TheXraptor
Well-Known Member
Everyone has something in gaming that makes them extraordinarily angry. I myself am easily angered, and some things in gaming.....just need to go away.
Snipers. In Team Fortress 2. In Battlefield. Even in the dreaded Call of Duty. Snipers have absolutely no place in every online shooter that I can name. They don't help the team, they are annoying as fuck when they kill you, and every single sniper I can name thinks he is the best player ever BECAUSE he snipes.
If you've been under a rock since the dawn of First Person Shooter games, allow me to explain to you what a sniper is, and what he does. Snipers sit in an obscure corner of the map or window, zoom down their scope, and kill everything that happens to cross their sight with one instant killing bullet. While the sniper rifles in Team Fortress 2 may not be as overpowered as they are in other shooter games, snipers are still annoying as fuck. Not because they are overpowered in that game, but because every team I am ever placed on is FILLED with fucking snipers! Seriously, one....maybe two snipers is all we need! However, back on topic.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2. A great game (far, FAR superior to Battlefield 3, I might add). That game nearly got everything right. Except for one thing. Snipers are so ridiculously overpowered in that game. While they may not be as overpowered as the sniper rifles in MW2/MW2.5, they are still pretty fucking annoying. No shooter should encourage the player to sit in a bush far off from the battlefield and pick off random enemies. People argue that "HUUR, DEY R RECONZ, DEY GIVE US TEH RECONIZANCE!". I don't need recon, I need fucking bomb arming! I need flag capturing! It is even worse in hardcore mode, where there aren't even orange triangles to signal the enemies' position! Also, since the maps are the size of an entire fucking country, there is no way to get up close and blow his head off! However, small maps don't necessarily mean snipers are easy targets........
Snipers in Call of Duty. As a person who owns a laptop and plays his games primarily on a console, there is no avoiding this series. It is like a black hole that sucks you into a deep, dark, rage inducing nothingness. While Black Ops II looks to be the game that pulls the series out of the shitter, that doesn't correct all of the CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY its predecessors have committed. Every person who has played Call of Duty is familiar with the term "Quickscoper". Well, if you aren't familiar with the term, allow me to fill you in. Quickscopers are annoying 10 year olds who run around the map, sniper in hand, and abuse the auto-aim feature allowing their one hit kill sniper to be overpowered at every range (they aim into their scope very quickly, and chances are, the auto aim has zeroed the scope in right on the opponent's upper chest or head). It is unbelievably overpowered and it pisses me off.
However, snipers aren't just annoying in multiplayer.
Sniping missions in singleplayer (in ANY game) are the bane of my existence. I mean, you have to be UNBELIEVABLY precise, and have to be INHUMANLY quick. However, sniping missions don't have to be JUST sniping missions. In most instances, sniping missions are also stealth missions or worse, ESCORT MISSIONS. Fuck, why do I have to be the fucking guy with a sniper rifle, protecting my brain-dead teammates every time? Why do these things still exist? I mean, I want the name of the person who says "I WANTZ A SNIPING MISSION IN EVARY GAM EVAR MAID!".
So in conclusion, snipers have no place in almost every game ever made. I don't need that piss-chucking Australian from TF2, don't need the worthless statues who sit in bushes in Battlefield, and I DEFINITELY do not need whiny 10 year olds running around the map quickscoping people in Call of Duty.
Also, sniping missions need to die.
(I think I've done enough bitching for a while. Cities of the Past: HoboTown, coming next week).
Snipers. In Team Fortress 2. In Battlefield. Even in the dreaded Call of Duty. Snipers have absolutely no place in every online shooter that I can name. They don't help the team, they are annoying as fuck when they kill you, and every single sniper I can name thinks he is the best player ever BECAUSE he snipes.
If you've been under a rock since the dawn of First Person Shooter games, allow me to explain to you what a sniper is, and what he does. Snipers sit in an obscure corner of the map or window, zoom down their scope, and kill everything that happens to cross their sight with one instant killing bullet. While the sniper rifles in Team Fortress 2 may not be as overpowered as they are in other shooter games, snipers are still annoying as fuck. Not because they are overpowered in that game, but because every team I am ever placed on is FILLED with fucking snipers! Seriously, one....maybe two snipers is all we need! However, back on topic.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2. A great game (far, FAR superior to Battlefield 3, I might add). That game nearly got everything right. Except for one thing. Snipers are so ridiculously overpowered in that game. While they may not be as overpowered as the sniper rifles in MW2/MW2.5, they are still pretty fucking annoying. No shooter should encourage the player to sit in a bush far off from the battlefield and pick off random enemies. People argue that "HUUR, DEY R RECONZ, DEY GIVE US TEH RECONIZANCE!". I don't need recon, I need fucking bomb arming! I need flag capturing! It is even worse in hardcore mode, where there aren't even orange triangles to signal the enemies' position! Also, since the maps are the size of an entire fucking country, there is no way to get up close and blow his head off! However, small maps don't necessarily mean snipers are easy targets........
Snipers in Call of Duty. As a person who owns a laptop and plays his games primarily on a console, there is no avoiding this series. It is like a black hole that sucks you into a deep, dark, rage inducing nothingness. While Black Ops II looks to be the game that pulls the series out of the shitter, that doesn't correct all of the CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY its predecessors have committed. Every person who has played Call of Duty is familiar with the term "Quickscoper". Well, if you aren't familiar with the term, allow me to fill you in. Quickscopers are annoying 10 year olds who run around the map, sniper in hand, and abuse the auto-aim feature allowing their one hit kill sniper to be overpowered at every range (they aim into their scope very quickly, and chances are, the auto aim has zeroed the scope in right on the opponent's upper chest or head). It is unbelievably overpowered and it pisses me off.
However, snipers aren't just annoying in multiplayer.
Sniping missions in singleplayer (in ANY game) are the bane of my existence. I mean, you have to be UNBELIEVABLY precise, and have to be INHUMANLY quick. However, sniping missions don't have to be JUST sniping missions. In most instances, sniping missions are also stealth missions or worse, ESCORT MISSIONS. Fuck, why do I have to be the fucking guy with a sniper rifle, protecting my brain-dead teammates every time? Why do these things still exist? I mean, I want the name of the person who says "I WANTZ A SNIPING MISSION IN EVARY GAM EVAR MAID!".
So in conclusion, snipers have no place in almost every game ever made. I don't need that piss-chucking Australian from TF2, don't need the worthless statues who sit in bushes in Battlefield, and I DEFINITELY do not need whiny 10 year olds running around the map quickscoping people in Call of Duty.
Also, sniping missions need to die.
(I think I've done enough bitching for a while. Cities of the Past: HoboTown, coming next week).