I don't know how many times I have died to enemies especially snipers that I have shot multiple times in the head. The fact that they can just pull off an accurate shot while actively getting shot in the face is ridiculous.
I would like suppression back (ie. to have some effect on aim), but at the very least there should be what is sometimes called 'flinch'.
As you say, if you shoot a sniper in the face they shouldn't be able to calmly headshot you in return.
There is just no point in attempting to engage snipers now. You are forced to run and hide.
In previous BFs you could at least risk putting some shots into them and then make a run for it, but suppression or covering fire or whatever people want to call it is near pointless now.
Just one more tactical possibility removed. All part of the dumbing down to make players of other franchises welcome and comfy even if it makes it worse for those wanting thoughtful gameplay.
Agreed suppression is pointless, they should bring old suppression which blur vision, at least it would help in keeping you alive.
Would like them to split suppression in to options; gun suppression which slightly blurs vision has a small AoE so your shots have to land near the enemy and explosive suppression which delays health regen for a few seconds and has a wider AoE.
Too much suppression into a general direction of a sniper and you will just ruin his day, but the actual situation comes when you try to fight back a Sniper/Recon from far away distances... I could see the Idea of try to suppress a sniper but that should be something just when the Sniper/Recon is in another class other than "Recon" class, so you could stop seeing Assaults with Ladder+Beacon at the rooftops sniping as you mention before...
Back in BF3 when suppression had a mitigation way it was much better a solution blurring the screen from a sniper trying to shoot, but not affecting his aim at all... just making the "pressure" and "suppressing" the player.
This should be a game of rock/paper/scissor/'fkngexplosive', you shouldn't try to kill a sniper with an Assault/Carabine, even less with a SMG/PDW, but increase the Suppression Factor as before with LMGs so OTHERs could kill a Sniper it could be a solution.
I just had it happen to me today. It was the first time I noticed it. I hit a sniper 2 times in the head from about 20m, in that new cluster mess map of TDM, and he headshot me half a second later. His scope should be bouncing all over; at least when taking shots to the noggin'.
It's probably happened to me before, but I second-guessed my shots or network, at greater distances.
