I think there might be some small confusion on what we both define as "sniping'. You say that any person can pick up a sniper and get kills, and I agree. Anyone, and I mean, anyone, can pick up a sniper, camp in the back, and hard-scope a lane for the entire game. In that scenario, it doesn't come down to gun skill, it comes down to reaction time. But that isn't sniping, because anyone can camp and get kills. The same is said for any weapon in this game. Actual sniping is moving around, not hard-scoping, not camping, but actually doing more than making smores. As for usage, I never said that snipers aren't used and don't dominate, I merely stated that they were not as prominent as shotguns. One runs into less skilled players in these playlists, and thus, one encounters more shotguns. In Trials, which I never even mentioned, snipers are used more because Trials is more competitive. You don't see noobs as much as other playlists, thus, less shotguns. Not everybody body shots then uses a primary. For some of us, who actually have skill, we can hit headshots, and then we have an 82% headshot kills. When you get shot, there is significant flinch on a sniper. Flinch was increased since 1.0, and sniping while under fire takes a tremendous amount of skill to perform. Finally, given that you only have 32 kills with snipers, you can not fully analyze snipers and make an unbiased opinion about them. It's clear from your arguments that you do not understand how a sniper works, and this is unfortunate, as I would gladly debate a seasoned sniper user, not a shotgun warrior who misses their ridiculous year 1 felwinter's.