Is sniping fun???

Zeus carnage or Zeus Gekko Natasha are fun builds. I wouldn’t class them as snipers though, more like midrange. I think new players use thes build or genuine sniper builds because they may not have 5 slots in their hanger and need a robot that they can run for 5 minutes so they can stay in the game. Also until you have orkans/tarans any attempt at close in fighting tends to be not very effective.

Getting hit with zenit/noricum really hurts if your in an unshielded bot so people think this is effective until they start using these weapons and realise they miss most of the time and that you lose a lot of games because you can’t hold beacons or support your team.

This just happened, on carrier. I rest my case.


This was my team (only the snipers, yes more than one!) when we dropped.




. . . we didn't mech out, and won the match easily.  Myself and the other "snipers" kept the center clear for our cappers.  Only one of the rangers "camped".  The rest were moving with the feild and securing the back beacons.

Op, snipers have their place in the game. I particularly like having one on my team because it keeps red snipers and artillery occupied enough for me to get my trench sweeper mechs close and tear them a new (french canadian accent) "household".

You're talking about mid and long range bots. They have their place in the game. Different people enjoy different ways of playing.

If you want to become a well rounded War Robots player, you have to learn how to brawl AND play the mid-range/long range game.

Brawling is more useful overall. But if you don't know how to use mid-range/long range bots on certain maps (and in certain game modes like TDM), then you're not only fighting at a disadvantage, you're not recognizing how to counter those bots because you don't understand them enough.

The problem is when people are afraid to brawl, so they "camp". And most people who camp and are afraid to lose their bots are making a number of mistakes. They're not being mobile enough. They're not recognizing when they need to adapt to the real-time game conditions and brawl.

For example, in a game of KOTH on dead city, if you're using a treb butch, you are DEFINITELY hurting your team.  But on Canyon map-domination, you could be giving your team an advantage.

If you think it's not "fun" to play against snipers, I get it.  But you'll need to adjust your mindset so that you can take advantage of the game situations.  If the enemy has a treb butch camping in the corner on Dead City, you're better off leaving him alive in most cases....because he's actually hurting his own team.  

I agree that midrange has a place in this game, but the game could do without long range builds. Basically there are three maps where a long range setup has good use: canyon, yamantau and springfield. On all other maps long range builds arehurting the team. As most players have one hangar, they shouldnt put a long range bot in their hangar.

Your fun may not be someone else’s fun, and arguably hitting a target from 1000 meters out is not always easy. I don’t mind brawling, and it is fun. It also takes very little skill to mash into someone’s face and stab the trigger button.

I would say that Zeus is not a sniper weapon. You seem to have the belief that if someone doesn’t close to point blank and still hits you it’s sniping. 600 meter range is not sniping just because you can’t hit them back. Gecko is kind of disappointing. Zenits and noricums are easy to avoid if you pay attention. Trebs can deal harsh damage, but personally, the long charge time is annoying to me. Hydras are hydras, stay out of range if you don’t want to get hit.

Finally, newsflash: You can brawl on any map, it just might not be in your best interest to do so.

Damn. He hating some of the fun I have with this game.

This game has more dimension then just charge in shooting.

I really enjoy flying round in a spydra hover and perching atop a tall building lobbing guided missiles at reds and doing my thing for my team.

I really enjoy running a crazy Arbalest Destrier and challenging myself not to get hit and surviving the battle field in an under powered bot.

Start trying different things and shirking the meta knife fighting brawler model.

For me, it's mostly just jump-bot police, Griffin? Blammo. Hover? Pew Pew. Cossack? Omae wa. Mou shindeiru.

Yes. Also brawling and midranging are fun. Currently I think that healing is most fun. I have a Mender (won on this forum) that I play SPR mode and it's spectacular fun. Sometimes last the whole game just healing and rooting reds. SPR high score is 1.4 million.

Like many esteemed members have stated above an effectively played sniper build can affect the outcome of many matches. Personally not for me but I appreciate them when blue and hate on them when I get blasted by some Trebs at 1100m

It is fun if you use them to actually help your team mates instead of just firing to random players.

Here we go again...dude, put these in the Rants section!

I personally don't like LR sniper builds. I can't use Trebs to save my life. I can never tell if that distant red square is behind cover or not. When I ran one, I ran it with Gekkos so that I can at least use them like a laser pointer.

Gekko/Zeus Nat is one of the most useful builds in the game, especially in the lower leagues. I only shelved mine when I got to Expert/Masters. Instead of hating on all these meta builds, use them, learn them, master them.

If you're only going to focus only on brawler setups, then you can't really complain when you get lased by Gekkos or a good chunk of your HP taken by a Treb Butch or Fury. If snipers are giving you hell, then maybe put a shield bot in your hangar at the very least. I prefered the Galahad back when I was bothered by snipers, but Rhinos are good too.

Range has its place, were it’s a problem is when multiple pilots on the same team drop it at the same time. I notice when I spawn in a big map and I see a bunch of kumihos drop at once, that there next bot after they die from rushing center Is gonna be range.. 2 minutes in and your 4 capped because there are 4 furies on the map. The key to range is know when to drop it, and when not to drop it,

I like the title of this thread. I’ll start a new one called Is Griping Fun???