooftop campers. Dxr - 1 shoots straight every time has WAY TOO high of muzzle velocity and NO BULLET drop. Plus scope glint is like a giant spotlight that's the only small downside when using anything 4X and above for sights. Sniping has been a skill set and useful tool when employed correctly in past games. It was challenging, took skill, and was realistic. Sniping seriously needs an overhaul in this game imoSniper rifles making a whole ballistic arc and doing negligible damage unless the target is shot at the head or is already very injured is not "realistic" in any meaning of the word.Every BF game has been a sniper fest with rooftop campers.This is a segment of a WoWarcraft podcast from 2005 that makes a reference to BF2 and BF1942 . including a skit of what Arathi Basin would be if people played it like BF2.Unlike what people might say, players wasting vehicles and too many playing sniper were as old as the series.Everyone is annoyed by snipers and that was always the same in BF games.In a game where people are usually on a perpetual motion, even the idea of nailing people on the head feels more like a gambling roulette than an expression of skill. So complaining about asking for exaggerated bullet drop feel weird to me.Sniping can almost never be a useful tool when people can come back to life in 12 seconds. IRL a sniper is scary because you cannot see it where it comes from and you know that if you get hit you are likely to be permanently crippled or killed for good. Not this 12 second respawn with a glowing spotlight declaring the point of origin

people just like to complain, sniping is ok. Go play battlefiled 4 then.

Sniping is too easy in 2042 | EA Forums

13 Replies

Natilla4Real
3 years ago
people just like to complain, sniping is ok. Go play battlefiled 4 then.
SCUBASTEVE120
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@Natilla4Real I do play bf4. This is not necessarily a complaint as a need to nerf and I'm saying this because it's to easy. There's no suppression, no bullet drop, and no need to really lead target. You probably don't like my post and wanted to reply negatively because your one of those campers on a skyscraper on hourglass scoring easy kills.
Jesse165
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@SCUBASTEVE120Sorry but we have no sympathy for those trying to make the game harder than it needs to be.

I mainly just play with Assault Rifles but I have used a sniper enough to know the truth:

Yes there is suppression but there are weapon attachments and Operator Class perks to compensate.

Yes there is bullet drop and it is based on your distance to where you are aiming and what Sniper Rifle you are using. More powerful snipers have less bullet drop than smaller ones.

Yes you definitely need to lead against moving targets A LOT. Failure to do so results in missing every single shot. THIS IS A FACT!

So the real question is are you really trying to make the game better? Please don't make it any harder than it already is.
SpoolaZ
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@SCUBASTEVE120
You say "It was challenging, took skill"
How do you know they are not skilled? And play this class for that reason.
If they are skilled, then you want to nerf their skill, because you get annoyed with just, their skill.
Maybe it's something else in the game that needs to be adjusted.
SCUBASTEVE120
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@Jesse165 Im trying to make it much harder but anyone can pretty much kill a running target with a headshot at any range with relative ease. Suppression is not present in this game at all, maybe some minor visual effects but being shot at (but not hit) doesn't affect the accuracy of your shots at all.
SCUBASTEVE120
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@SpoolaZ I want them to nerf my skill as well. I tier 1d the first 3 sniper rifles (amongst many other weapons) very early on. Sniping is my secondary weapon skill set. I put them away and use worse weapons cause iv seen newer players quit out. I even play the xce bar in close quarters.
SCUBASTEVE120
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@SpoolaZBesides I think wheather people like or not, weather I voice it or not. It's coming first assault rifles got it, now smgs and lmgs, next it'll be dmrs and snipers (shotguns are already whatever in this game). I'm not trying to come on here and cry cause I get overwhelmed by snipers cause anytime ppl with snipers are giving me trouble I redeploy with mine and they get erased from one spot and have to move. Where in bf1 they could put a fight if they were good and the average player had to learn about suppression, different muzzle velocity's, different bullet drops, different distances, and more. 2042
You can fire off 2 or 3 shots and figure it out quick (even without zeroing in this game)
xVulture
3 years ago
@SCUBASTEVE120 This is not my experience when sniping. Maybe you are at a higher skill level and so your perception is sniping is easy. That's fine, but you cannot put your perception upon everyone else.

I also assume you are on PC?
SCUBASTEVE120
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@xVulture I don't why I do so much better in this game at sniping I mean in past battlefield he's I loved sniping and would say I'm average with some good moments. Now in 2042 I improve my k/d by using a sniper.(where in the past I would use vehicles to improve k/d)

Nope, I'm on last gen actually (glad I don't have to play with PC players) and I always turn aim assist off. Iv had it hinder me more than help me by dragging to the wrong target.
Kunstula
3 years ago
Not sure if trolling, as my experience is the exact opposite, sniping in BF 2042 is very very lackluster. My k/d consistenly takes a massive nosedive every time I use a sniper rifle, and I don't think my aiming skill magically disappears every time I start sniping. Landing headshots is extremely difficult on moving targets, even a body shot is quite difficult because of the erratic soldier movement model they've chosen once again, there's absolutely no momentum, you can instantly change direction and maintain full speed. I always see assaults/supports/engineers with automatic weapons ADAD spamming while firing quite accurately up to long range, yeah good luck landing a headshot on that, it's like trying to hit a bouncing pinball with a dart.That's pretty much how I lose almost every single time.
Also, the DXR is the one sniper rifle designed for extreme range, so of course it has to have high muzzle velocity. A sniper rifle with low muzzle velocity and strong drop is useless and contradicts it's own role of being the most optimized weapon for long range.