The SV98. L96 and M98B should do 100% damage if they hit center mass (chest). And by center I mean, the center of the chest. Not the sides, not the lower abdominal, not the shoulders, the dead center. Everywhere else should stay the same. This obviously requires better hit detection and at longer ranges with lag, this is probably hard to calculate but anything closer than 400m should not be a problem. To balance this, the recoil when firing the 3 high caliber snipers should be increased when firing from the standing and crouched positions w/o using the bipod. The lower caliber rifles should be easier to use while standing and crouching (less sway and longer hold breath). If you are a mobile sniper who engages at close to medium range, low caliber is for you. If you like to engage targets at long range, high caliber is for you.
Second, there should be a sniper scope with a range finder. Given the bullet drop it can be very hard to tell exactly how far away a target is. If I could memorize the bullet drop for each level of distance sniping at longer ranges would be much more effective. Right now it is just fire and pray it hits. To balance the scope you would have to use the spot function to get the range. If the target moves, you have to hit select again to get the updated range. If more balancing is needed, then just increase the scope glint.
It would also cool if would could choose multiple munitions for snipers. Laser sights and flash lights really have no place on sniper rifles. Instead of a suppressor for the BMGs we should be able to choose ammo types.
- Standard round (medium range and drop, but max stopping power 1 hit kill at center mass up to 250m. 60% reduction after that. It would also do less damage through hard surfaces)
- Armor piercing (goes through thicker surfaces with great efficiency but has less overall stopping power at longer ranges, 50 damage at <200m. 25% reduction after that)
- Roufous (sp?) round (like flachet round, except it sprays after it goes through a surface. It cannot go through thick surfaces like the AP round. Same draw back as armor piercing. Bullet spray damage depends on how close the target is to the spray. Damage spread acts like a shotgun. Only useful for engaging targets in a build or behind cover. See this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=JK2P70K4c94#t=323s)
- Long range round (holds accuracy, direction and has less drop for a longer ranges 500m+ but is not a 1 hit kill at any range and has less suppressive effect).
Obviously headshots are always i hit kills. I think this would give greater strategy to sniper load outs.There are many times I wish I could engage vehicles effectively. If I have the AP round and I hit the engine block I should temporarily slow the vehicle down (what happens when you get to low vehicle health). Obviously this would not effect LAVs or tanks. The only problem I see is if these rounds are only available for BMGs then what happens to lower caliber sniper rifles? They would have to have some sort of other edge.
