longest sniper shot : Fallout: New Vegas

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 5:41 pm

whats your longest sniper shot

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=7675017&l=7eb4adc122&id=517894007 (crosshair is exactly where i shot)

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=7675018&l=1a609de06b&id=517894007 (the kill and with a head shot as showen in first pic with my clip)

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 6:20 am

I am not logging into facebook to see a picture.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 6:08 pm

I am not logging into facebook to see a picture.

Same here.

I'll have to get Fraps and show off some real sniping.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:03 pm

I didn't need to login to see it.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 5:24 pm

My best shot was across Nipton, hitting the Legion guy who talks to you in the head, no vats, with a throwing knife.

AND killing him

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:51 am

Call me a troll, but I am NOT logging on.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 11:21 am

Quite far away, no pictures though, bighorners heads are easy to snipe.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 6:33 pm

Call me a troll, but I am NOT logging on.

I didn't need to login to view the pictures. :shrug:

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:27 pm

Anyone manually aiming should be able to kill at the max engine range, can't get further than that! :shrug:

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 5:01 am

I didn't need to login to view the pictures. :shrug:

Me neither.

I don't know what my longest sniper shot has been. I haven't really payed too much attention. But the ones where the enemy is standing on unrendered ground are always satisfying. And immersion breaking.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 4:33 pm

Havnt really tried a long range shot. I dont see the point.. bullets go exactly where your crosshairs are aiming regardless of range. The longest shot possible is whatever the range the game will draw NPCs/creatures is which depends on the power of your system and restrictions of the game engine itself.

So basically if the NPC didnt immediately disappear from sight when you stepped back it wasnt the longest shot possible.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:03 am

I think my longest Sniper Shot was 1000 feet to 1500 feet when I was shooting at the Legion Soldiers at Cottonwood Cove

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:48 am

I think my longest Sniper Shot was 1000 feet to 1500 feet when I was shooting at the Legion Soldiers at Cottonwood Cove

This. I was up on the rocky hill thing and sniped out all but two of the Legion soldiers at Cottonwood Cove. One was inside a tent, and the other Boone got.

Another spot is outside Gypsum Rail Yards or whatever it's called. From a hillside, I was able to snipe all but a couple Deathclaws in the area.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:49 am

You don't have to log in to see the pics.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 5:04 pm

If you can see it, you can kill it. The games weak draw distance is the biggest limiting factor. Sniping is incredibly easy...no drop, wind, etc to account for. Just put the reticle on your target and squeeze away.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:11 am

Yep, dropped a ghoul on the lowland slope just to the west of Primm from the rise up behind the highway patrol base....still, could have been a tumbleweed, was too far to see properly.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 5:09 am

Havnt really tried a long range shot. I dont see the point.. bullets go exactly where your crosshairs are aiming regardless of range. The longest shot possible is whatever the range the game will draw NPCs/creatures is which depends on the power of your system and restrictions of the game engine itself.

So basically if the NPC didnt immediately disappear from sight when you stepped back it wasnt the longest shot possible.

If you can see it, you can kill it. The games weak draw distance is the biggest limiting factor. Sniping is incredibly easy...no drop, wind, etc to account for. Just put the reticle on your target and squeeze away.

This is true. Distance is one thing. Wind, drop, even the Coriolis effect should be taken into account.

Personally, more than just distance, I always feel satisfied if I can get a one shot kill on a moving target from a distance. And even then, I'm not sure how accurate that really is.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 6:17 pm

Most memroable Longest shot for me

Spoiler

was a free hand shot using iron sights on a Cowboy Repeater. I was South of the Charlie Ranger station, on the hill with the billboard(where the vipers hang out) and sniped a Viper member near the Tunnel entrance area West of me.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:53 pm

In my second play through I had some surprizingly long distance hits using the Gobi, it was'nt the aim that surprized but the bullet reaching the target with still enough velocity to kill.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 5:37 pm

This is true. Distance is one thing. Wind, drop, even the Coriolis effect should be taken into account.

How does that sound like fun in the slightest? yeah in real life a sniper might aim six feet above your head knowing the bullet would drop into your skull, but in a video game that sounds like a major pain in the butt.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:48 am

Anyone manually aiming should be able to kill at the max engine range, can't get further than that! :shrug:

This. I've been able to hit anything as soon as it was drawn on screen. Sniping is easy and way overpowered in this game.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 1:43 pm

How does that sound like fun in the slightest? yeah in real life a sniper might aim six feet above your head knowing the bullet would drop into your skull, but in a video game that sounds like a major pain in the butt.

I didn't say it would be fun for everybody. I was talking about what would be 'realistic'.

Though, I wouldn't mind having to take into account a bit of bullet drop. I already take into account a moving subject, by leading them, so it's not entirely different, I guess. Wind and the Coriolis effect would be a pain though.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 4:02 am

I am not logging into facebook to see a picture.

Why not?

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:23 am

I run at max settings with actor fade turned all the way up so targets are popping up what looks like a mile away. With the 50 Cal sniper rifle and Boone spotting for me, there's not a thing I can't drop within that distance.

» Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:25 pm

tbh realistic snipeing would blow ass.If u want nerfed snipeing go play bfbc2 lool