Gearheads of War

Something to change it up a bit

2nd - If you shoot someone twice, they DO go down, especially if you hit them high up on the body. If they escape, then that's your fault for not getting the headshot while you had the chance.

3rd - If you SERIOUSLY cant change to a shotgun in time then you still should be able to headshot them. Thats because when people charge you they are most likely roadie running, which means their head is SO open and easy to hit. When someone is roadie running straight at you, it's the easiest headshot to get in the game.

4th point - The situation you described happens a lot. It happened a few times very recently actually, and Blankman can tell you first-hand that you can headshot the attacker even if roadie running ( since i did it to him a couple of times i believe :) ) I've saved other people, they've saved me, and i've even been the one that gets headshotted when just about to finish someone off, so I don't know why AR is so neccessary.

If you want to shoot the body, then fine, there is a torque, boomshot, boltok, lancer, hammerburst, and a shotgun for you to use. (and even more in gears 2) because i just don't see how anyone can get any enjoyment or feeling of accomplishment from shooting someone ONCE anywhere on their body in order to kill them.

AR sniping takes the skill out of using that gun.  I can be successful with the sniper using the AR function.  That says something about how unskilled a weapon the sniper becomes.

No one likes back stabs.

If someone pops off my head with a Sniper (and I didn't see it coming), I am ok with it because I had it coming.  i.e. I was probably standing still to long.  And it takes Skill to headshot (or I was standing still WAY toooo long).

But with an AR, I just get pissed off.  I feel like "they got a lucky shot and now here they come trotting along to finish me off".

I can also handle getting chainsawed or shotgunned from behind because, I also deserved it.  I mean...  They have to run up to you (and you can hear them coming).  If after I hear them and I do nothing, my fault because I was being careless.

Watching those Gears 2 videos from Youtube, showed the same thing.  A guy kept getting AR sniper.  Lame.

Here's my side to this -

1st point - A normal sniper bullet is ALREADY just as powerful as a shotty bullet, or a few lancer bullets. The AR just makes it even more obnoxious. 2 regular snipe shots and the person is down.. can 2 lancer bullets do that? No. Can a shotty? Under the right circumstances (distance and an AR, or no AR). Therefore the AR is just there for people who want to get easy kills with minimum effort.

2nd point - as rEDChief already stated pretty much perfectly, as I just said, 2 shots to the torso and the person is down. Not too hard to do seeing as how bulky the guys are.

3rd point - If someone is roadie-running behind you and you have SOME distance on them, you can simply turn around and no-scope them, that is, IF you have some skill with the weapon. And just to back that point up, I did the same thing to Chris last night on Old Bones :P Now, about switching weapons.. if you hit the person with the snipe shot, but dont headshot them, just DIVE out of the way and switch to your shotty. I've done that countless times, and Blank saw me do the same thing on Escalation a week or so ago. I was coming up the stairs from the bottom of the map, I hit the guy coming around the corner, switched to my shotty and still killed him. Make sense?

4th point - If an enemy downs another person on your team, and they go to line up the headshot, chances are they arent going to be strafing back and forth to avoid being headshotted by you, because that movement throws off the shot, making that person miss. So they will most likely be standing still for the headshot, making an easy target for you to snipe. Also, they most likely wont be aware of you aiming at them unless you stand right in front of them, hence the easy headshot.

5th point - If you read my response to your 3rd point, you'll see that you DONT need an AR with the snipe most of the time. Just do the 1-2 combo with the snipe shot in the stomach, then quick swap to the shotty and gib them. Simple as that. And yes, AR's are cheap, which is why we all want it removed.

The most annoying thing is to be playing execution and get downed by an AR sniper shot, only to stand up, get downed again, and continue the process until you die. Then post-game, the offender often has the audacity to brag about his sniping skillz!

I think the sniper should have an active. All the weapons do. As far as what needs to be done, I don't know. Once in a while, it's fine. But after playing "gentleman's rules" I've come to see it as more of an annoyance. People that can take my head off while I move are the real snipers out there. That takes talent.

If they do leave it in, which I hope to god the don't, I think being able to crawl out of the way is going to help quite a bit to those 3 active snipers that down you twice before killing you.