Lol! I forgot about this thread.
Six snipers are too absurd for me Odie. I don't know but even in shooter games, I really detest snipers. Maybe it's what I've observed in the early version of Counter Strike back when everybody was using snipers in matches and used them to assault the mansion. After that, I detested games that used snipers heavily. In movies --- and I suppose in RL --- you don't send in a squad that's more than 50% snipers. They operate alone, act as scouts, and generally compose a small % of a squad.
Haha, yupz i know its absurd. Btw, i love playing the role of a sniper in alot of games. lol. And i was one of your destastable sniper in CS. lol.
Well, u do send in snipers squads to get rid of small missions like that of UFOAI (where we have exactly 4 enemies. lol).
As for snipers, they NEVER operate alone. They are always working in pairs (in real life too. Yupz. experience in soldier's life tells me so). They cover one another's backside (if u know wat i mean..... sounds like that variety show!! lol).
Yes, I remember you mentioning that you were a soldier and things like this happen but I don't know, I just don't fancy the idea of a sniper-heavy team.
Welcome to the real world.
Where the world actually sends 2 squads or more snipers to snipe a certain high lvl enemy (like commanders or CO-Commanding officer or BO-brigade officer).
I suppose maps will fix this. Introducing maps with both cramped AND wide-open spaces will necessitate the need for more balanced squads.
The devs could also design solely-CQB maps and solely long-range fighting maps. (Hmm! That's a good idea! )
Yes, i agree. If its going to be a cramped map, definately will change my style of play. Even of now, i have changed my tactics......
I usually use this squad layout now:
1 EOD expert (specializing in rocket launcher and explosives).
1 Machine gunner (for that wonderful killing maniac of 25 rounds bursts).
3 snipers (to cover the rest' asses with their coil guns).
2 assaulters (usually armed with laser rifles or assault m16s-like weapons)
1 other weapon (like stuns, grenades loadouts or working as a scout with frag shotguns).
Hehehehehee......
And depending on the mission, i play 'cheat' with saving a game before launching the soldiers, check out the map to be loaded, and well, load appropriately before sending.
Hence if i meet a long range map, open field and stuff, i still have my 6 sniper-man squad. lol. (Call that field scouting intelligence.............
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