Reaction to sniper fire

[MultiSquid]

This has been on my mind for a while.

Usually when my squad comes under sniper fire, the reaction of most people is to immediately forget everything and start scanning for the shooter. I find this extremely infuriating, as it often leads to more people getting shot. The only thing you need to do is put a solid cover between you and the sniper and be on your way. I cannot believe how many times squad leaders halt their full squads and remain static for extended periods of time just because someone took a pot shot at them.

First of all, I think we can all agree that the majority of present sniper players are noobs who don't cooperate with their team in any way and are just out to get some k/d. Even an experienced sniper will not be able to do much harm to a full squad, not unless the squad actually allows him to do so by staying in the same position and poking their heads out to get blown off. Looking for the sniper is nonsense (unless he is fairly close), the sniper already knows where you are and you're just giving him opportunities to shoot more of your teammates. First guy in a squad who gets shot should get revived, the second guy who gets shot should get kicked from the squad for wasting tickets.

The sensible thing to do in my opinion is to immediately find out where the fire is coming from and get into cover (this is made simple by the fact that you can usually hear the gunshot). If anyone's been hit, get a few smokes out and pick him up. Afterwards the squad should simply continue to their previous objective while staying in cover from the suspected sniper position. The squad is on the move and the whole encounter cost you a little delay and 1 ticket. Win.

The only situation when sniper actually poses a threat is when your squad gets engaged while holding a defensive position. Even in this case you have plenty of options, send out a 1-2 man patrol to take him out, request support from another squad (there is almost always a squad in position to flank the sniper or an armored asset with superior optics and thermals) or simply smoke up the TOW and blow him sky high.

[tldr]: A sniper cannot hurt you unless you let him.