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Re-Balancing Sniper [SkrapbookTF2]
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https://youtu.be/p1pA8gpfUW4

I hope you enjoy my long essay about the balance of the sniper class!

[youtube]https://youtu.be/p1pA8gpfUW4[/youtube]

I hope you enjoy my long essay about the balance of the sniper class!
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I'm going to keep it real chief the analysis in this video is really bad. Lot's of things I could say about basically every point but the fact that a highlander player in big 2025 nonironically said "just don't peak the sniper and get your spy to stab him bro" is a little insane. This mentality is how ppl just autolose every koth map.

Also there's something really funny about trying to rebut the idea that sniper has no counters (outside of another sniper) by providing a counterexample that requires two players.

I'm going to keep it real chief the analysis in this video is really bad. Lot's of things I could say about basically every point but the fact that a highlander player in big 2025 nonironically said "just don't peak the sniper and get your spy to stab him bro" is a little insane. This mentality is how ppl just autolose every koth map.

Also there's something really funny about trying to rebut the idea that sniper has no counters (outside of another sniper) by providing a counterexample that requires [i]two players[/i].
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springrollsAlso there's something really funny about trying to rebut the idea that sniper has no counters (outside of another sniper) by providing a counterexample that requires two players.

The point of that section is that the counter to sniper is teamwork and positioning. He can only look at one place at a time and so anyone from literally anywhere else can kill him easily. The same example would've worked with scout, soldier, demo, even heavy doesn't matter. The problem with all of those however, is that they can't steal his identity and his tax return... Making it far less profitable to do so.

Edit: I should add that the theme of teamwork is kept up throughout the video and is mentioned explicitly more than once. Every class in the game is weak to a 2v1.

[quote=springrolls]Also there's something really funny about trying to rebut the idea that sniper has no counters (outside of another sniper) by providing a counterexample that requires two players.[/quote]

The point of that section is that the counter to sniper is teamwork and positioning. He can only look at one place at a time and so anyone from literally anywhere else can kill him easily. The same example would've worked with scout, soldier, demo, even heavy doesn't matter. The problem with all of those however, is that they can't steal his identity and his tax return... Making it far less profitable to do so.

Edit: I should add that the theme of teamwork is kept up throughout the video and is mentioned explicitly more than once. Every class in the game is weak to a 2v1.
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i think people who make arguments like "other team can just run it" or "this is countered by teamwork and positioning" shouldn't be allowed to express opinions on this forum.

i think people who make arguments like "other team can just run it" or "this is countered by teamwork and positioning" shouldn't be allowed to express opinions on this forum.
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This conversation is getting a little sidetracked. Sure the analysis was clearly streamlined for entertainment value more than educational, but the thing we can all agree on is that I should be allowed to cheat and get away with it.

This conversation is getting a little sidetracked. Sure the analysis was clearly streamlined for entertainment value more than educational, but the thing we can all agree on is that I should be allowed to cheat and get away with it.
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