| From: | cmd_jackryan@***.net (Phillip Gawlowski) |
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| Subject: | The new SR4 map (removed spoilers) |
| Date: | Sun, 21 Aug 2005 22:50:51 +0000 |
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Derek Hyde wrote:
> That's not true, snipers get as close as they have to for the shot and no
> closer, getting there unseen and getting the shot is only half the job,
> getting AWAY either by yourself or as yourself plus one person....is the
> rest of the job....and usually it's quite a hike out from a
> shot....therefore...if you can make the shot at 800m take the shot at 800m,
> if you can take the shot at 1200m, take it at 1200m.
I didn't say, that a sniper wouldn't go for safety. I said: As close as
possible. Of course, a sniper has to use the presented window of
opportunity (Otherwise artillery could do the job,t oo, I guess ;)).
> Also, you'd have to
> add a lot more than just the M24 and the M92, you'd have to add M82A1, M14,
> the Arctic Warfare Magnum, the Dragunov (sp?) and quite a large list of
> other sniper rifles used the world over, however, they didn't, that's not to
> say that some of us haven't designed them, but, it's nothing more than a
> sporting rifle
Sorry. I just picked two rifles on my mind as examples of different
"classes" of sniper weapons.
> (Remington Model 700VS being a perfect example of a publicly
> purchasable sporting rifle that's almost equal to the M24 in accuracy and
> range, with an upgraded barrel would probably make the grade). Snipers
> aren't their rifle, they're their skill at hiding, moving undetected, and
> waiting for the perfect shot.
Of course a sniper isn't his weapon. But his weapon defines how a sniper
can opperate. The longer the effective range, the farther away from a
target a sniper can be.
But still, the longer the range, the more difficult the shot (I didn't
say that such a shot would be impossible!), because of wind drift, drag,
gravity, what have you.
It is just easier for the "average" sniper, to get as close as possible.
It has been a while that I heard it: An Australian sniper got some very
high classed medal, for eliminating a Taliban at the maximum range of
his M92. So, it is possible, in the Real World(TM) as well as in SR (A
sniper in my group hit his target at Extreme Range, decapacitating the
target. He could keep the rifle as payment.), just to get the thread
back on topic.
And my point still stands: You'd have to introduce another class of
weapons (Anti-Materiel-Rifle, or .50 sniper rifle, whatever you want to
call it), to accomodate for very different ranges from your "standard"
sniper rifle and the longer ranged .50 caliber rifles.
And I never said, that there weren't Enough weapons for SR. In some
departments it ain't enough, IMHO.
Hm, have to get out the CC again for some work. Hehe. Will try them out
on my players. *EGMG*
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Phillip Gawlowski
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