How the f*** are you supposed to hit people with the rifle?

Ive tried everything, aiming directly at them, slightly infront of them, slightly infront and up a little (incase the bullets arc or something), laying down and firing... the works, nothing seems to be right.

And how many shots does it take to kill someone? whats more annoying is you have no way of telling where the bullets going, and if youve even hit them.

Oh well.. guess ill figure it all out over time.

get some skill :P

but really hit anywhere else but the head and your not going to kill them

yer sniper is kinda ghey...

I take 2 shots usually to kill, and that's here @ Qgl on zero ping.

'can't see the point in trying online now

so aim directly at the head? not infront or anything, i mean assuming they are standing still...

would you rather have everyone with AWPs?

I think it might be the realism, because they didn't have super duper accurate weapons 60 years ago

unless you were one of those 2 campers in "Enemy at the gates"

enemy at the gates is an awesome movie

realism in a ww2 game.. its a nice excuse for having counterstrike-like bullets :)

Who cares, the BAR is where its at anyway ;)

what, the spam cannon dont u mean?

yeah, sniping sucks bollocks in bf. the BAR is a better sniper weapon than the sniper rifle, and that's just wrong :/

all the shooting/infantry gameplay in BF1942 is complete ass

to anyone whos ever played any other FPS since quake1, it feels like complete crap..

dont get me wrong, i really like the game... but as infantry its just retarded

even tho i am quite good at racking up the kills with infantry weapons... its just so gay compared to something like DoD..

if BF had everything the same but playd like DoD when u were infantry.. then it would be the coolest game ive ever played..

sniping ive found dont both shooting if they are running not directly away or directly toward you..

and u have to aim up a little after a certain range.. ie aim for their head and hopegfully it will hit their body

couldent agree more mimeo

it just feels so wrong... no feedback on where your bullets are going or whether youre hitting or not

even the movement feels s*** as infantry in BF.. i dont get it

its like there was no playtesting whatsoever

how do u screw up infantry movement!

sniping in MOHAA is way better.

I don't mind the sniper rifle... I don't hit often so when i do it's a buzz...

A TIP:

If you hold down the fire button you don't zoom out after firing and can see if you hit or not, mind you, you don't reload until after you let go of the button

because they didn't have super duper accurate weapons 60 years ago

kek

the whole aiming system in bf1942 is stuffed up. why can't they make the shots hit like DoD?

and when you guys use the AA guns, where do you aim? in front of the planes? i can't seem to hit planes UNLESS they are flying straight at me.

i cant get enoough sensitivity for my likings in bf 1942

moving - estimate and aim in the direction they are heading....

still - put cross hair on head and shoot...

too easy.. cept if they moving :P

I suppose it's good in ways, it stops people just owning and makes it so you never get REALLY whipped. It's alot easier to learn how to use the assault class rifles when you have a decent fps too, don't put up with slowness. It still feels a bit weird but it's ok, you can still get a good score as a good player but the worse players still have some chance. The stoopid assault rifles are way too accurate anyway, snipers are only useful like mebbe 5% of the time and that's in some maps only.

sif, sniping owns!

practice people, thats all it takes... its is accurate (providing your in prone position)!!!!!!!!

sigh you people are newbs :)

In bf, all you have to do when sniping, is wait untill your scope stops moving around, or bobbing. Have a look, as soon as you zoom in, the whole zoom thing will be shaking about, wait for that to stop (you have to be proned or it wont stop), then take your shot.

Also, with the assault gun class.

B U R S T

bursting is so accurate its not funny.

way to bring back an old post dick head

Aim at their lower body and the recoil will snap it up to their neck/head. I found that out BY ACCIDENT

aim, count to 1 and a half and fire.

i remember this thread....

oh yer, nuffin wrong wif the guns in bf1942 including sniper rifles.

MAVERICK: just aim 20 metres ahead of the planes :)

they are EASY as to take down ... in a few shots

unlike the guns .. u can see if u hit cause they go on fire and pour out smoke :)

i love AA .. pity i dont like Bf1942

if u dunno where to aim .. u will know the first time u hit a plane :)

u see the puff of smoke .. and thats about where its hitting (even if it looks like the smoke is 3feet ahead of your face :P)

This is stupid and old.