This is why Sniper is Broken

Nitro is tough because most turrets don't turn fast enough to lead if it's at a 90 degree angle... but in any other circumstance, if a Speeder is in range of my BC odds are I will hit it. Auto-aim is actually really good at compensating for moving targets (both the shooter and the target), which is likely why you are seeing hits like that, and may be a better way to focus your complaints. IMO Standard Canon is accurate than Sniper for hitting Speeders due to its arch.

PS: I really think you should build your T4 Epic Sniper and use it. My T5 Rare sucks a#* but T4+ Epic Sniper is a fairly awesome weapon.

 

I think it depends on the league. It's pretty average in nightmare because tesla shields can absorb them all day. Only tier 5 epics can crit for 2k+ but at that point we're already talking tier 3 legendary equivalent so it's not a big deal.
I still think it's a bit powerful at lower leages but what can we do? Move sniper talents down, ex cannon up and have mk3s blast each other's with full trained ex cannons?

 

The may go down! Everyone knows it rises again!

 

Gotta LOVE that critical hit!

 

or to zigzag, you lose some spees but when you do it well the chance of being hit is low

 

Lol leave the Poor Weapon alone lol

 

PS: I really think you should build your T4 Epic Sniper and use it. My T5 Rare sucks a#* but T4+ Epic Sniper is a fairly awesome weapon.[/QUOTE]

I'm all for hyperbole and everything, but how does a T5 rare "suck a#*" while a T4 epic is "awesome"? The one additional crit perk?

 

I have to agree with this. As a speeder main, the only cannon I am afraid of is sniper. Cannon doesn't do enough damage, and I can dodge the other two easily. Sniper almost always hits. This is speaking as a person who made it through a pair of mk5 shooters and a fixer today with 158 health. I was very impressed. But anyway, the only shot that hit me(of the eight that were fired), and the same shot that took me to that 158 health, was a sniper shot. I was able to easily dodge the rest by randomly jerking my way back to a fixer. It says something that sniper can do so much damage, but also hit easily.

 

I get that it takes some skill to hit. But in comparison to me hitting a speeder with my blast, where I had to lead my aiming reticle quite literally across the screen, to just flicking it slightly for sniper. I do use sniper a lot on my shooter, so I am pretty good at aiming with it. It is easy to miss at long range, but up close it's like shooting fish in a barrel.

 

L50 Rare = T34 Epic = T1 Legendary. L40 Epic Sniper adds 12% damage plus an additional perk (+7.5% crit chance).

 

Sniper is for noobs.

Just saying. Seriously, learn to lead your shots.

 

If you don't learn to lead your shots, you're gonna have a very bad time in nightmare league, if you even get there.

Get a dang brain. If you fight a speeder, lead your shots. Leading your shots is worth SO MUCH INFAMY.

 

Haha, what you need is some more skill and speed. I have dodged SO MANY sniper shots, I can't even tell if they were lead.

Try to get far from enemy. Use nitro as soon as they lock onto you or, with more practice, as soon as they FIRE.

 

I can prove why it isn't the sniper cannons:

For one, you guys didn't have leggies, and you had few epics.
Two, again. Look at the gear.
And I don't know if your team was a bunch of noobs.
They probably were.

 

Yep. Sniper cannon is not for shooting over waves.
They say speeder has been nerfed.
Boy are they wrong, you can't nerf a speeder's pride.