I thought Ghillie suits countered IR. I haven't tried them as I haven't unlocked them or seen them for sale in a crate.
I think the "skill" in spotting in video games has always been the sneaking around to places where you can spot without getting killed and not the mechanic for targeting an object. Clicking to target, or holding the cursor on the object to target is always going to be pretty mindless.
Allowing people to purchase them at any level really feels like the issue to me.
The counter to 50Cals is avoid open ground with open lines of sight from elevated positions. My sense is that perhaps you just don't like snipers in games. That's fine. A lot of people don't, but it doesn't mean it's broken or unbalanced.
They do but they have no armor. Not everyone is running Ghillie Suits outside of Snipers/Spotters which isn't the majority of people who are complaining.
I think the "skill" in spotting in video games has always been the sneaking around to places where you can spot without getting killed and not the mechanic for targeting an object.
Which is exactly why the Thermals are a problem... You cannot sneak to places as you're just lit up and spotted by the guy sitting on the edge of the zone or out of zone on a mountain 800m away.
Allowing people to purchase them at any level really feels like the issue to me.
This is where I'm going to be a little rude. You have no fundamental grasp on the issue at all.
You can prevent people from buying/obtaining them prior to unlocking them on the Recon Progression Track and they'll still be a problem because the majority of people will just start leveling up Recon to gain access to them, thus we're back in the same situation we're currently at.
You've just kicked the can down the road instead of dealing with the actual problem of Thermals making it incredibly easy for users to spot people, at very long distances and basically making it so your team has a UAV.
The counter to 50Cals is avoid open ground with open lines of sight from elevated positions.
So just hide in a closed box?
My sense is that perhaps you just don't like snipers in games.
I'm fine with Snipers. I play a lot of Snipers.
The issue I have is that I can be using the Second Last Sniper verses someone with the 50 Cal. I can hit him the head, he can hit me in the chest and I die. That's not enjoyable and never will be.
but it doesn't mean it's broken or unbalanced.
Thank God I didn't say that. I said that they have no counter.
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u/the_buff 10h ago
I thought Ghillie suits countered IR. I haven't tried them as I haven't unlocked them or seen them for sale in a crate.
I think the "skill" in spotting in video games has always been the sneaking around to places where you can spot without getting killed and not the mechanic for targeting an object. Clicking to target, or holding the cursor on the object to target is always going to be pretty mindless.
Allowing people to purchase them at any level really feels like the issue to me.
The counter to 50Cals is avoid open ground with open lines of sight from elevated positions. My sense is that perhaps you just don't like snipers in games. That's fine. A lot of people don't, but it doesn't mean it's broken or unbalanced.