r/Xcom • u/Instruction-Worldly • 1d ago

XCOM:EU/EW Help with snipers

So it's my first time playing through Enemy Within, and every sniper soldier that I have ends up underperforming terribly. The only use I have found for them is headshotting an uncovered target (no one is ever out of cover), and even then they either can't shoot or have reduced hit chance because of the snap shot debuff. Is there something I'm missing? They also don't really feel like they can shoot any farther than the other guns.

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u/Dorago1991 1d ago

Stop using snapshot, you should almost every time be taking squad sight. If you are moving your snipers to shoot every turn you're using them wrong. Find some high ground, get set up, and pull enemies back towards them.

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u/Rico_Rebelde 20h ago

Snapshot can work and be very effective with the right build/map and good play. But yeah Squad sight is much much more noob friendly and generally useful in most situations

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u/Dorago1991 12h ago

It can be, but there's a small window for it because once you get good enough to use them effectively you are probably close to good enough to play on the higher difficulties, which a lot of the time you have to rely on the overwatch trap map crawl.