the long awaited nerf sniper post :D

Meanwhile at BB HQ:

 

Your whining about sniper is getting silly now (though tbh, it was from the start). Have you forgotten that sniper did actually get nerfed (with a flat 7.5% damage reduction)?

 

I am thoroughly confused whether sniper should be nerfed or no.As shooter I get wrecked by SNIPERs more often than any speeder, speeder the only boat where you have to lead sniper shot perfectly to injure them, because of it's fast and unpredictable movement.They should be the last class complaining about it.

One thing that confuses me tho is Sniper crit does same damage as my railgun T4 rare.

Railgun opportunistic ,2 slotted weapon,req high skills,High chance to Miss ,High reload(almost useless in crash n burn) vs sniper 1 slot ,less skill req,Fast projectile,Curve,accurate is almost as beastly as RAILGUN(EDIT forgot to add the decrease in damage at close range upto 70%)

For me nerf of crit hit total damage, it shouldn't be more 1k. Everything else is fine.

P.S.----i use both them.

 

of course you won't , lazy shooters like you are the only reason sniper didnt get a nerf yet
let me tell you how this works
blast cannon : high risk ( needs to be close ) high reward (higher damage)
cannon : medium risk ( 25 range) medium reward ( good dps )
sniper cannon : low risk ( you camp with it like all shooters do with the 40+ range ) lower reward ( lower damage )
thats how it should work , dont come and bull**** me and tell me that a low risk high reward weapon should not be nerfed , a weapon which all cowards can camp and deal massive damage while having a very fast projectile is the most imbalanced thing i ever seen , atleast you can dodge a mortar and a torpedo , how the hell am i supposed to dodge a well placed sniper shot that i cant see where is it going until it hit me
snipers crit chance should not be able to reach a max of 45%
the sniper crit chance should be lowered to a maximum of 30% , so that the average should be 15% and thats it
otherwise , the sniper should take 2 slots , or the sniper should have a minimum range so the mortar campers cant use it anymore

 

oh no , the sniper got a 7.5% reduction , what misery
lets say we had a base 300 sniper cannon , thats 277.5 damage after the nerf , yet with crit it still goes over 650 easily

 

i understand but i am not one of the double turbo nitro ob speeders , i still have alot of downtime between my OB activations and if i am for example stopping a capture or defending the solo fixer its very likely that i get shot with a sniper ( put in mind i have no defence points unlike shooters * coughs * ) , not all speeders are the stupid rusher type that just spams torp and prays that it hits , some of us play tactically as well

 

Exactly this.

 

Sniper is a well balanced weapon.
Hear my pts
1. It has such a low arch waves block you from taking a shot so many times.
2. Crit chance dmg + non crit chance dmg make the dmg equal to two shots of same lvl BC might be less.
And all those Mk4 speeders crying for its nerf here's my advice
1. Train Brock it has such a good hp upgrades.
2. Use ob to escape from getting critted by sniper watch the mini map always keep eye on unfriends.
Use more cover.
3. If you can try using sniper it's a good weapon and will keep you at long range from enemy ships thus help you survive more.
PS: I am Mk4 speeder too went to 2400+ infamy with all those sniper being around.
With Rare items.
What you need to do is change ur playstyle a little adapt improvise overcome.
Not everything need a nerf.
Hope it helps.

 

Might as well join the discussion.

Here is a video of me with my ‘allegedly’ overpowered Tesla Bolt, Ex Cannon and Speeder (built for the express purpose of destroying isolated ships in close combat). And this is how I fare (in close combat) against an isolated shooter built for long ranged sniping...

Note how I get hit, even while using Nitro to try to get away. And how I have to eat a huge crit before I can even land the first stun, and how stunning doesn’t work anyway, because: really need a rudder > can’t replace shield and turbo.

 

FACING A FULL HEALTH SHOOTER F2F,NOT A GOOD IDEA

 

I'm getting really tired of all this whining about certain weapons or items being overpowered. A lot of times, it's mostly the infamy you're at and the matchmaking system. For example, I the other day I was playing a match against nightmare league players, (please note that I'm a mark 5 shooter with only tier 4 rares at 3k infamy) so these guys have like tier 5 epics or multiple tier legendaries. And I got hit by a tier 5 epic railgun shot, which did around 2,300 dmg, which, in fact, wiped my health to less than half. Then I got hit with a legendary big torp because I got stuck in a swell, literally killing me before I could bring the other shooter to half health (he had past 7k health)
Now you don't see me getting all salty about that incident and whining my butt off, saying things like "Nerf Railgun", "Nerf Mark 6 Shooter", or even "Nerf Legendary Big Torp", and all that gibberish. I just accept the fact that there is never going to be a perfect matchmaking system, and move on. I usually face players with far better gear than me, and you don't see me complaining. Even when I faced off against @ysl, I never complained about @ysl's gear or tactics. I blamed the matchmaking. The devs said they improved matchmaking, so let's hope it works.

 

Well yeah... shooters start the game at full health, what you gonna do?

And actually it wasn’t F2F, I did stun him and suceeded in getting behind him. But then his turret caught up (even though he’s moving forwards and turning backwards) and then lands 900! hp crit at close range (the second in a row). My Ex Cannon only does 555, and that’s meant to be a 2 slot CC beast.

 

Miika has nerfed every item on his boat besides rudder (well he did a few updates ago not sure what his setup is now)

 

I completely agree. If shooters want to fight with speeders at close range, they should be forced to dedicate a slot to that purpose: BC/ExC/Carronade. Not get away with using the same 1 slot weapon they use to snipe people from halfway across the battlefield.

 

If his sniper is rare it would be lvl 35 already
And BC and ec at same level deal above 750 dmg at that range you would be dead whether it was either of those canon.
Mk4 speeder is one of the worst boat to go on 1v 1 with any ship specially one who is one mk above you so try as much as possible to avoid 1 v 1 second you did a good thing by stunning him your next move would have been to run away not engage on 1v 1 it will always get you killed.
Once you get to mk5 you can easily 1v 1 any boat because then you will have both nitro and ob which will help you in remaining behind the enemy turret every time

 

First of all we can be friendly to eachother. Second of all dont say im camping if you dont played ever against me, because i dont camp. I know you are thinking just react on everybody then they will nerf the sniper. Last thing if you get rekt by snipers maybe you need to change your strategy.

 

That is my mk5.

Also my BC is Rare L39 and it does ~680 damage. He was able to do 2K in 2 shots.