No killstreaks for snipers? : Crysis

» Fri Jun 03, 2011 2:58 am

a mate told me that there were no kill streaks for snipers. i am a shotgun player and i have had kill streaks and all(best was a 7 kill streak) and that was on pier 17 where there is less CQB than Skyline! but my mate told me that snipers cant get kill streaks, is this true,(good, cos i think sniping should be discouraged)

» Fri Jun 03, 2011 9:25 am

They can, but they have to leave their pansy camping spot to pick up dog tags.

It's the complete opposite of the camping sniper fest of Homefront.

» Fri Jun 03, 2011 12:52 am

Well, you have to pick up dog tags from players YOU'VE killed, and seeing as you're probably all the way accross the map, you won't be able to collect the tags.

Edit: 1 Dog Tag = 1 Point towards killstreak

» Thu Jun 02, 2011 7:32 pm

There's a perk that allows you to retrieve dog tags automatically, without having to physically pick them up.

» Fri Jun 03, 2011 3:19 am

i hope the Dogtags dont stay after death, cos all we wil lget is snipers with the SCAR equiped eunning around at the 35 kill mark calling in Ceph gunships

WHAT, that is SOOOO overpwoered, whats its upgraded version, doubles your dogtag count?

» Fri Jun 03, 2011 9:07 am

There's a perk that allows you to retrieve dog tags automatically, without having to physically pick them up.

Well I hope this perk is a choice between something else that is even better. We don't need another sniper dominated game. Time to grow balls people.

» Fri Jun 03, 2011 6:10 am

Dogtags don't disappear when you die, they disappear after a set amount of time. If you wait too long after killing, even if you haven't died, the tags will still fade.

» Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:01 pm

That's funny - after I got counter-sniped, I was able to pick up my left dog tags, and blast that bich orbitally. You snipe me, I call in orbital laser.

» Fri Jun 03, 2011 5:14 am

quite frankly all i do is use cloack, go behind them, Press Right stick, teabag their knifed chins and shoot his teamate in the face with a jackal, jackal isnt overpowered but the reticule that tells you when your within one shot kill distance IS

» Fri Jun 03, 2011 2:03 am

Sniper in this game is really unlike sniper >.<
You get detected very easily and enemy can reach you in no time.

So.... Dog tags are near (if its not yours lol).

» Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:21 pm

There's a perk that allows you to retrieve dog tags automatically, without having to physically pick them up.

Well I hope this perk is a choice between something else that is even better. We don't need another sniper dominated game. Time to grow balls people.

Not sure what choices there are. I don't snipe much, I like the frontline CQC. Snipers may use this perk more, but I doubt it will promote more of them.

I doubt I would use this perk, as I'm sure there is a perk that better compliments the grunt playstyle.

» Fri Jun 03, 2011 6:23 am

Counter sniper recipe
1 knife
1 Power mode(sprint)+1 stealth mode(cloak)
+1 jackal with a maximum of 4 shots for nearby teammates rinse and goddamn repeat

To above, i agree, i am the dude at the front of the pack, the only time i ever go to a sniper position is either
A) crash pod
or
B)sniper is there

so submachine gun or shotgun for me.

» Fri Jun 03, 2011 8:42 am

There's a perk that allows you to retrieve dog tags automatically, without having to physically pick them up.

Well I hope this perk is a choice between something else that is even better. We don't need another sniper dominated game. Time to grow balls people.

Yup. It's good that snipers are gonna have to actually work and move around, instead of camping.

» Fri Jun 03, 2011 4:52 am

There's a perk that allows you to retrieve dog tags automatically, without having to physically pick them up.

Well I hope this perk is a choice between something else that is even better. We don't need another sniper dominated game. Time to grow balls people.

Yup. It's good that snipers are gonna have to actually work and move around, instead of camping.
Yeah man i hate Camping sniping biches like in mw2. They Camp, kill and then nuke the Whole Place. I'm so goddmn glad crytek was Smart enough to realize that. Frontwar and slidekills for Eva!!!!!

» Fri Jun 03, 2011 4:47 am

The first upgrade of Retriever requires one less dog tag for support bonuses and the second makes them last longer. http://crysis2news.blogspot.com/

» Thu Jun 02, 2011 5:20 pm

If you stay ine one spot as a sniper, youre doing it wrong and deserve to get no kill streak. And even if you find it unfair, youll die anyways if you stay in the same spot. so move anyways >_>

» Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:05 pm

The first upgrade of Retriever requires one less dog tag for support bonuses and the second makes them last longer. http://crysis2news.blogspot.com/
nice link a lot of info

» Fri Jun 03, 2011 12:55 am

The first upgrade of Retriever requires one less dog tag for support bonuses and the second makes them last longer. http://crysis2news.blogspot.com/
nice link a lot of info

Cool! This could help me plan my loadout.

Also did you guys see Visor Enhance? That thing is gonna be so overpowered.

» Thu Jun 02, 2011 10:06 pm

They can, but they have to leave their pansy camping spot to pick up dog tags.

It's the complete opposite of the camping sniper fest of Homefront.

Ya they have to go get the dogtags. Which is really an awesome answer to camping.

Great idea crytek

» Fri Jun 03, 2011 6:50 am

i like this

perfect

lets hope that "perk" wont ruin this

btw what you could to is team up with a sniper mate, one of you takes out targets the other collects all the tags, then next round you guys switch

im fairly sure you can pic up tags even if you have not made the kill

» Fri Jun 03, 2011 3:41 am

^ no, you can't pick up other people's tags.

I also hope this won't ruin the game. I loved how snipers were forced to move around if they wanted the tags, with that perk it completely breaks the notion of it. Even if it takes a Power module slot, wich for a sniper isn't important.