How to Counter Camper snipers! (Reposted)

[Gh0st93 5]

Because people tought i was making an anti 50. post in the other thread, I now removed the part to make sure that people now get this one right! (the main point of the actual Post)

Lets say you enter Cherno at midnight, or elektro. You get killed and the only thing you hear is a loud gun shot, you asume it is a sniper and aslong those 50.'s are long wanted and really popularly in games, THEY get the blame. but its pitch dark in DayZ when there is midnight and for the 50. to work it would have to have an

scope that reflect heat. witch in this case is even more rare as the normal AS50. because As50 dosent work with NVG's. There is only 1 sniper that works with NVG's and thats the DMR. witch isnt a 50. and idd the 50. is rarely in use, but most of the sniper team have 1, incase they need it. and if you think that 1 military base have 1 sniper each, your misstaken.

and here is what i want you to understand: A sniper in DayZ he is probably a camper, but really. can you really call him a camper? he is trying to survive, he has found his way to survive, but if he is at a roof top, he probably have to go down to get food (when he runs out) or refill water Witch is more often! witch means that he HAVE to go down to get to resuply. If you think logically, you should know where a sniper is hidden! me my self play as a sniper and i love the aspect of the game! but when i have to get supplies? god please save me.! YOU have to risk everything including that 50. to survive! and as i play a sniper and have done in all fps's i've played here is 1 tactic i allways go with when i shall counter one...

Locate him, thats rule nr.1: how to do so you may ask "he shoot me already" yes of course he did, you didnt take care of your self and put your self in danger. constantly use binoculars (You should ALLWAYS have one) in this case (city) watch roof tops! allways popular for those campers. watch every floor of an building especially Cherno as its an industrial area. pipes, everything that can give them high sight over the town / area they are "camping". when you have located him then

DONT Move towards him, thats rule nr2. If you have located the sniper (witch you should do before entering the city: Try go around! be aware you can face other people with guns (but atlest thats not the camper right?) so if you see his head, he is already guarding the area you are standing! witch means if you try to crawl right in where you located him your risk to get shot is increasingly high as he may already have you scoped in already! so here is rule nr 3

FLANKING: Try to walk around as i said above, but if he havent seen you, dont lose him, allways try to Control where he is facing and move carefully, if you start running he might aswell see heavy movement and will face directly at you. and one moment and then BAM, your dead that wasnt the snipers fault, that was YOUR fault because you where stupid enough to dont care. but aswell attracting zombies is never a good idea, is it? i've heard they LOVE brains!

and about the Camping, Rule nr 4! Every sniper as i said above need to go down to get supplies! so whats rule nr4? CAMP BACK, allways watch the snipers Escape area (bring food and enough drink to actually be waiting patiently for him to have to go down) this way you can easly face his stupidness and kill him! he just died because you where smarter then him!

What is a common misstake of an sniper ingame? They CAMP to kill people, thats one huge misstake, why you might say, he gets kills! Ofc he gets kills, because people are narrowminded and they think about 2 things, watching the zombies, and getting away... and if you focus on those 2 things and you suddenly hear gunshots you cant be able to locate them! and this game is So realistic in the way that you actually have to use your brain to survive, think strategic!

here is an example of me being able to locate the sniper by just thinking!. I was in the firestation in cherno, Scavenging for supplies as everyone needs that! I aswell! and i was sneaking out! stupidly i choose the maingate (towards the industry area) perfect for a sniper to try get rid of me! and what happens? 3 shots! BAM, BAM, BAM. he misses all 3 times, what did he do wrong? he shot more then once. if he had shot once, i wouldnt be able to locate him. but 3 bullets and a miss? damn.. i found out after couple of seconds that this sniper where facing me in the buildning across the street abit ahead of me witch had 3 stairs (i am not sure how to say it better) and I ran away and sneak into the building and there he was STUPIDLY facing out to the city (because they dont think people actually flank them, they think they are safe) so I sneak up to him and gave him 1 pistol bullet to the head.

and then your question might be. what to do when its pitch black and midnight? I have just 1 answer. DONT go into the town.

I am a sniper, but i hunt snipers and bandits, not survivers! but if they are comming too close, i shoot them too!

Be friendly to one and eachother! DONT shoot eachother for eachother loots, try to gather up and kill the zombies. they are the actual threat here! :)

[Afgoo 114]

He doesn't have to go down to resupply on the same server he is sniping. He could go to a server with one other player and resupply completely.

[Bramsey89 38]

He doesn't have to go down to resupply on the same server he is sniping. He could go to a server with one other player and resupply completely.

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[Gh0st93 5]

well... this isnt mainly about killing the sniper, its a post mainly about surviving the time you need in the city to get resuplies! :) but yes he could.. no doubt about that, but he might not think that far, right?

[ExoMax 4]

I am a sniper, but i hunt snipers

I often counter snipe at Elektro (they have the most predictable 'sniper spots') and it amazes me how many people server hop and take pot shots at unarmed beaners. Today I had somebody login right next to me and murder a fresh spawn right before my eyes.

I tell you, nothing gives me more satisfaction than killing a fully geared ghillie warrior and giving all his loot to a beaner who just spawned.

[Gh0st93 5]

You man, gets my beans! :) thats exactly why i do it! I dont kill Innocent people! I dont even kill survivers with just a hand gun either (aslong as they dont fire first) ofc.