generalsam122

All of those are actually awesome tips. Especially the elektro hill one. Cherno also has a similar hill to the north of it that might be tricky to get to unnoticed, but once you're there it is also a great place to hunt for snipers preying on novices. I also spend quite a bit of time in between gorka and novy looking for choppers. I find it easier to spot on there because the landscape is sloped and it helps spotting when approaching from gorka.

honestly, being a sniper is all about safety. It's about reaping resources from other people that have made risks to get said resources. The best way of getting a sniper is either by hunting through barns or getting a metric shit-ton of food and scouring the old fields for crashed helicopters (helis usually drop the good snipers). There is another way of getting a sniper but it isn't very successful and you might get killed in the process. Hang around common sniper locations like the hills surrounding cherno and elektro and try to find a sniper with some serious tunnel vision. Remember, don't just run up on him when you see him, wait that shit out and camp his body for a while after you kill him because there is a chance he has a friend nearby and that other survivors heard the shot. Patience is king my friend.

thanks man, but you're right. At the time i was just rushing for the kill. But because i did mess up, i ended up getting a more solid shot off at the guy. Since then, i've always waited for my kills. Honestly, I don't know how many times i've tried killing while still scrolling. Annoys the hell out of me lol.

Hey guys, coming from someone that has had a reasonable amount of experience with a sniper, I wanted to lay down some tips that will help other bandits out there get the most out of their rifle and time. 1: Don't dive balls-deep into every situation, patience is your friend. Don't just shoot when you first see a guy, wait that shit out and only fire when you have the perfect shot lined up. ex: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW1eXRg39kM (example of a time when I waited for the perfect shot instead of getting impatient and possibly missing) 2. Don't fall into the ruts of stereotypical sniper locations. Trap tents and weapons work often, but they are also dead giveaways. The same applies to camping crashed helicopters, they are just too convenient for sniper targets and survivors generally look out for any possible bandits before looting. (this applies to the generic elektro-sniping-hill as well. while it may be fruitful, everyone knows about it and you will eventually get caught there if you stay long enough). ex. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywtAVJf9O50 (example of a bandit that was easily taken out due to his generic sniping position) 3. Understand human nature. When using vehicles, survivors will often stay away from cities and choose gas up at locations that are out of the way, have a wide range of sight (so they can see any danger), and are near points of interest (factories for car parts / large cities for loot / along major roadways for convenience). Because of this, the gas station in between Gorka and Polana can be one of the most profitable sniping locations in the game. It is close to Polana (which has a grocery store) as well as Berezino (all around great city for loot) and the gas station itself is wide open for sniping. This is a prime example of how to easily acquire a vehicle just by understanding how your enemy is thinking. ex. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xomJ3KPeuNY (example of a great sniping spot that survivors generally think is empty) 4. Watch cities before going into them. As a sniper, you need to realize that unless you are 300+ meters away, you are most likely going to lose a gunfight unless you have the drop on a guy. That being said, a great way of ensuring that you won't run into any survivors is to do some basic recon. When looking at a town from a distance (300+ meters away) if there are no zombies scadoodling around, then there are no survivors either. Zombies generally despawn fairly quickly after a survivor has left an area, so a zombie filled town is a dead giveaway of survivor activity. If you are a bandit, this is also a great tactic to use so that you don't waste your time looking around a city that has no survivors in it. 5. You don't aways have to camp cities, camping common traveling routes can be a significantly safer way of taking out survivors and looting their goodies unscathed. Watching the barn north of Cherno is a perfect example. The survivors generally have their guard down because they are outside city limits and are in a semi-remote location. Little do they know that virtually everyone that plans on going to the airfield or stary sobor makes the exact same route. ex. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzamYe5_8fw 6. Parked vehicles/ tents/ weapons/ other dead survivors are great ways of drawing the attention of other players. You can use this to your advantage... but don't be a dipshit about it. Leaving a tent in the middle of the road will draw the suspicion of any survivor... and they will immediately start hunting you down. The same goes for any fully repaired vehicle left out in the middle of the road. If you are going to lay traps like that, hide them in a way that you know they will be found. A tent partially protruding from a bush that is next to a heavy traffic area is a lot less suspicious than a tent in the middle of an empty field. The same goes with vehicles. I don't know how many survivors i have personally taken out trying to get into the tractor near polana. The tractor is a big red bastard, but it is hidden partially behind some bushes... so survivors believe they have found themselves a secret car and are far less likely to get suspicious of it. 7. Instead of making the trek to Stary Sobor / NW Airfield / NE Airfield it is significantly safer (and more time consuming) to search for a crashed helicopter. When initially setting out for one, make sure you have plenty of rations and make your way west of gorka up to altar. Altar is a hill that power lines going down it and marks the transition from the woodsy southeastern portion of the map and the plain-like north western section. From altar you should have a relatively clear view of the plains to the west and should easily be able to see a helicopter if one has spawned. I often walk the stretch of power lines all the way to Novy (all the while checking the little fields to the right and left of the lines). If this tactic does not come to fruition, try server-hopping. You might be tempted to stroll the fields west of Stary Sobor... well think again because those fields are wide open for sniper fire coming from lunatics dwelling in and around stary as well as the snipers located on the elevated NW airfield region (while the fields west of stary might be significantly larger, they are significantly more dangerous. so i guess the looting place is up to you.)