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I disagree on a couple of points. (From your comment, it seems you don't like being outshot as a sniper by other snipers who are moving.)
Suppression (shaking when you are hit and slowing down your running) should be removed completely
Excessive aim sway while moving and suppression kill aggressive sniping. Even players who WANT to play with sniper rifles and DMRs at close range are forced to play from a distance because these mechanics interfere with your accurate head-tracking at close range. (You take a sniper rifle, rush a position, the enemy shoots at you, and that's it, you can't hit the enemy because of aim sway and inertia while moving.) All this provokes camping halfway across the map.
Suppression as a mechanic since BF3 NEVER worked as intended; it never interfered with sniping, but only killed aggressive play. It also ruins the shooting of other single-shot weapons: pistols, shotguns on Slugs, DMRs. And all gunfights in general
Scope glare is important. Considering sniper rifles kill in one shot, players need to know they're being targeted.
Spotting when you hit is important because visibility in the game is poor. So what if a tank or ally finishes off a kill after you? Spotting is more problematic when shooting without a silencer or flash suppressor. I started a thread about it here.
https://forums.ea.com/discussions/battlefield-6-general-discussion-en/basic-barrel-attachments-need-better-utility-and-clearer-stat/13385630
As to your point regarding being outsniped: Kinda. I have no problem with being outsniped by a skilled sniper, but the bob+weave style sniping is mostly about luck and ping/hit registration. Skill is about properly leading a target and accounting for distance. BF6 soldiers are so fast that leading is nearly impossible when they are just jumping around like a lemur on crack. You can jump, slide, crouch, and vault while instantly and rapidly changing directions. Movement is not like this in the older Battlefields. Soldiers had (varying degrees of) inertia.
As for the spotting so that others can finish off an enemy, that has not been my experience at all. In that case, manual spotting or spot on hit works well. I have no problem with the current spot on hit system. I used to manually spot people that I couldnt kill all the time in older BF titles. Right now it is spotting by looking in the general direction of an enemy. I often find myself spotting enemies that I cant even see.
Scope glare didnt exist in BC2 and it worked just fine because of bullet trails. In this game it is entirely unpredictable. Two snipers looking at each other dont always see each others scope glare equally, regardless of whether or not they have put down a decoy.
IMO, most of what you described in your respone is what Call of Duty is for. I want BC2/BF3/BF4 sniping because it was unique to the series and required serious skill. I have absoulutely no interest in quick scoping or 360 no scopes. If I wanted that, Id play COD. Also, a lot of things didnt work right in BF3... I only mentioned that one because the suppression was the most reasonable of the BF games I remember well.
FWIW, Im not trying to be confrontational. I read your first post and we agree on more than we disagree on. I'm just arguing that sniping in BF should be somewhat realistic since COD has the fast paced playstyle handled.
