Sniper glint?
So yeah, after playing for a couple of hours I just wanna say I hope the sniper glint is gone after this open beta. We are playing battlefield not call of duty. Now if the sniper is facing the Sun ye...
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It was added in the days when graphic fidelity was terrible and people mainly had 720p TVs. Today there is no excuse. Bring back the Binos, add swirl or tracer round or something to briefly give away the position when shooting. Otherwise, look around, guess where a sniper might be. Look there. You will see them no problem. Counter with good tactics and use of gadgets/vehicles.
That's absolute fiction Chambo472. BF3 introduced the mechanic. It came out in 2011.
The Nvidia 400 series was the most common card and everyone played at the most common resolution 1080p.
It was introduced to stop hill-hugging camp fests, it was to create a deterrent to camping in ridiculous glitch locations and not contributing to the objective play. Just sniping people for kills and adding nothing to the game.
By design, it prevents camping because the community wanted it and still does.
Get to a location, take your shot, risk having revealed your location or relocate. That's it's intended purpose.
