Super snipers???

[Siddhi]

reg. sniper stories, not only have i heard many of those too but i have been under sniper fire myself (bosnia bihac in 94) and have seen how in RL people react - basically firing in the general direction of the persumed sniper. in one particular case i was two streets away from bihac hospital, which got a lot of attention, close to an experienced BiH 2.Corps group when a couple of rounds started impacting off the sidewalk around them. the guys just started walking and shooting - from the shoulder btw - in a particular direction. after about a couple of mags a piece there didnt' seem to be any more incoming fire - although all the cordite in the air might have had something to do with it. when i asked what they were shooting at they pointed at low rise about .8k out of town, saying "well that's where i would be anyway". moral: experienced troops can deal with long-ranged snipers.

in game terms, the way to deal with unseen fire is to hit x and plaster the expected hex blindly - it would be nice (not, DRG, a must) - if the AI could do something differently. i often raise the searching ratings to compensate for this.