I am a 13 year old boy I dont know if you see at me as a kid but am not gone be a sniper or light I may be a operative but am steal gone play as the other class am mostly play as medic or a egenier and i dont bplay cod i did but i sold it was 1 of the most boring game i have playd but i like a balens of fps and strategi ( am not so good to write so hoppe u all understan wath am writing )

Initially there will be a lot of lights. However, as your team fails because people can't defend/progress an objective that will change.

I really don't think as many people will be playing lights as people think there will be. It's most likely going to spike in amount on some point or another, but I think it will generally be pretty balanced among all body types.

Probably because sniping, which should be a niche role that only a select few pursue, is instead often much more popular than it should be because sniping is often much easier and more powerful than it should be. It isn't "normal" for a large portion of players to be snipers, and it usually ends up with a great deal of them being either A. completely useless, or 2. good at killing but no help at all with objectives (so still kinda useless, and often a real pain to play against), because a lot of them are in it for the wrong reasons. And people notice that because it's extremely annoying, from both ends.


Agreed. I expect a huge spike shortly after release that will last for a while, perhaps a week, before evening back out again. But even then I predict that we'll see a lot more Lights than Heavies, simply because of the "ninja assassin" mentality.

ha, :toughninja: im one of those kids who thinks im beast at snipin, just because i love those moments when i am, but, if its hurtin my team, i stop. But, if i really wanna be a productive sniper, id go, heavy engineer and lay some mines and SUPPORT IT UP
Also, when someone is good at sniping it gets annoying dont it ? :wink_smile:

Killzone 3 is sniper/camper porm due to the Marksman class..... which can remain invisible whilst killing with silenced weapons, oh yeah he also gets the best assault rifle in the game and can scramble enemy radar as a passive ability. So OP'd..... good thing there won't be any of that nonsense in Brink. AMEN.

I don't see the infatuation with being a light; I'm going to be playing as a medium and then switch to whatever class is needed.

Best...reply...ever! lol, no I was just joshin' ya. I hate when people correct grammar, its the lowest form of insult to me; shows a huge lack of creativity and individualism so I was just joking but I love your reply "I choose when my sentences end!"

:rofl: Bloody riot dude! nice.

yeah i know you were messin man lol and thanks =].....what system you on man?

and im not saying there is anything wrong with being light or using snipers or anything like that....but i dont like it when there overplayed.....i mean im going to make a light operative no doubt but im not gonna spam the character lol

The other funny bit, is he didn't end with a period.

Anyways, as some other people said, one of the reasons that Snipers/Light campers won't be used very much is people will play them, realize they're not getting any XP, and start completing objectives.

Sitting on some random high spot and shooting at every person that walks by doesn't give you a lot of points, and makes you a horrible team player.

Although having one sniper per eight-man team might be useful for taking out pesky engies and medics, etc.

I don't think this game will be over run with "snipers" like cod has since there are truly none. For the lights as someone already pointed out there may be a lot of lights for the first week or two the game is out but after that it will probably die down.

I mostly will be playing a medium soldier and only play light as an operative ( i may never play as a medic) and not really sure when im going to play a heavy (will have to see the setups i can do)

yeah and plus i mean some snipers would like actually be needed to help push back the enemy so we could advance. there put a period for ya guys =]

Dude, personal info + internet = bad
Never seen you before, so have a turtle :turtle:
I look forward to you sniping for me.

I'm not sure if sniping will go well with operative, I think in Brink you'll be behind your teammates in order to snipe, whereas to play Operative you have to sneak behind enemy lines, where your best with a more defensive weapon.
It'd go best with engie really, you can use barricades to re-route your enemies, mines to weaken them, turrets to protect yourself, and MG nests for your spotter to finish sniped enemies off.

I think there'll be plenty of side-paths and flanking routes, so snipers will have to watch their backs.

And yes, a 'marksman' as I'm now going to call them, would be useful for taking out key attackers, or defenders as the situation warrants it.

haha effff periods....im better off without them lol....and nice turtle may i have one.....but yes what you said about the flanking and stuff thats totally true....so is there sniper rifles or are they just like someone said longrifles or something like that

You could say they are 'Sniper rifles', because one is essentially a Dragunov, and there's a bigger one than that, but the fact is, there are no long range spots (Think Battlefield Bad Company) from which to snipe, so 'Long Rifle' fits the gun better.

ok cool =]....what system you on wolf??

What makes sniping a more "niche" role than any other defined role? The whole point of having a defined role is to be "that guy" for your team; you don't want a bunch of anybody, but it still happens with multiple roles.

When it comes down to numbers, there are far more players using the other weapons that are "completely useless" or "no help at objectives", because they're in it for their own entertainment, which is the same reason your aforementioned snipers do what they do.

"Often a real pain to play against" is more likely the reason why people go after snipers specifically, and not just the thousands of other players that end up serving no help to their team in various team games.

Anyways, point being that it's not the snipers that you're having the problem with "overrunning" the game, it's bad players/teammates, some of which happen to use the sniper rifle. The Title of the thread sets it up as an anti ninja/sniper thread (of which we have had many), regardless of the post that followed, I'm merely representing that "major" minority.

Besides, you can't kill with one headshot, which is very different to most sniping in games.
Still, if you headshot that heavy coming round the corner, you'll be fine if you just headshot whoever everyone else is shotting at though.

I know it's been asked a million times before but I'm too lazy to search, so once chosen, is bodytype permanent as well?

We've already had the "snipers are [censored]" debate, so I'll just say that uselessness and lack of team-play is more noticeable and more prolific among snipers due to the nature of the weapons, i.e. their OHK potential and extreme range, and leave it at that.

EDIT: @BROTOX: No, bodytype is not permanent. You can change it at any time between matches.

well as you may know, snipers arent really effective in this game and Im sure eventually everyone will figure that out so it might not be as bad as you think

Will probably never use snipers myself, they just don't seem all that powerful, will be going for the objective most of the time anyway so i won't have time to sit around and snipe. Personally i think that sniping is boring anyway.

When people learn that too many Operatives will cost you the match, they'll do something else. Not all but a good amount. And with the whole sniper thing, I think most people will end up using some form of machinegun because from the vids, this game looks like it will be close quarters or mid range combat. Plus, snipers can't OHK you.