i haven't read all 13 pages of posts...i gave up at page 3. But my opinion is that everyone should stop thinking about measuring in real life meters for just a moment.
Pardon me but i'm gonna puff out my chest and try to take on the role of a grizzled old sergeant as i try putting forth my plans for a new type of sniper in the Mechwarrior universe.
How can a sniper specialist in MW:O still retain his title as the master of range and presicion?
Being a sniper is more than making certain you got the biggest most accurate hightech gun with the longest possible range.
Most players seem to think that they want to do as much damage as possible in one shot.
Usualy that means they go for a heavy or assault mech stuffed to the brim with LRMs and other long range weapons.
Okay that's one way of doing it. But how about making certain the brawler mechs never get close using another abilities than superior firepower?
Let's take advantage of this rugged terrain the dev's have made for us. Plenty of cover, hills and other terrain that slows mechs down.
Take advantage of it! Make it your backyard!
Speed. Stealth. Cover. Escape route. Working in carefully coordinated pairs if you find that necessary.
Speed: Make certain that you have superior speed in comparison to the brawler type mechs that you mostly meet.
If you must sacrifice some armor in order to do it...so be it.
If you're faster than they are, they can't get in their favored range because you're the one picking the time, place and range.
Stealth: Pick a spot with lot's of cover and preferably a small hill or two. If there is a river or other terrain that slows mechs down between you and your target then that's good.
Pop out of hiding and let off a shot or two at your favored range. Then you immidiatly run into cover and to a new firing spot before the enemy can't turn to face you.
Since the enemy needs LOS to know where you are he won't know where you will pop out next.
Let that Atlas pilot feel helpless for a change. If you think he might run away or he is fast enough to be bothersome you shot him in the legs first thing so he can't.
Let him run after you all he wants because he can't catch you and he would be embarrased to ask for help against a single mech half his weight anyhow.
Use ECM systems, Spoofers
(i read about them somewhere here. Aparrently they create false blips on the enemy radars) and stealth armor when/if it becomes available.
Cover: Like i said find terrain that favors your tactics and keep moving. Never stand still for more time than it takes you to fire one or two shots!
Escape route: Make certain that your commander knows about how you work and that he has knowlegde about at least three different coordinates that you will escape to if things get too hot for you.
If he is an able commander he will do his best to lay an ambush for the enemy pursuing you.
Congrats. You just performed your secondary function-
Live juicy wigglin' bait for the trap.
Working in pairs: Find someone using light/medium mechs and the same tactics you do in your timezone or even better - a real life friend.
Practice communication, tactics and timing diligently.
Lay plans with your buddy for each specific map before hand and keep them on paper near your PC for easy referance.
Use simple short signals to communicate between each other so that you don't occupy the coms channel with constant chatter.
Know each others mechs well and make certain they compliment each other.
When you have done your shot and run away to relocate your buddy pops out from cover at your signal from a completly different spot and takes his shot.
Aim at the legs to start with so that the prey can't run away or run at you if necessary. Keep it going till those big mechs fall over.
Still worried? Maybe you're worried about the rest of the enemy hunting you down when your big target overcomes his embarrasment and calls for help?
Well that's what you have lancemates in heavier mechs for.
If you can't do your job because half the enemy company is on your tail all the time then you either make for an excellent distraction while your friends butcher the other half of the enemy force who are now outnumbered two to one because you are leading the others on a merry little marathon through the mountains.--
(That was one seriously long sentence)
-Or your friends ain't fighting hard enough and you would have lost anyhow.
Any questions? No? Good. Now get your sorry hides into those mechs and prepare for combat. Move it!
But Sarge the war won't start for months yet.
No?...Well don't you feel lucky private? You get to do the safe work till the war kicks off....By that i mean cleaning the underside of the mechs feet....for the entire company of course.
And when you're done with that come see me because i got more work for you.
Work involving latrines. Both cleaning them and digging new ones since all armies needs a large surplus of latrines.
We can't defend this base without more latrines for our incoming reinforcements. Well...why are you still here? Move it!
Yes sarge.....siiigh.
Edited by Sheilei, 11 May 2012 - 02:40 PM.
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Urza Mechwalker, on 11 May 2012 - 02:12 PM, said:
