Magicks 17 Posted March 11, 2014 Let me start by giving you some backstory first. I've been on the lookout for a nice long range scope for quite some time now. It's true how they say you don't realize how much you like something till it's gone. Back when LRS's were everywhere i never wanted to snipe, i was fine just running around with the m4. But now that they are extremely rare i just have this dire need to find one, sit on a hill, and snipe everything that moves. My numerous searches threw every single airfield hanger on the map turned up nothing... Yes, even on the servers where it was only me and a couple other people. I found everything besides LRS, silencer for the pistol? found it, acog for the mf? found it, completely pristine rain boots, cowboy hat, walkie talkie, fancy military gear. I found it all, yet the LRS eluded me. It was like it was running away. While browsing the forums 1-2 days ago i saw a thread about them, and read one posters suggestion that to find one, youd have to camp the sniper hill in elektro and stalk another sniper that had one. Well this is what i then set out to do today... I picked a highly populate server, 37/40 were in it. My journey began with my trusty mosin, a bright blue check shirt, winter hunter pants, wolf mask, rain boots, 9 bullets, and a green beret. I wasn't exactly outfitted to blend in with the brown and green foliage of the hill, but i took the chance anyway. I made my way to the very top of the sniper hill, found a good spot with a little bit of cover and laid in wait. Within the first five minutes i heard a mosin shot, though it didn't seem to come from anywhere nearby. A few minutes later i heard a few m4 shots, presumably from closer in the center of elektro. I kept hoping that all of this was a good sign, and that someone would wander down my path soon. About five minutes after that someone finally did. A lonely bambi, quietly creeping down the hill, making his way to the firehouse. On any other day i would have let him get far enough then used him to test my long range aim, but he was not to be my victim today. Instead i decided to let him be my bait, let him draw out another sniper that i could then take down and finally have my LRS! But that never happened, no one bothered with him, not even a shot, and a few minutes later he was completely out of my view. Could the sniper hill really be this dead on a 37 person server? Maybe i am just that unlucky. The next 20 minutes were quiet, no movement at all, no shots were being fired anywhere. The most i was getting was a tiny rabbit hoping along. Every so often making sure to check behind me just in case someone else was trying to do the same thing i was. I became impatient, i couldnt just wait for that long, but i didn't want to change servers. I refused to believe that on a 37 person server no one could be around. I made my way a little bit down the sniper hill, to an area more out in the open, but one that allowed me to see more. A few minutes in and still nothing. I was beginning to get ready to end my search. I decided my plan of action should be to check behind me again, then next move up, and then maybe make my way along the coast until i reached balota, maybe i'd find something there. When i went to execute that plan it finally happened, i turned and there was a team of three guys at the top of the hill. I immediately stopped moving in hopes that they hadn't spotted me, and to my luck they didnt. There view was on the firehouse. I decided to let them get a little closer, noticing they were fully geared out. All three decked out in full military gear, two with guns, and one with a fire axe. And thats when i finally saw it, one of them had the LRS. I needed that scope, but this wasn't going to be an easy task. It was 3v1 and those odds were not to good considering what i was wearing. I figured my best plan of action was to let them get by me, let them get far enough, then hopefully take out the sniper, then the other guy with the gun, then the axe man. Once they were far enough away from me i stood up and ran up behind them, they were closing in on the firehouse wall. I needed to take my shot, but they had got to far for me to clearly make out which was the sniper, so i lined up a shot on the one i thought it was, and took it. Down he went. But this wasn't over just yet, they immediately turned to see what had happened, and then i was shot. I immediately went prone in hopes that they couldnt see me. While laying down i realized something, that had all happened to quick, Gathering my thoughts i remembered that the blood spurted out of my left side, thats impossible if i'm being shot from the front with my right side facing them. I looked up and saw him, a sniper taking aim with a mosin (no lrs) from the midway up the sniper hill at me. Still in prone i decided to roll next to a bush, a couple shots hitting the ground next to me. Then the fire from him ceased. Thankfully the two guys near the firehouse began to open fire on the other sniper. Allowing me some time to assess my damage. I was not bleeding, my bright blue checked shirt had saved me. I went into the crouch position and spotted the sniper that had shot me, i stood up, took a shot, then immediately dropped into prone. A shot wizzed by my head. There was a gunfight i had started and unexpectedly ended up directly in the center of. I needed to dispose of this other sniper, so that i could get back to the other 2 players and get my LRS. I located the sniper again, stood, took my shot, and immediately dropped again. I waited a bit, fire still blazing overhead. I stood again, and there he was, the sniper laying dead. I couldn't tell you who shot him, maybe it was them, maybe it was me, but at least one threat was gone. I realized that i only had 4 ammo left, so i booked it away from the other 2 guys in hopes of doubling back and looting the dead snipers body for ammo. As i ran back to the top of the hill shots were flying by, i made my way to the body and attempted to loot it, but i shot landed in the dirt next to me. I decided that was to risky and there focus would be there. I had to find a way to locate the other 2 players, and take them out. I had to find a way to get that LRS. I decided i should flank them, i ran off into the field, scurrying from bush to bush. Every so often i would hear another gun shot. I finally saw a bush that might provide some cover and have a good view, i looked for a couple minutes. Saw no movement, and heard nothing. I went to move in, and immediately was under fire. I ran to another bush and decided to wait it out. I waited 10 minutes behind that bush, but i couldn't locate them, and all fire had stopped. I decided to continue my life with my mosin and ran away from the town. After surviving that epic firefight i decided to get out of there. The long range scope still eludes me, but at least i've still got my trusty mosin by my side and i live to search for it another day. Though i might need another shirt... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Martmital 436 Posted March 11, 2014 paragraphs, making wall of text easier to read since forever. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magicks 17 Posted March 11, 2014 On 3/11/2014 at 12:49 AM, Martmital said: paragraphs, making wall of text easier to read since forever.There is three paragraphs, yes i could have made more. Also the time you took to click on this thread, then post that comment you probably could have just read the extra lines. Its like a five minute read, if that. To long for you, go somewhere else :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrappleX 354 Posted March 11, 2014 On 3/11/2014 at 12:49 AM, Martmital said: paragraphs Or a summary, or, just, give us something man. But yeah, nice story. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NagsterTheGangster 388 Posted March 11, 2014 I just skim read it, good story. But you should edit it to smaller paragraphs to make it more readable. itll prolly get more reads, and thats what you want. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
infiltrator 275 Posted March 11, 2014 Anticlimactic :( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy_Spider 235 Posted March 11, 2014 Bro, it's pretty easy to find long range scopes, it's just hard to find pristine ones, I've only found one, my buddies always provide me with one it seems, though ;). I almost never take a mosin anymore though, because I know that I'll be more mad when I die than I would with an M4 as I know it'll take forever to find another pristine LRS. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Martmital 436 Posted March 11, 2014 On 3/11/2014 at 12:51 AM, Magicks said: There is three paragraphs, yes i could have made more. Also the time you took to click on this thread, then post that comment you probably could have just read the extra lines. Its like a five minute read, if that. To long for you, go somewhere else :) Could have another 3 with room left to spare. As the dude above said, makes it easier to read and will get more people reading it. Which was surely the aim of writing it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Uutgrunnen 96 Posted March 11, 2014 Can you please summarize your post in 1 sentence of maximum 5 words? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
irl-calibre 744 Posted March 11, 2014 On 3/11/2014 at 12:27 PM, Uutgrunnen said: Can you please summarize your post in 1 sentence of maximum 5 words? OP plays a mean banjo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dayy 173 Posted March 11, 2014 Good read, I was really hoping you got that scope ;( Good choice retreating though, you probably would have died... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites