sniper cannon inadequate.

Yeah it's probably good when it CRITS. when it doesn't it's even less than a cannon, and then the gruesome 12 second reload for another..... ooops just another regular shot and another.
The amount of games i've seen needlessly loss because of inadequate firepower from this gun when you can use an Explsv/Blast cannon instead (or heck a regular epic cannon[3 sec reload at least, set to crit]). A guaranteed 9/10 max damage only if enemy is using shield defense, then a 10/10.

I hate people using this gun as their sole main weapon.

 

Take a picture from your snipers, please!
Sniper crew skills???

 

This is ironic considering how many nerf sniper threads there are The fact is that when factoring in the crit damage, snipe cannon is op cuz it’s also easy to hit (it crits almost half the time with crazy dmg)

 

Let’s say:
Cannon 1k
Sniper 1.6k
Blast 2.1k
Blast +fire 3k

Sniper is OP I love it But ya gotta watch out for those blast cannon guys

 

How can you get 2.1k on your blast? Even my EC couldnt hit that hard

 

I’m over estimating a little just cause I started with a clean 1k for my example, maybe a t5 legendary could hit for that much though

 

With burning effect and 4 burning target perks the BC can reach what you have said

 

Sniper is fine. It's a necessary evil in this game, but it's not OP.

 

I think what makes sniper so good is the range and accuracy. Even at 20 range, it’s dIfficult for me to land shots consistently with EC. Sniper on the other hand is very easy to hit with at that kind of ‘medium’ range. Even if you can’t see clearly, you can just tap when the target turns green, and you’ve got a fair chance of hitting. Also it tends not to miss ships that are moving laterally.

It’s a very powerful weapon, even without the crits. Sometimes I’ll peek out of cover to fire a shot (often a miss if it’s medium range), and before I can Nitro away (have to wait for GCD after shooting), I’ll often get clipped by one or more Snipers.

Even if they don’t crit, that’s still a good chunk of damage, and I’ve nothing to show for it.

 

Then, no offense, but you need more practice. I have yet to see a ship-type I can't hit consistently at range with an EC.

 

Yeah, everyone has off days and off games.

 

Sniper is fine. If you like consistent damage, you can put epic damage perks on it. I'm finding rare crit chance perks to be very underwhelming and if I could find some more epic cannon damage perk, I could make my legendary level 10 to hit for roughly 750 per hit with 15% crit chance.

Also for it to crit "half the time" you need 4 epic sniper and 4 epic perks. Criting half the time is BS argument from people who never used a sniper.

 

The max for a legendary t5 is only a measly 1.8k.

 

People get dependant on the critical chance shooters. And speeders domain when it does critical.

But as a defender. I can hardly ever remember dying from a sniper critical.

Meaning most times it's a weak cannon.

Suggesting. Start using new perks in your sniper cannon. All damage perks. Or all fire. And set your target on fire. And then sniper them. U will constantly hit at 1,200 damage and never have to be a prisoner to critical chance. Base critical chance will remain at 15% but u will always hit hard and aim true.

Meta in this situation has made shooters when will I please critical hope n prayer to the odds gods. When if they want to know the outcome. They could change perks. Just no one is ballsy. enough to do it.