Since Snipers are Cloaks then OSOK Headshots is a must sniper cert

Dreamcast · 2012-04-04, 01:35 PM

If cloaks are like in planetside 1, where they die with 1 shot of a sniper....Then I think a sniper rifle should have a cert to perform OSOK headshots to regular troops(except maxes and perhaps rexo) since a regular sniper could counter-sniper a OSOK headshot certed sniper with ease.

A sniper will have to sacrifice everything for OSOK headshots... I mean accuracy,reload time, rate of fire, recoil,bullets per clips,more sway...hell if u want to get hardcore make their bullets not do a lot of damage if they hit a soldier in the body so they must be good enough to do headshots.

OSOK Headshot snipers would be a horrible choice for moving targets and will require lots of time to get a good shot.

Now since they are Cloak that means any other regular sniper will destroy OSOK headshot snipers....Why?Because Regular snipers have better accuracy,rate of fire,etc....all they need is 1 bullet to kill a cloak so they will destroy the inaccurate OSOK snipers on one vs one basis and regularly on the battlefield....So OSOK snipers won't be OP like u guys fear since it will be very hard.

This in turn will ad more depth to the game since OSOK headshot snipers will need to be very skillful so not everybody is gonna be OSOK headshot snipers...and for the rest of the planetside will get more depth because now the medics,engineers,etc need to be worried about get headshotted which in turn make anti-snipers valuable.

Redshift · 2012-04-04, 01:38 PM

I'm glad you aren't in charge of balancing.

Zulthus · 2012-04-04, 01:39 PM

Originally Posted by Redshift

I'm glad you aren't in charge of balancing.

qft

Dreamcast · 2012-04-04, 01:41 PM

Originally Posted by Redshift

I'm glad you aren't in charge of balancing.

How in the hell isn't it balanced?

A cloak will die to 1 sniper shot.......any regular sniper will destroy a OSOK headshot sniper in a heads up battle.

Some planetside people really hate change I guess.

and I think SOE is gonna put Headshots OSOK snipers in game....That's the reason I believe they went with cloaks so snipers could die fast and with 1 shot by sniper.

Redshift · 2012-04-04, 01:43 PM

balancing requires both sides to be ...balanced.
What you described is a way of making headshots useless.

Dreamcast · 2012-04-04, 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by Redshift

balancing requires both sides to be ...balanced.
What you described is a way of making headshots useless.

How so?....a good OSOK Headshot sniper can still kills medics,engineers,light assult troops,etc.

They can still be very powerful in the right hands, the thing is tho that it won't be easy and only the best snipers will OSOK headshot snipers.

EVILPIG · 2012-04-04, 01:48 PM

Cloaking is not like in Planetside 1.

Stardouser · 2012-04-04, 01:48 PM

One hit kills are not a must. At least you're only suggesting headshots though, DICE herped up BC2 and BF3 with other than headshot 1 hit kills.

And it's not about change. Sometimes different isn't better.

Redshift · 2012-04-04, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by Dreamcast

How so?....a good OSOK Headshot sniper can still kills medics,engineers,light assult troops,etc.

Or they'd just play without the OSOK because the way you described it the downsides far outweigh your upsides.

Anyway i've a feeling you'll not understand/accept this so i'll leave you to it.

Dreamcast · 2012-04-04, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by Redshift

Or they'd just play without the OSOK because the way you described it the downsides far outweigh your upsides.

Anyway i've a feeling you'll not understand/accept this so i'll leave you to it.

That's why SOE balances the game?....The point was you sacrifice something to not make it easy..Im not 100% sure what to sacrifice but Im sure SOE could figure it out.

IronMole · 2012-04-04, 01:56 PM

Lol... Let's make snipers have a one shot one kill via head-shots perk but make it so they can't actually hit them.

Did I get that right?

Redshift · 2012-04-04, 01:57 PM

So what's the point of the thread? to tell SOE to balance their game? i think they know that......

NCLynx · 2012-04-04, 01:57 PM

It's been said that they won't be able to cloak while sniping. How this is actually going to WORK I don't yet know so I can't go to in depth. I just know that cloakers also being snipers is more for the sniper to get to his location a tad easier than he could have in the original but once he starts popping off shots the cloak will either not be there or be very easy to see through.

Dreamcast · 2012-04-04, 02:02 PM

Originally Posted by Redshift

So what's the point of the thread? to tell SOE to balance their game? i think they know that......

To give them an idea...you said tho that everything I said will make it impossible to be a sniper which is not true since SOE will decide what sacrifices will make the game balanced

Originally Posted by IronMole

Lol... Let's make snipers have a one shot one kill via head-shots perk but make it so they can't actually hit them.

Did I get that right?

Make it hard to hit them is what I said so they won't be op and have people on forums cry.....Impossible of course not, it will require skill so the best snipers will be the ones to be OSOK headshot snipers.

SOE will balance how hard a OSOK headshot sniper should bb.

TheRagingGerbil · 2012-04-04, 02:02 PM

Huh?

We have headshots yes, but nowhere has OSOK been confirmed. Did I miss something?

View Poll Results: Should OSOK Headshots be in the game?
Yes as cert...they are cloaks so a regular sniper will kill a OSOK headshot sniper	18	14.88%
Yes.....Any Sniper should headshot tho.	37	30.58%
No	66	54.55%
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