i fill heart shots an gut shots should be kills.

severely wounded and bleeding out.

also gut shots

maybe the team will do it in the next shooter they're currently in dev. of.

Doesn't matter what they do... we'll alway find something to complain about!

Yea, chest shots should be instant kills also.  Gut shot not so sure about while it can kill there is a chance for survival.  So I would probably take the position as wfz.  Anything chest and higher for sniper should be a 1 shot.

“there are no 1 hit body kills with sniper rifles. Pull your side arm or use a semi auto for fast follow up hits.

SIDE ARM or SEMI AUTO after hitting with a... SNIPER? LOL

well, I suppose playing on a hardcore server will fix this.

So let me get this straight, if I fire a Barretts M107 or a CheyTec M200, and I hit a guy in the stomach area, they arent going to die? I am assuming that both the Barretts and CheyTec will be in the game as they are both modern Sniper Rifles used on a regular basis by the US military today. Lets not even get into the various .308/7.62x55mm Rifles with tons of stopping power. But High Caliber, Long Range Rifles wont one shot kill?

As long as other weapons aren't more effective, I'm fine with this. Until I can see a guy who can take any shot to chest and continue fighting, I'm not complaining. Point is, I don't see how sniper rifles are supposed to be magically more effective than other weapons if you hit chest for example. Besides, at least BC2 has too many snipers already, don't really know about BF2 though.

Can you honestly argue that the power is justified when the difficulties are nullified. Long range shooting is plagued by variables in real life, and games typically do a poor job of replicating all of those factors. While it is true a Sniper shot should be incredibly effective. What is also true is they should be incredibly difficult to pull off. Since designers have yet to encapsulate all of these challenges into their games. The most logical compromise is to reduce the size of the kill box to require more skill, and much more patience on the part of the player. While the technical capacity is being downgraded they are doing a better job of mimicking the experience.

That should be what people are taking away from these comments. They are going away from hitting the broad side of a barn to hitting a glass bottle on a fence line. Maybe I am confused, but shouldn't sniping in real life or in a game be about. Victory through pure marksmanship. It should take skill, time, and patience. Especially since the guy taking the shot rarely has to contend with taking fire.

I also think this should cut down on swivel. A sniper shouldn't be sweeping the battlefield. They should be working the target not taking pot shots as they scroll back and forth across the map. This will compel more honest play. Pin down the enemy, counter snipe, or set up kill zones that you have scoped in. Sniping shouldn't just be a game about reflexes. It should be a mental game about out thinking their adversary. Not chasing some movement they saw.

I would have to say as far as online goes sniping pisses me off. For whatever reason it is treated far too generously for my taste. Nothing disgusts me more then seeing a guy with a sniper rifle. Taking shots while jumping in mid air, or taking pristine shots while he is running. I almost fume when someone kills me with a sniper rifle at point blank range. The reason is rather simple. This shit should in no way be fucking possible. So no I don't have a lot of real sympathy when it comes to muzzle velocity, or the size of the caliber.

Good for them making the Sniper play honest.

ok i'll give you gut shot but the right side of the chest 2?