How sniper rifles are changing, Call of Duty: Ghosts.

If most of you watched the reveal for Call of Duty: Ghosts you were highly aware of the advancement of dual-rendered scopes in Call of Duty: Ghosts. This essentially allows the player to have a peripheral view while scoped in with a sniper. They have also brought in a Marksman class that will change the medium to long range engagements in-game.

Yesterday, Infinity Ward’s own Mark Rubin took to Twitlonger explaining the changes that sniper rifles will bring to Ghost.

“Update/Clarification regarding Sniper Rifles:

One of the areas that is getting lot of love in Call of Duty: Ghosts is the Sniper Rifle. By creating the Marksman class we were able to focus the Sniper class on really powerful high-caliber weapon systems. We feel, and many of the pro players who have played would agree, that sniping has never been better.

The changes we’ve made, like dual render scopes and increased damage really make snipers a great competitive class to use. We’ve also done a lot with map design (sight lines and cover) to ensure that all classes are viably effective. Both short range and long range classes will be effective on the same maps.

However in re-envisioning sniper rifles some aspects, such as sway timing, have changed the way sniper rifles function and so traditional “quick-scoping” has been affected. Is it gone completely? Maybe. It certainly won’t be viable in the way it previously was. Can’t wait for you snipers out there to get your hands on these new sniper rifles and try them out for yourselves.

See you in game!
-Mark”

Its seems that sniping will see a drastic change in the new game and that they won’t be as functional in a face paced environment. It will be interesting to see how many ‘quick-scopers’ on YouTube and how competitive players. Use the different characteristics of snipers into the gameplay in Ghosts.

You can find Call of Duty: Ghosts on PS3, Xbox 360, PS4, Xbox One, Wii U, and Windows PC this Novemeber.

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