Battlefield Bad Company 2 Sniping
BFBC2 Sniper Tips
Sniper has always been a popular class in battlefield games. The difference between bfbc2 and the versions that came before is snipers sucked ass. Now that there's a recon kit that isn't ass tons of people are playing it.
There are also tons of people playing it really badly. This article will help people learn to snipe in a way that helps the team rather than fuck it over.
BFBC2 Sniper rifles
When it comes to rifles there are really only 3 worth talking about the M24, GOL, and the M95. The others are really just glorified assault rifles with scopes that take 3 hits to kill. Luckily every one starts off with the M24.
It takes two body shots for a kill with the M24, or one headshot. It's the strongest sniper rifle you get until unlocking the M95.
BFBC2 sniper Range
Range is every thing when it comes to sniping in bfbc2. I tend to stay away from extreme long range for a few reasons. For one your accuracy will fall and your kills per minute will drop along with it.
Being at extreme long range from your enemies also means your extremely far away from the map objectives.
I usually start out at long range and try to pick off a guy or two then move up to a midrange spot. Playing midrange as a sniper puts you in danger but also makes it a lot easier to lay down cover fire for guys in your squad taking flags, or blowing up bomb sites.
BFBC2 Effective Sniping
There are tons of people playing as snipers right this second. More than 90% of them are having a negative impact on their team. Some times the most effective thing you can do is to not go sniper. Most teams are already loaded up with way too many.
A team half full of snipers isn't going to get shit done when it comes to objectives.
The whole point of going sniper is to get kills. The problem with snipers is they take a guy off the front lines. To be effective you need to rack up enough kills to help out your teams attacking forces.
To get those extra kills you need to move closer to the action. You'll end up with some more deaths too but going 10 kills and 1 death as a sniper is a waste.
Most rounds are 20-25 minutes long. So 10 kills is less than 1 kill every 2 minutes. Some thing like 20-9 or 20-11 is a much better score from some one contributing some thing. Your goal should be to get about 1 kill a minute while sniping.
If your only getting 1 kill every 2 or 3 minutes its probably a good idea to switch to assault and help out the team.
Aiming with Lead
Hitting some one standing still is simple. Hitting a moving target gets a little more complicated. Bullets in bfbc2 are not instant. They take time to travel through air. Because of this you must lead moving targets.
Bullets travel pretty damn fast so the lead isn't much, but its there. You shouldn't have to aim more than one body thickness in front of him.
There are two techniques for acquiring lead and firing. The first is tracking aim. You place your crosshairs on top of the target then jump ahead of him and fire. The second is ambush. Ambushing is much simpler.
Instead of tracking, you set your crosshair a good distance in front of the target. Wait until he is about to cross into your crosshairs then fire. Try both see which one works best for you.
BFBC2 Sniping Bullet Drop
This is slightly similar to lead. Instead of travel time your fighting video game gravity. At medium range you only need to aim at the top of their head to land a clean one shot kill.
At long range aim just a few pixels higher than that. At extreme long range I wish you good luck.
Movement
How a sniper moves around the map is extremely important. Most of them don't realize this however and you can see for your self how bad they get raped. You have to under stand that you're not playing against bots, they are thinking human beings.
As such they feel things like annoyance and anger and they will feel these things towards the jerk face sniper who shot them.
That is why standing in one spot the whole game is retarded, and I see people do it all the time. You need to pick and move. Where should you move?
How about to a spot where you can cover your old spot? That way you get to see some new territory plus kill the guy who's after your head.
Sniper vs Sniper
Sniping wars are what dreams are made of. Being able to win these fights consistently and neutralize the other team's sniper is good for your team and score. You need to find them first though, who ever can find the other guy first has a massive advantage.
The first thing I do after spawning in as a sniper is scan "the line". The line is basically where the sky meets the terrain. This whole area is prime real-estate. It gives them a good vantage point from far away, but it also gives you an obvious area to quickly scan through. If none show up your best bet is either roof tops or windows.
Once you actually find some one to do battle with the first thing you must do is assess how good they are. At this point you should be behind cover and preferably alive. Now you need to decide if they saw you or not.
This can be tricky at long range so just pick some thing and go with it. If you give them credit for being a good player and they saw you, do not peak out the same way you ran in.
Engage them from a different angle. This will force them to move their crosshair and give you extra time to get your shot off first. You only have one shot to do this. If you miss take cover and don't peak that spot again. Find a new angle and keep this up until you hit.
Battlefield Bad Company M24 M95 Kit
I've tried many different kit combinations this one gets me the most kills by far. For rifle go with the m24 or M95 if you have it. The M1911 and MP-412 are the most powerful pistols in the game so either would be a wise choice. For your first specialization AM UPGR is the only thing even half decent here. Ammo tends to be a problem for me so I prefer that. In the second specialization spot MGNM AM is my choice.
However you could make an argument to go with the SPOT also. SPOT automatically spots every one you see while scoped in.