You know what I’m tired of? Seeing my teammates snipe in CoD4’s “hardcore” mode. Every time I see someone on my team doing it I feel like I should rip on them via text chat, but then I realize I’d have a pointless argument to push myself through, so I never do it. No one ever listens anyway.
CoD4’s sniper rifles are rather pointless in normal mode given that the game’s maps aren’t very well-suited for them. In nine cases out of ten, it’s smarter and will serve you better to go with an assault rifle or submachine gun. Throw in “hardcore” mode and the snipers become patently useless because their ability to pull off one-shot kills is no longer unique. There are, in fact, only two reasons to use a sniper rifle — range and one-shot kills. Most of the maps take care of the first point, and “hardcore” mode voids the second.
Don’t believe me? Here’s a list of guns other than the sniper rifles that do one-bullet kills in “hardcore” mode… without Stopping Power… no matter how far away the target is. And bold items can do it silenced too.
- M16A4
- AK-47
- G3
- M14
- MP44
- M249
- RPD
- M60E4
- Desert Eagle
So, all of these guns are effectively sniper rifles in their own right in “hardcore” mode. Sure, they don’t zoom like a sniper, but that’s ultimately unnecessary when the maps aren’t big enough for it to matter. These guns can do one-shot kills at any range, a few of them silently, and they’ll do it quicker and easier, yet people still insist on using sniper rifles? What sense does that make?
I don’t think I understand it, but I must try! As far as I can see there are only two reasons for such seemingly pointless undertakings:
- You’re too dumb and/or ignorant to understand the numbers behind the guns, their damage, and enemy health.
- You’re being a pretentious twat and trying to show how “pro” you are by sniping. On Backlot. In TDM.
That’s really pro of you. Excuse me if I don’t quite see why your -2 net score should be considered pro vs. my +50 just because you used a sniper rifle. Cut it out already — you’re not helping your team out at all. If you feel the need to snipe in “hardcore” mode, just fake it with the G3 like everyone else with half a brain. Though as far as I’m concerned the M16A4 is clearly the best all-around weapon choice given its three-shot burst, but most people are fairly clueless.
Yes, I know sniper rifles can be used well in the proper hands even on CoD4’s tiny maps. However, most people are not anywhere near possessing those “proper hands,” and that’s the problem. Most people are useless to their team when wielding a sniper rifle. Throw “hardcore” mode into the mix and they’re even worse.
Dear You,
You suck with a sniper rifle. Quit it.
Sincerely,
Your Teammates
3 Comments
Cod4 sniping is shit compared to the world at war sniping. Either way, you must play with some shitter players, cause i know i can get a 7 kill 1 death ratio easy with them shits (keep in mind though, thats on an xbox live server with a score limit of 750 points)
p.s. I curious if your a guy or a girl (not cause im one of those weirdos that flip out to the fact that girls play video games, but because of other stuff i read in a different blog). So tell me, helmet or triangle?
Your bragging is unwarranted.
First, anything on console is bullshit. Period. Slower movement, sticky crosshairs, and autoaim mean it’s the game doing the aiming for the players.
Second, it’s much more difficult to attain a high KDR over an extended period of time. For instance, 14-2 is not very impressive as anyone can get on a decent streak once, especially when you throw unbalanced air support into the mix. Going 70-10, on the other hand, is far more telling of actual talent.
So, my question to you is this: Are you trying to make yourself look like a terrible console kid or does that come naturally?
I’ll agree auto aim sucks, I wish i could take it off. And im not bragging, just saying that comp snipers must suck
And assuming that firing on comp is point and click, its probably easier getting rediculous kill streaks like that. On consil the points required to win a match are outrageous, and if it was that much on xbox, i’d probably get outrageous streaks too, but till then, i’ll walk around sniping and owning everyone that think there bad ass with their prized golden guns.
Use a ps3 or an xbox and show me a 20:1 kill streak and i will personally find you, kiss your feet and stop playing video games for the rest of my life
It’s not like gaming is the only past time in the world. I spend most my time playing guitar and pretending im animal from the moppets on my drum set
but to answer your question, I’m just an ass that saw your over obsessive hate for snipers and thought “PFFFFT, I could have used the time it took this person to write this page to learn 4 btbam songs”
and no one else commented it, so i felt i wanted to pop the comment cherry