Sniper glint?

not really, snipers are already **bleep**ed in this game even without the literal spotlight mechanic.

from auto-spotting, to bullet trails, to great sound design, to map layout (so far), to vehicles such as helis and jets, to snipers getting a **bleep** UAV call in, there are 300 ways to find snipers, and more than that to easily flush them out/kill them.

The sniper glint was a Bf mechanic since I think Bf3, so there's no copying that from COD, although the game still feels like COD in a lot of other ways, especially this too fast paced gameplay. 

But yeah, the sniper glint should be reduced in size, you can see it from across the continent and I also noticed that you can see it sometimes from behind a rock or from behind the edge of a rock...

You unlock it at Mastery Rank 15 on that sniper 

I've unlock it and it seems to make the difference as can sniper from longer distance where it's harder for the players as they havnt got a massive glint to aim at long distance but I've got a massive glint to aim at so it's make it better for long range as it's the same glint reduce as in the other battlefield games it's not less then the other games it seems to be the same when you put on the reduced glint as someone else in the lobby was using the glint reduced and when i was looking at it its the same glint brightness as all the other battlefield games its not to bright and not to low in brightness its prefect for those who like long range snipering like all the other battlefield games

There's still some things they need to sort with that sniper with the inconsistent with the bullet drop as it's hit and miss it's not consistent and they need to fix the one shot kill to the chest/arm with full heath even from 80mm to 90mm away as I've done multiple one kill shots to chest/arm from 80mm away and then get a hit mark from close range it doesn't make sense so it's something they need to fix 

No, you have to balance the game for gameplay,  NOT "realism". 

The sniper lens flare balances the ranged damage potential Vs gameplay perceived threat. It can one-shot, and based on distance (and system specs) the graphics could mean snipers have an imbalanced advantage.

It also discourages "camping", the BF series had an issue with "hill huggers" and this fixed it. You shoot, reveal your location and adjust. 

So, it's here to stay. 

(I've  been playing since the 1st game, the community demanded it)

I’ve said it in the past and I’ll say it again, although EA doesn't listen. Snipers need to be removed from all standard game modes. They need their own game mode for people wanting to camp and snipe. Then they can remove the glint and let the people who enjoy looking for targets to find them. Or, limit the kit type like in Hell Let Loose and only allow a few snipers per match. Like 2 max per side. 

If im gonna be honest, i would love the sweetspot machanic gone, burned and shot in to the sun!

Can be balanced much better by;

1. only show glint if a player is actively down site looking directly at the sniper (an assault player sprinting 400m away and not paying attention to that space should NOT see any glint, period
2. Give a sniped player indication where the sniper is AFTER death 
3. Bullet trails (another user here mentioned Halo 1 style sniper trails)
4. Devs need to admit glint is a lazy fix to sniper lobbies. Cap the class instead if you're that concerned and can't actually figure out the points above because, if devs want this class in the game and they want it useful / balanced, glint all the time any/everywhere is not balanced nor fair to the recon class 

It is fair though. Even with glint, all but other snipers can engage the sniper. What use is a small calibre inaccurate round from an smg on a sniper 500m away?

The point of glint is to give snipers actual sniper fights and to give those being camped a chance to avoid instant death if they pay attention.. So you get engagement, not just hugging a hill and pot-shotting with zero threat. 

It's not a SIM, and the community has made it clear a hill-huggig camp-a-thon is NOT wanted.

But, you can make your own camp-a-thon in portal and advertise it well with fun rules. Everyone wins.

Personally I would like the glint gone if the sun isn't hitting your scope cause is hard to give Intel if you give away your location every time you aim, but I like the idea of toning it based on the scope magnification, give it to everyone so snipers don't stand out as much as they do now.

I like that snipers can one shot cause their rate of fire is really slow and unless you change its lever you have to stop aiming to reload, aim again, shot and repeat. You'll be dead before you can reload (if they don't see you first do to the glim). Instead remove aim assist and let your own skill show cause most of the guns can kill sniper by simply aiming at the glint and controlling your shots (single or burst)

Ps personally I wouldn't mind and increase in the reload time if the glint is gone cause most of the time I'm trying to recon (keep enemies from flanking my allies) can't cause they see me before I even take a shot and if there are several of them or they even have a sniper, they are all over me before I can warn my allies (recon shouldn't be able to beat a squad but it should at least  buy your allies some time specially on long range engagement)

When I am doing recon I no scope/iron sight or use the pistol.