sivistojko wrote:
On the side note, Vintorez is not as good as I hoped it to be. It feels like a silenced AK with range of a sniper.
You're not using it right. It IS a silenced AK. 80% kill chance is not good for a sniper rifle as kill chance gets dramatically lowered the further you are compared to other sniper rifles 100% kill chance(90% for SVD). Its more of a mid-long range weapon. Although its not good for sniping, its better to leave the job to the big ones since silenced doesnt matter much when you are sniping far out from the zone up at an elevated spot for enemy to detect and shoot at you.
sivistojko wrote:
They are too hard to get and too easy to lose.
a bit hard to get yes, but not really easy to lose unless you play right. you are not guaranteed to keep a weapon forever when using it so enjoy it while you can when using one. Ill post a video on how to use one professionally in a new thread. they are stressful to play with, but once you have lots of RP, you really dont need to focus on losing them since you have so much money, you can use that to more readily purchase them from other players at above scrap price.
Since VSS is quite one of the popular weapon among rares, they are more expensive to buy (I sell them for about 600 apiece)
TIP: to understand how the silenced mechanic works, Ill make a brief explanation.
noised weapons will attract from quite a long distance enemies from all directions and they will almost instantly start rushing towards the source of gunshot. silenced weapons will not attract enemies from all directions but they will however alert the soldiers that are close to the gun's bullet trails. they will scramble for cover for 3-5 seconds then rush to the source of the bullet trail, so thats the key advantage of silenced over noised guns. so if you silenced gun did not kill, best try to crouch and run to another direction. dont forget as long as you are not discovered silenced weapons will have a max kill chance of 1.0. its crucial to complement silenced weapon with a ghillie suit. crouching while wearing ghillie suit will take about 3-4 meters for enemies to detect you and night time enemy detection is worse. always crouch when in stealth!!!