Alternatively, a sniper can camp next to an Ammo Droid, however there are few good sniping spots near Ammo Droids.

If ammunition is a problem, the semi-automatic mode of the sniper rifle and infinite ammo of the starting pistol will often be seen as a blessing.

Engineers are helpful as their 'Health and Ammo Drops' can prevent any ammo issues.

As snipers have only five rounds per clip (BFII), each shot should count.

Inoffensive applications, snipers are best used to pick off threats from a distance, making the main attacking force's job easier.

A team of snipers working in tandem can scatter an entire enemy offense.

Snipers have low health, so they can't afford to alert anybody of their presence.

As it is only possible to hit one enemy at a time, hitting an individual in a group could alert other group members and thus compromise one's sniping position.

While most other weapons' bolts spread haphazardly over long distances, sniper bolts have far less spread.

Sniper rifles have an advantage in accuracy.

Sniper rifles are effective up close if using the aforementioned pistol-change technique, but should only be used in emergencies, such as being outflanked.

This can be circumvented by holding the pistol, which does have a reticle, and immediately switching to the sniper rifle and firing upon the target.

A sniper rifle when not scoped in has no reticle in BFII.

They are able to kill any non-hero unit in a single headshot, or in two body shots.

Aside from this, the bolts have huge stopping power.

This means they have x8 zoom as opposed to the normal x2 zoom, giving them an advantage in spotting enemies from far out.

Sniper rifles, while having a low rate of fire, sport a doublescope.

These were the soldiers, specific to each faction, that served as sniper units: These are the type of sniper rifles used by each faction: Although the equipment used by snipers in both games are similar, the specific sniper rifle and the actual soldiers themselves differed from faction to faction.

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