Super snipers???

[Artur]

I agree with the method of suppressing them. However I experienced that a foreign legion sniper performed well even if he was located in an open terrain hex and shot at by tanks many times. Is that realistic? I know French Foreign legion has very high morale and experience but isn't this too much?

I also agree about making more difference within the snipers. What I experienced is that even a 7 points marksman is more effective than a machine gun. Is that realistic? I really don't know...

Artur.

[narwan]

Tank main guns and mg's aren't all that effective against snipers so I'm not surprised. Open terrain still offers lot's of places for a single man to hide or find cover. It's not a completely flat field 50 metres across. And a 1-foot rise in terrain or obstacle of that height can give enough cover for one man. And a foreign legion sniper (or any superelite sniper) can be expected to know his hiding.

I don't like snipers because they are too powerful, I don't like them because it can get to be a drag taking them out. The occasional one in a game I don't mind, but not too many please.
I've rarely encountered an enemy sniper though doing his point cost worth of damage. But it takes an effort and certain techniques to take them out at low cost, hence the drag I mentioned cause these take time and can seriously slow down a game.

Narwan