UT2003's Sniper Rifle

[Yian]

This is actually a thread I carried from another section. How many people here think that the sniper rifle in UT2003 is cool, or bad?

I personally disliked it very much... It doesn't kill with one shot with all those electiricity looking shit... kind of lame, and it is so hard to zoom and lock onto your foe's head in the heat of combat.
Rocket Launcher rules, though.

[XEON]

I kinda hoped the UT2K3 sniper rifle was going to be cool, I used to run 'n' gun with the original sniper in UT, great fun!

I do like the idea behind the new version, although I was hoping that is was going to actually be more of a railgun affair rather than a poxy bit of static electricity that seems to appear out of the end! Everytime I fire the bugger I get balloons sticking to my wooly jumper and my hair stands on end ;)

Bring on the weapon mods I say!

[cr3am]

i like how it actually searches for the enemy, so you can hit him even tho he's moving (which really helps on a XBOX controller), but it sometimes screws up your headshots :mad:

overall i voted that it's cool

[XEON]

I've not noticed the 'tracking' in the PC version - is that just in Unreal Champ ?

/me goes off to have a play, er test ;)

[cr3am]

Originally posted by XEON
I've not noticed the 'tracking' in the PC version - is that just in Unreal Champ ?

/me goes off to have a play, er test ;) i noticed the tracking in the XBOX version... so i'm not sure about the PC version

[Unspoken]

It sucked, it practically had no use in the game at all. I rather they scrapped the sniper and put in another gun instead.

[Deus Ex]

The only thing I like about the Lightning Gun is the way your victim's head gets fried after you land a headshot. Pretty nice fiery animation! :)

[PHAT_ASS]

i think it's much more well balanced than UT's sniper. you cant just run in a room, pulling off headshots with every shot. Headshots are much harder to pull off now, and the cooldown time makes it less cheesy. People dont use it since most maps dont allow you to snipe as much as the ones in UT. if you take Lavagiant2 in the bonus pack though , you'll see that sniping plays a big role in that map.

usually what i like to do with the LTN gun is firing one shot on my target, then quickly switching to a weapon like the minigun or the plasma gun to finish off my target.

oh and dont get me going about the headshot animations....too damn nice!

[x_arcadejunkie_x]

I second PHAT_ASS in that, yes the old sniper was WAAAYYY un-balanced *thinks back to playing CTF-Face*.....*shudders*

I just wish the new one had some sort of knockback effect.

[Yian]

50-50! Shit! I was hoping it gets a drastical lead on Boo! option! Seems to me the sniper gun isn't as bad as I thought...

Go go go! Vote on Boo! if you think it is Boo!

[NuclearWhale]

I like the lightning gun, I dont snipe very often I'm more of a up close and personal type. I voted that I like it, more balanced as PHAT_ASS said.

[Raxc]

Bleh-blah-blooh.

I hate all snipers in every game. Grab a motherfucking knife and come at me!


God damn MOHAA snipers.

[Rhenna]

I'm surprised the votes are as close, too! I understand the lightning bolt was to let ya' know where the bastard sniping at 'ya is, but they could have done the same thing with a "tracer" effect. I re-prioritized that weapon to the bottom of the list. I'm not to rabid about the "new" shock rifle, either. Actually, the best weapons of all are the ones way back in the original Unreal Botmatch, especially after the '220' patch where Epic juiced the sound effects. Too many people missed that experience. The original Flak Cannon and the ASMD? "An unprecedented level of violence..."

[Yian]

hey hey! It turned out that that thing sucks after all... although the vote is close.....

[Bobz0r]

it does suck, ill admit to that....
even unreal championship made it suck ass
even tho it autoaims a lil

[Yian]

keyword: a lil... That means it really doesn't do shit...

[Bobz0r]

yes... a lil... (doesnt do JACK shit...)

it does work kinda well on Unreal Championship

but thats just cuz the bots are at novice and cant hit me when i come up and shield gun them to death...
but thats just me

[RAY16]

Anybody that doesn't like the lighting gun sucks with it. I love it, I get headshots all the time. And even when i don't 2 hits normally kills (unless the have sheilds, or the booster power-up).

[Yian]

Why don't you say that to those whoe hate Unreal 2? "Everyone who hates great visuals, don't play it!" Or even better: "suck with it!"

[RAY16]

What? You just confused the hell out of me.

[Bobz0r]

yeah me too...

u gotta read what u said before u post it ;)

[Yian]

Oooops... I mean the reason I hate this sniper rifle is because it looks great but it doesn't do shit... just like Unreal 2...

Does that sound better now...

Hahaha don't know what I was thinking...

[RAY16]

It does do something, it shoots lighting. 2 shots kill, or one headshot. Don't say it sucks because you can't kill anybody with it. Me and plenty other people get lots of kills with it.

[Yian]

Well, I do kill some people with it but it's supposed to be ONE SHOT KILLs! Why must I get Holy Shit by using a Rocket Launcher? I can go wicked sick with anyweapon but this one... It is not worthy to use this shit when when game speed is at 200%; you take your time zooming in at the risk of getting shot at, and your shot does no shit, that really makes you feel bad!

...and compare to the one they have in the first UT, this thing isn't as good...

[Bobz0r]

yeah the cooldown is too long too...

ahh the joys of UT classic

[RAY16]

The UT rifle was too spammy, you are not supposed to use a SNIPER rifle for close combat. The longer recharge time makes sure of that, and about playing a 200% gamespeed. Using the lighting gun at that speed is just retarded, are you on crack? The lighting gun is supposed to used in normal, or slighty faster then normal speeds. How are you supposed to zoom in and kill somebody when they are moving faster then the speed of light?

[Yian]

Yeah it is kinda weird that I hate awp so much in CS, but then hoping the sniper rifle in UT2003 to do the same thing... lol