#Sniper Rifle Lasers/Dots

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empty pond
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  • Add a laser that tracks exactly where a Scientist is aiming when scoped in on any of her primary rifles (Sniper, Assault Cannon, Tranq Rifle). If not, add a glowing dot on the surface that the rifle is currently aimed at, similar to the one in tf2.

The reason I want this mechanic is for a similar reason that I requested for the glowing trail from spit for Cryo and Dilo, primarily to tell when you are currently being aimed at and from where. There isn’t a whole lot of counterplay to snipers at long in a game like this, and obviously that makes sense, she’s a long range class by design, but I think giving the opposing team some way of knowing when is a good time to take cover or tell where they are being secretly shot at (before their demise, preferably) would be a good way to give the dinosaur team some counteraction to oppressive sightlines while not nerfing the scientists’ powerful capabilities in any way.

It’s a long shot, but I’d love to see something like this at least get considered. 🙏

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rough sentinel
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Thats a good idea

radiant tendon
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i actually really like this

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it’s not necessarily a direct buff or nerf for sci, since the laser could still be useful for aiming, and it might still be difficult for the dinosaurs to notice a little glowing dot in the midst of combat

pure ocean
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The idea sounds cool but I feel like dots would be practically unnoticeable and the laser beam would just look out of place and be kinda ugly

shrewd peak
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im indifferent to this idea

not against it or for it as i belive scis main problem is some of the stupidly open maps. hopefully 3.0 gets rid of this but if map balance is never gonna be improved then yeah add the beams

empty pond
empty pond
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cryo and dilo got something similar, heck even more noticeable bullet tracers could be a nice alternative

pure ocean
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Bullet tracers in general would be pretty good

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You just kinda guess where theyre shooting now and die out of nowhere sometimes

shrewd peak
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fuck i think even commando AR should have a laser when crouching and using his guns

empty pond
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honestly yeah, carbine especially I love that gun but that thing is basically a full auto sniper

shrewd peak
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to make carbine more interesting chuck a perma laser sight on it when hipfiriing

pure ocean
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Could maybe give different classes different colours of tracers?

shrewd peak
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scientist gets bright pink cus shes a girl

eager sun
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I think an alternative to this would be what fortnite does with scoped weapons and shows a glint when you're being aimed at.

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viscid temple
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That’d be nice, but would feel more like a bandaid addition compared to the laser. I think both could work.

empty pond
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I think any of these could be explored tbh

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I’m still in preference of the laser attachments (different colors on different classes/weapons would be awesome sauce actually) but regardless any of these would be an overall improvement

viscid temple
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If the sniper rifle has a yellow laser and the assualt cannon has a red one that'd be cool. Easy weapon recognition so planning engagements could be easier.

real crag
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differentiation based soley on color isnt great especially red/yellow because of colorblindness so if this did get added colorblind settings for the beams would be necessary

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but yeah what shamrok said all of these are good ideas

wicked plinth
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Ngl, laser would look awful.

vital hare
crimson dagger
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lasers are invisible in normal air though... unless they are going through smoke or something.
I think it's fine as is, the whole point of sniping is stealth

you should generally stay speedy and weave in and out of cover when you can anyways, and flank to get close if you are a small dino, then a sci will find it pretty hard to kill you :P (This works for me anyways)

blissful light
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I love the glint idea, its more subtle and makes more sense than lasers pointed everywhere- which would look kinda ugly anyways imo