I have no knowledge of this being already somewhere on our forums... but I have to bring it on, for the sake of myself and many outcasts. I was thinking - I know that the Ranger is supposed to be Elite class when it comes in the "future" (guess the sarcasm), but, dont you think it will be little too much for other races? This is a sniper class. We dont have any other sniper classes in other factions (except Scouts for Astartes which are not in-game) and so I thought, excuse for us can be "hey, you foolish Human, this is Elite, so it is not OP" but really, having the only sniper class in-game (no, stalker bolter and lascanon aren´t sniper weapons for me) is playinginto our cards for... other thing is...I find it pretty sexy (I am so sorry, but I had to use it) that you will be able to snipe through half of the map (and the fact that maps are pretty made for it) and that it has to have ability to infiltrate I believe... ...but nevermind my mono talking, what do you people think about our Outcast class?
Meh, I don't think it will be game breaking or anything. Sniping at super long range is already a skill intensive thing so if someone is good at it let them be good at it for an Elite class(meaning there won't be that many of them able to spawn in a match). They won't be able to do anything about vehicles and people can easily get from place to place INSIDE the vehicles which basically cuts out your ability to have any targets worth shooting.
Snipers have some nice psychological effects. In particular fear of being shot, rage at dieing to someone you couldn't see but they could see you, need to avenge your own death and going for a revenge mission etc.
To be honest we've got (or had) something similar in game. Out of render range Predator Auto Cannon! Seriously though the psychological effects will be similar and the range (hopefully) better. Anger and confusion are as damaging as headshots. The amount of times I've dropped the game objective and come back with Plasma Cannon and Meltabomb in hand cos of that one guy who sits in a tank all game... As they are an Elite class they're going to be few and far between and maybe should be there to take out high priority targets such as other Elites and Warlords. But as @Vedel said the revenge mission or the "Take out that sniper" command coming from the other side will tie up enemy resources allowing the rest of the squad an easier ride. Love a sniper class me! Hope they get it right.
I could always imagine situation from Dawn of War 2 trailer/intro, Space Marines coming in squad to some area and boom, headshot to the Elite guy, confusion, madness and A SNIPER, and better that it´s on our side The other thing could be some kind of mutator or ability to create holo field infiltrating other units or creating ilusions Seriously, I want to see Elite and Hero classes with more abilities to play differently, like more buttons for them, not just scrolling or quick picking... I mean, imagine Ranger with quick ability on some key, like F or X or both with different abilities to quickly stealth up, or some kind of power shot, while other abilities would be used with "scrolling". (I could imagine current aspiring sorcerer with simillar setting, not this kind of "choose your spell", heal with one key, attack spell with other. It would give classes different feeling...
I'm pretty sure the Space Marines wiped out every eldar after that sniper shot was fired lol I guess that madness and confusion didn't work too well for you.
Because "mah face is mah shield". Not really. Eldar were fully into ritual that would stop the Hive Fleet. But no, typical for Humans. Astartes being Astartes/plot shield super OP badass.
Lol hey I never said killing the Eldar was the smart move only that it happened after the sniper shot was fired.
How dare you act so blindly in my presence! I will burn your mind with a spark of thought! My thoughts make the wrath manifest! .... Oh, excuse me for my superiority complex spree, it is pretty common these days....
