Remove the AS-50 and M107. Introduce the KSVK.

[amaROenuZ 144]

Most of the complaints I see about sniper rifles is that they're too easy to use. You zero in for a distance and then just lead the target a little bit. The other complaint I've seen is that they have no use outside of PVP. So why not convert existing anti materiel rifles over to the KSVK?

It's certainly got the kick to kill someone in one shot and operate at the absurd ranges that anti materiel rifles are loved for, but it trades the ability to zero the weapon for the SVD scope's built in rangefinder. If you've ever used it in Arma 2, you know it's a rather difficult weapon to master, but can theoretically out perform the M107 in experienced hands. What's that mean for DayZ?

1. Oneshot kill weapons will be rarer, since they'll be harder to use. Only the snipers that have a good grasp of their craft will be able to effectively use one.
   
2. We'll get more variety to the game. Lower level snipers that do include zeroing will be more attractive. The M24 and CZ 550 might even end up being tools of choice for the discerning bandit.
   
3. Chernarus will feel more like an actual Warsaw pact country. Seriously, why do we have so many western weapons? Bring on the Kalashkinovs and Bizons. Bring on the SVDs.
   
4. People who get oneshotted from a kilometer away will have less room to complain. If you can master the harder to use russian weapon, you deserve that kill.
   

I'm sure some people will complain about this being a carebear post, but I'm not suggesting that the rifles get removed, or the game made any easier. I'm just suggesting that if you want to use a one shot kill rifle, you should need the skills to pay the bills. Knowing that you got your kill the old fashioned way? That should make it even sweeter.

[ninjan777 104]

KSVK is not any harder to use than a M107 really, if we remove the M107 & AS50 ppl will only complain about KSVK being OP. This happend with mw2 when they patched 1887 but ppl only started whining about the spas 12 etc ._.

i don't see removing weapons as someting good, why not add all of ArmA 2 + arrowheads weapons except TWS models (maybe). That my freind is variety and fun since ive always played games to unlock and find stuff and dayz is all about finding new stuff :)

[metal (DayZ) 46]

Why remove anything? Just add KSVK. Maybe make other .50 cals a bit more rare, not that it would make any difference in the current state of the game. Add more stuff!

[Frozen (DayZ) 144]

Why remove anything? Just add KSVK. Maybe make other .50 cals a bit more rare, not that it would make any difference in the current state of the game. Add more stuff!

simply adding ksvk wont change anything. how many ppl use svd? same will be with ksvk.

[zak757 146]

I absolutely love the PSO-1. I'm a terrible judge of distance, and some servers have the "middle mouse rangefinder" disabled. I would prefer it to the M107/AS50, which feel incredibly out of place in Chernarus.

[jdz (DayZ) 238]

I am all for this, the AS50 and 107 are noob cannons IMO. At least the KSVK would take more skill to use and be a lot more fitting to the map

[TheProphecy 33]

Here's a crazy idea; Remove the military-grade snipers because guess what, they don't make any sense whatsoever. The only sniper that has any place in the setting we're supposed to be buying into is the CZ.

[msadler 5]

I am all for this, the AS50 and 107 are noob cannons IMO. At least the KSVK would take more skill to use and be a lot more fitting to the map

And what makes you not a noob?