Tactics - Sniper

Well this is to give u some idea of the basic tactics and config to make your life a little easier as a sniper ( the classiest class :)

Weapons :-

The sniper rifle: this is the most powerful weapon u posses. Its the only weapon out of all that has the ability to kill with a single shot anyone within view. But u have to stand still to initiate, and walk slowly while aiming

Auto Rifle: Fast reasonably accurate. Great for use under fire if on the retreat. Due to the fact it is a ammo hungry weapon u have to keep an eye on ammo levels. Good for finishing off that demo man :)

Nail Gun: The slowest weapon in your arsenal. Use this as a last resort for close up combat. Can be used as a fire and forget weapon. Simply spray bullets across the map at your enemy. It will take a little longer to reach them so can be used to break there concentration while u jump out and get the kill

General Techniques :-

Its important to remember that as a sniper u don't carry much armour which makes u very vunerable. Most classes can take u out easily. Which means that u have to stay out of trouble, no going in to enemy bases unless u want to rely on your lesser weapons. Your strong point is the ability to kill from a distance. This can annoy the enemy a lot. By staying in the shadows and sneaking out from behind walls, u can surprise them. With any luck they wont have noticed u until its too late. Avoid staying in one place too long or u will find that u have been blown up by a demo man , or soldier. u can use walls as a useful way to hide your laser sight, either by standing behind one while u charge your gun or, by putting you sight on a wall in front of the enemy so they can't see it. Your site can be a big give away to your position, anyone who is any good will keep an eye out for the quick flash of a laser on the wall. If they see it then any chance of a surprise attack is gone.

At some point we all meet someone who is a lot better than us (unless your bloody brilliant like me or lucifer!!!). This maybe due to the fact they're more experienced, have had more practice, or a better ping :( there are still things u can do to give yourself a chance though. The easiest is to work with the rest of your team ask someone to take him out. But that isn't much fun is it u want to kill the annoying b%&*£"d. This can be hard especially on a map like "Well" if they are on the roof of there base. The first thing is to know where they r exactly. whether they are crouching or standing, in a corner or walking across. Again team work comes in useful, if possible get someone to run across to make them fire. While they run out u stand just behind the wall and charge up your gun.Then as soon as they have fired walk out and shoot them!!! Hopefully there will not have been enough time between them firing and u running out for them to charge there gun (if they're a sniper) or to reload.

Aiming.

Sounds a silly thing to cover but its been brought to my attention that some people have trouble with this. Well her goes. The larger the target the easier it is to hit, but the more shots it'll probably take to kill them althought it is class dependant. U will find that most class's with low armour can be killed with one shot to legs or chest. HW guys generally need one high power shot to the head. Leg shots can be useful, quick firing with your sniper rifle wont carry much power but can slow down the enemy alot. This will make it easier for team mates to kill them. If u want to get a head shot, its important to have your aim ready before u run out. If you stand there trying to get it just right they will duck the second u laser hit there face. So quickly run out with just the zoom on. check that its at head hight. Then when u have charged your gun u only have to moved from side to side.

Trying to kill someone moving can be another big problem for anyone new to sniping (even good players have a hard time doing this). Just like in real life u have to aim infront of the person. U have to give them the time to walk into position for the bullet to hit. Generally for a sniper who is aiming about 2 feet or so (about the same length as their gun) in front does the trick but if they r running then aim even further in front (guess how far and then if its too far away next time aim a little closer).

Config:-

If u aren't using your mouse to look round and turn u wont last long. Its the fastest way to view a scene turn and aim.

Here my list of binds i find them to be the easiest for me. (most of the time)

Crouch = ctrl

jump = 0 (on num pad

Up arrow = forwards

Down arrow = backwards

left and right arrow = side step

mouse button 1 = fire

mouse button 2 = zoom

if i did have a 3 button mouse id use the other button as jump

its also a good idea to set fps_modem to 25 as this will help reduce lag.

hope this has been of some use. If there is anything else that i haven't included mail or icq me and i'll put it in

By Nowhere