Ok so if you read my last post you know that I just completed the game (finally) and I'm wanting to do my second playthrough has a Sniper in hardcoe mode. If you guy have any suggegstions on a good hardcoe mode Sniper build it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

im not at all sure but i think survival skill would be good for hardcoe.
but i havent done a hardcoe run yet so not really sure

Survival is pretty good yeah, though the sniper thing will probably bore you to tears eventually.

Guns, Repair, Survival (or Energy Weapons, Science, Survival). 6 Str. Rest of the stats are mostly irrelevant as long as you can get Better Criticals, but a high Int is pretty nice for the skillpoints.

Sniping makes the game a bit to easy, it's fun for a while though, just saying.

bigcrazewolf

1. Tag Med.
2. Craft stimpacks.
3. Chug stimpacks before battle.
4. Defeat enemy whilst invincibility is in effect.
5. ???
6. Profit.

UUUNNHHH!! LOOK AT THAT! DISCIPLE! LOOK AT THOSE STARS! COULDN'T YA JUST DRINK 'EM LIKE BOOZE!?

S 5
P 6
E 5
C 2
I 8
A 7
L 7

Tagged skills: Guns, Lockpick, Sneak
Traits: Good Natured, Small Frame

This is what I'm currently using on my hardcoe playthrough, although I should point out that with this build I'm planning to use the Anti-materiel rifle. Can't tell you how good it is because it's too early to tell, to be honest.

How would a hardcoe sniper and a normal mode sniper differ from eachother?

I went

S 8
P 2
E 8
C 1
I 9
A 9
L 3

Intense training, glasses, 1st recon berret and implants can make you deadly, oh and ede perception

S 5
P 5
E 9
C 1
I 2
A 9
L 9

After implants:
S 6 +(weapon handling)
P 6 (for better critics)
E 10
C 2
I 3
A 10
L 10

Intelligence is overrated! So is charisma!

Sniper Tip: Turn on cinematic camera to Player View, it is very very useful when you want to take out multiple targets before being discovered, allowing for several sneak crits in a matter of slo-mo seconds.