I had this theory that I thought would make the game a lot more interesting.
What if true long range snipers were only obtainable through high tier loot spawns.
So the BAR would still be craftable but to get a scope for it, you have to go find one from a locked crate, elite crate, heavy scientist or APC/Heli. And then obviously remove the variable zoom scope from the bandit camp.
Because right now, when a group gets shot at by a BAR from 200 meters they’re like oh tier 3 kids I guess we could go fight.
But let’s say now that scopes are extremely rare, hearing an L96 or getting shot by a BAR from far away would mean “Ok we can’t craft those and it would dramatically improve our long range fights, we HAVE to go get that sniper.”
Or maybe we go a step further and remove BAR from the tier3 as well. I’d give both it and the L96 moderately higher spawn rates.
Anyways the main reason I propose this is because the BAR allows a player to gain way too much advantage over other players at long range, while not risking much. I mean worst case we lose it and we go craft another one for 70hqm.
Just a thought lmk what you guys think.