Posted May 13, 2011
I have been playing this game for the past few weeks and I love it. I have 2 squads now and one of them is a 3 man sniper team. At this point in the game I have some Bolt-Action rifles and Semi-Auto rifles, more specifically an M21, an SVD, SVDS, M24, M40A1, and the SV-98 among others, but those are what I am switching in between. I have a special Save made with all of these rifles set up and have done some tests. It would seem that Semi-Auto Sniper rifles ( with a Sniper or PSO-3 scope and Bipod attached ) are a better choice hands down over a bolt-action rifle in this game. I did a "Headshot" test with the SV-98 and the Dragunov ( I like russian weapons ) and fired 5 times at the heads of enemies on one map 3 seperate times. The bolt-action rifle did about 8-10 points of damage more per shot and killed the enemy with 1 shot to the head a little more than the semi-auto, BUT! with a semi-auto rifle, like the Dragunov or M21, you can shoot someone in the head and quickly follow up with a chest shot, because you have enough AP left. With a bolt action rifle you must reserve 7 AP just to rechamber a new round. The bolt action rifles can only reach a little bit farther than the semi auto rifles too. Perhaps I am missing something, because in general for video games I prefer bolt action rifles ( Battlefield BC 2 and what not), but semi-auto rifles seem to be king in this game. Anyone have any tips for bolt action rifles?