May 10, 2010, 03:15 AM
Speedy Wrote:I've got no problem with your sniping, Engineer. You're a very good sniper. However, the way you would completely ignore the battlements to put a bead on someone coming out the front door just as they came into view, the moment where you quickly flicked out to catch a scout just as he started running across the battlements with no warning or hesitation, and the time you attacked the soldier hiding in the middle area of the battlements without him making so much as a shotgun blast (while people were making a racket below you) were terribly suspicious. Bah; this is why I hate banning. I feel terrible for doing it, especially to a regular, but I've got to stand by what I witnessed.
actually, my sniping is not that great, 'yay is a much better sniper. i only completely ignore battlements when i am sure that it is clear and that other snipers are on their respawn timer. i don't "completely" ignore the battlements, it is that i am sure about its safety to ignore it. and i don't put it directly on people coming out of front door, i place my cross hair down there to wait, and most of my shots @ front door misses. if you had watched me longer, you'll see that most speedier classes coming out of front door i do not hit, ie medics, scouts, other snipers. I only hit the slower/non jumping players like heavies/soldiers. if i was wall hacking, shouldn't i be hitting all of them equally?
and about scouts running across battlements, i never walk out of hiding and hits a scout without moving my crosshair, i come out of hiding, try to aim, and almost always miss. i don't believe i've ever had a case where i've come out of battlements and hit a scout without so much as a mouse flick to adjust my crosshair.
about ignoring racket below me, the obvious answer would be that it is much easier to shoot at battlements than it is to shoot at your own front door. I only start shooting my own front door area when one of 2 things happen.
1. the enemy battlements is clear
or
2. its not safe to poke out my head (ie there are 3 or more snipers on enemy battlements or one sniper who is watching your side of the battlements)
given that the enemy battlements was not clear, it should be clear where i would be aiming at.