Since when does it ever take 3 sniper shots in any game to bring someone down? It should be one shoot in the head or chest 2 in the legs or torso period! Considering the fact that most of the time people are either sprinting all out or in stealth mode sniping in this game is near impossible! There is no sniper weapon upgrade unlock that would be one thing if you just had to earn a better rifle but that doesnt exist.

Seriously crytek fix this issue, I mean its an unplayable class. And before the retards start saying stupid **** like "you just have to get good at it" thats not the problem. The problem is it takes 3 shots to kill someone even not in armor mode if they have full health and its ridiculous. People are always either in stealth mode or sprinting and your suppose to get 3 shots on them that way?

Also one more thing you need to take the grenade off of weapon rotation. I, like most people use the mouse wheel to cycle weapons and no matter how I set it up the grenade comes up when you do this. If you run out of ammo and want to switch to your pistol it first cycles through a grenade then the pistol you guys need to fix this the nades shouldnt be in that cycle like that.

there is better rifle to unlock.. look more careful, its unlocked at lvl 39
and btw it really takes 1 head 2 cheast to take sm1 out, unless they are armor mode, in that case they are pretty easy to snipe, because they are slowed... (im talking about standart 1 sniper rifle)
with gauss rifle i bet its 1 headshot even in armor mode, look at its damage
"People are always either in stealth mode or sprinting "in stealth mode its 2 shot (1 head) death (if you snipe man while in cloak his energy is 0, sprinting the same (man stopes sprinting when you hit him)
othing is impossible out there.. its about positioning and reflexes

Sniper is fine.

No,seriously.

Hit Registration in Crysis 2 is a bit messy. =/

No.

I think sniping is fine.

One thing I have noticed - I'll be sprinting along and suddenly die. 1st thought is I've been sniped and then on the killcam it shows the guy shot at me 3-4 times yet from my view it only seems like I've been hit once. I should have heard a few bullets ripping past me or hitting nearby but no it just seems like I've been hit once. Otherwise I would have tried to evade. Is this just me?

not just you, but then there is a suppressor for the dsg-1

play pro mode

1 shot kill always with sniper

i agree with ambush2244, there are many problems with the sniper class making it an " unplayable class".

First NO MAP was designed considering snipers. ALL MAPS are made for "Sprinters" as i like to call them.
As a result if you want to snipe, you will only kill one or two persons then you will be killed in the back by these same players who only have to go through the map, then jump and grab some ledge to get behing a sniper.

The reason? well it's simple: no matter where you will be sniping, it will only take 10 to 15 seconds for your opponent to go through the map then come behind you and kill you after respawning.
Oh! please dont tell me there is the Alarm option....it's useless: you can't snipe someone who is too close from you (can't even use the sniper riffle "On the shoulder" without scoping since there is no "on the shoulder" HUD target/crosshair for snipers...which makes it impossible to kill someone without aiming through the scope...)
One of the problems is that going to snipers locations (which are really poor in number by the way) takes very little time.
Cryteck guys should really play sniping in METAL GEAR ONLINE. REALLY.
(in that game if you want to go and kill a sniper in the back, it is a long and dangerous thing: most sniper are located in places that are very high -2nd or 3rd floor- with many possible possible ambushs -either with other players or with the sniper traps as mines etc etc)

Last but not least: excepted with the Majestic gun, do not expect killing anyone with the other small guns.
I played over 48h on that game and killed perhaps 6 (!!!!!!!!!) persons with the standard guns.
SERIOUSLY, what is the purpose in putting such useless pistols in a war game???
Till i unlocked the Majestic gun, i didn't even kept trying to kill someone who was coming in my back since i was playing as a sniper.

I really hope cryteck will deliver us new map packs with REAL MAPS.

PLEASE CRYTECK, PLAY METAL GEAR ONLINE AND LEARN WHAT IS A MAP DESIGNED FOR SNIPERS AND ALL OTHER CLASS OF PLAYERS.
(see Midtown maelstrom map, Grosniij Grad map, Urban ultimatum map, etc etc)
Non-sniper players in Crysis 2 only have to make one jump and grab the ledge of a balcony to get on the last floor and kill snipers who are harmless compared to the others with their Scars and Scarabs riffles.

If it is true that Crysis 2 has the best graphics i have ever seen, it is also true that Crysis 2 ISN'T the best multiplayer game i have ever played. MGO still stands as the reference to me. Sorry Cryteck.