Sniping..

The best solution is to delete all snipers from the game. Sadly that would never happen, so make snipers only available in K/D modes like Squad Deathmatch.

This is Battlefield and we want to PTFO. Sniper players contribute nothing in this.

Realism has to be sacrificed for balance in most instances. 

Having stronger than life gravity makes it harder for snipers sure, but i don't think its needed

Removing auto spotting and implementing adequate suppressive fire effects and snipers would be a far better solution than artificially makeing everyone adjust for elevation that isnt there

You know what, Sniping does need to be more skill based.

I propose massive bloom on sniper rifles on any kind of movement that only settles after 1s.

You are missing the point. It's about the caliber.  BF4 has a Semi-auto Sniper rifle. the SR-338. One shot head shots. Does anyone use it? Me, and that is about it. Bolt actions are not obsolete, only poorly chosen bolt actions would be obsolete. BTW. When you put the DLC/Straight pull bolts on sniper rifles in BF games.... It essentially makes it a low ROF Semi-Auto in function. 

As a Marine who served as a Designated Marksman, the there is no discernible difference between sniper rifles and designated marksman rifles of full caliber nature. If they wanted to have designated marksman rifles they should have put an M38 in there vs an M39. That was originally used as a sniper rifle anyway. The only reason why DM's use Semi/Full Auto weapons is because of moving with the Fireteam/Squad. A bolt gun only makes you .0999% more stealthy than a semi gun as a sniper because you don't have an action cycling unless you need it to, therefore not ejecting brass when you don't want it to.

My issue with sniping is that massive spec of light. it never use to be that big, i dont even think it showed up unless the sniper was looking in your direction. In BF6 its always showing but when they are looking in your direction its like a star. a beacon. Sniping should have more stealth. NOT HEYY IM OVER HERE Looking in  completely different direction.

Yep, I now know that bullet drop isn't realistic but the challenge it brings is enjoyable. Also since snipers can permanently drop enemies on head shot, it would balance it out, so it takes more skill not just point and shot 

since scout's have auto spot i would prefer no glint unless you are on a hill with the sun on your face. It would deter some from camping and looking for more active roles to move around or keep their team alive. It would also help with ambush or flushing enemies into kill zones. Really hard to do when everyone spots you the second you start aiming.

I am not missing the point. Why does everyone try to draw lines between real life and battlefield?
We’re talking about balancing a game here, which doesn’t pretend to be a mil-sim.
If it’s truly “about caliber” then you agree that a well placed 9mm shot between the eyes should one shot players. I for one would be annoyed getting one tapped by side arms in battlefield. 

As a loser who has been playing video games his whole life, it is clear to me that weapons in video games like battlefield must have invented discernible differences between weapons, for the sake of gameplay, even if it is not representative of reality. 

Omnipresent scope glint, jumping out of jet and getting back in mid air, or resurrecting a man with a defibrillators after he was shot by an AP shell from an M1 Abrams are all completely unrealistic. Yet it is a reoccurring theme in these forums of people cherry picking aspects of the game where they cry “realism” with zero regard for balance. It just makes for unproductive conversation. 

I respect people’s passion or knowledge for firearms and all that, but these conversations are better reserved for games like Arma or Tarkov. 

It's a tale as old as gaming, especially military shooters. All mfs cry over how unrealistic guns are in the games, but titles like Arma, or Red Orchestra once upon a time, where a single bullet can drop you, arent somehow that popular. And the most whining happens in arcade games (yes, BF is an arcade shooter) that are more popular and played PRECISELY because they arent realistic.

Revert back to BF3/4 damage model to make sniping fun again. HS and point blank is one shot kill only, not body shot one shot kills at distance. 

Also, I feel like switching to your secondary is so slow to follow up a sniper shot. Could be TTD issues, but in close quarters you are screwed.