Well, you asked so here goes!...
Snipers are fair game for any and all ridicule.
They 99.999% of the time play selfishly and are ineffective relative to just about any other activity on the battlefield. They let everyone down including themselves :^)
Every sniper sucks PTFO power from a team. More than a few on one team and you lose. More than a few on both teams and the game sucks and once it starts going to one team (randomly) it cannot be corrected, because of the defensive advantage and lack of PTFO power.
Yes I know any player with any class or vehicle can camp and can be useless and selfish.
Only one sub-class is designed for it though.
Yes. They deserve all the jokes.
Shotguns, not so much. They can be annoying, but it's a high risk-reward choice and at least they tend to be doing objectives...
