don't understand why this doesn't happen.... but it sure makes sniping easier.

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First of all, getting knocked out of your zoom in Halo was not exclusive to snipers. It happened with all scoped weapons. Many players found it overly punishing, and it could cause annoying loops where you click the zoom button just as you get shot, so nothing happens, so you click again just as you get shot again, still nothing happens, etc.

I'm glad they ditched that mechanic for Destiny.

On the other hand, I do agree that sniper rifles in Destiny can be a bit too effective as run and gun weapons. I've suggested this before, but I think the best solution would be to increase the zoom of all the scopes. More zoom effectively narrows your field of view, and makes it way harder to hit targets that are moving around, especially at close/mid range.

I think it's because of the fact that you are holding the ADS trigger, as opposed to a previous one-time event such as a thumb click.

One thing that could happen to help alleviate a bit the issue is knock you out but get you back in a few frames later. The period of time out of ADS should be enough to throw your aim off, since the turn speed is different within.

Or just make the aim-knock be a lot more severe than it currently is.

In Halo, when you got shot it took you out of zoom if you had a sniper.

Why is this not the case in Destiny?

More and more I am seeing snipers being used as midrange weapons, where even while being pummeled with auto rifle fire, the sniper still manages to headshot an opponent.

Snipers are supposed to be precision weapons, with a risk because they give you a one hit kill. So why don't they work the same way as in Halo? It's strange when you actually think about it.

It's not strange at all. Destiny is a much faster, vertical, and fluid game than Halo. Getting knocked out of zoom worked in Halo because of the general stability of weapons, and the slow movement of targets, combined with the fact that the zoom was a click of the thumbstick. When against precision weapons, it helps level the battlefield, since the other weapons are difficult to use to kill at range, and it gives you a chance. It's far easier to miss in Destiny, and if you were knocked out of ADS every time an Auto Rifle round plinked against your armor, it would be nigh impossible to hit anybody once you were engaged. As it stands, High Caliber rounds exist for a reason, and they counter Snipers very well (which in turn is countered by Unflinching).

I'd be all for adding a bit more recoil per shot, or more random bouncing when shot (as it stands, I can usually compensate while I'm being hit and land body shots, since I know how the flinching behaves). Heck, I'd even be in favor of a bit more zoom in Snipers (it would add value to the rare Holo sight, the Yasmin, and No Land Beyond)...

On a related note, Halo 5 tries to be like Destiny, but thanks to negative feedback in Halo 4, they brought back the de-scoping when hit, which is extremely annoying, since you're left holding down the trigger, but not scoping in. Unfortunately, non-precision weapons also get knocked out of ADS, which makes far less sense (heck, you can technically ADS with the Sword, and that gets knocked out as well...

Imagine if every time you got hit by an Auto Rifle, your Hand Cannon went to hip-fire. It's that frustrating (but as I said, it's easier to land shots while hip-firing in Halo).

With the Low TTK, especially with pulse rifles and scout rifles being reliably decent, no one would use Snipers. I know what you are thinking, "EXACTLY". Don't be selfish just because you can't snipe. I agree that they do not fit their role well. Long range sure, but they are unintended-ly deadly up close. This goes to ADS speed. With Snapshot and the general speed of ADS in Destiny, it allows for this. Most games would counter this by making it take longer to scope in. HOWEVER, again, with the low TTK (its low IMO for the speed of the game) this would make them useless.

I like sniping alot. It feels rewarding getting really good snipes, up close, far away, anywhere really. I know it can be irritating. But so are shotguns. At least when I get sniped in a crazy way, I can almost always say, well that guy is good and earned it. When I just get shotgunned from stupid ranges, i tend to have a more negative reaction, because my 3 year old daughter could pull a positive K/D with a shotgun (exxaggerattttionnn).