Greetings! I have a question.

I was trying out a sniper rifle earlier and the bullet spread seems terrible.
Even though my cursor appears to have a green light over my target, the bullet would completely miss the target.

If sniper rifles can't be at least 90% accurate all the time, then what use are they?

I've tried going prone, but that didn't help its accuracy either.
Am I missing something here?

Well, which sniper rifle were you using? The Dragonov, M24A2, the VSS Vintorez, or something modded? The M24A2 is the dedicated sniper rifle, it has 100% accuracy on prone. The Dragunov has slightly less, but you it;s semi automatic and still has the same kill percent. The VSS Vintorez is just both those mashed together, except fully automatic and suppressed.

Also note that when you're moving at any speed your accuracy goes down the drain. And are you using a modded weapon? The stats might be the problem there.

I was using the M24A2. I haven't modded any guns.
Is there perhaps a count down time after going prone before your accuracy increases?

Thanks for your reply. I guess I'll need to do some more practicing with that gun in order to understand it.

I'm going to hazard a guess and say you were overencumbered when you were shooting? If your soldier has a "backpack" on his back, that means he's carrying too much in his backpack and will suffer a 300% (?) accuracy loss. With this penalty, you can't hit ANYTHING with even sniper rifles.

ComJak

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Oooooh! Yeah, I was wearing a backpack. There wasn't much in it though. I honestly had no idea it'd reduce my aiming.
Thanks!

Edit: Yeah, I feel really stupid now. I read the available guides, but I guess not thoroughly enough.
But shots are landing where I want them to land. I am happy.