Hoping the gifv works. Had a sweet sweep snipe tonight I was proud of with the Shortgaze.

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Still, your roll on the 1kys sounds awesome. Practice practice practice!

That's gotta be a Hakke. Stillpiercer and the Hakke sniper scopes have a cross as the reticule, Omolons, at least Eirenes, have a dot surrounded by a circle for their scopes.

Searching for some info on this led me to this horrifying link: Misaligned Scopes

Now I have to look when I get home. Dang. I wish there was a way I could try it now. The thing is, both my Hakke and Omolon snipers suck and are in my stash. Unless the Tao Hua Yuan is a one of those...

https://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/Gear/1/4611686018430050254/2305843009216253889

Searching for some info on this led me to this horrifying link: Misaligned Scopes

Thanks for the advice. Also, that was 1000 yard stare, at least I'm almost positive because I don't think I would use any other sniper that I own. Also I almost always use sidestep to aim as well :-)

That's an Omolon (or maybe Hakke) sight - it's not a 1000 yard stare.

I might have a hakke sniper. But I know I don't own an omolon sniper. But I'm still pretty sure it's my 1000 yard stare... maybe I'm wrong but I'm almost sure!

Thanks for the advice. Also, that was 1000 yard stare, at least I'm almost positive because I don't think I would use any other sniper that I own. Also I almost always use sidestep to aim as well :-)

That's an Omolon (or maybe Hakke) sight - it's not a 1000 yard stare.

Be sure you're not beating yourself up. You might be a decent sniper, but in a pool of millions there are many who are better than you. I feel this way. I think most of the people I play with would call me an above average sniper, yet I have found in recent months that I'm dying more and more to snipers. I think more people are realizing how good they are, and the best, most coordinated players have started to use them more and subsequently, we're dying to them more. Keep this in mind as you're analyzing your play.

Yeah, I have the tendency to do that. I was a pretty good sniper in Halo. But this isn't halo...

That being said, that's a great roll on that gun, but Tacsys does benefit from a slightly longer engagement distance than Ambush or Shortgaze since it's a stronger zoom amount. A lot of people like Ambush so much because you can snipe people from shorter distances with it. With Tacsys, you'll have to be even better about having your reticule near their head before you ADS since any movement on your opponent's end will be harder to keep in scope or sweep scope to.

The thing is, I think that's my lowest zoom scope. so I guess that is what I got.

That being said, that's a great roll on that gun, but Tacsys does benefit from a slightly longer engagement distance than Ambush or Shortgaze since it's a stronger zoom amount. A lot of people like Ambush so much because you can snipe people from shorter distances with it. With Tacsys, you'll have to be even better about having your reticule near their head before you ADS since any movement on your opponent's end will be harder to keep in scope or sweep scope to.

I literally have 1kys sniper With Tacsys scope with snapshot and hidden hand. So I must have crazy good aim assist.

From the vid I see two things: First, you're right that you waited too long to shoot. Second, that shot likely would have killed him with a sniper rifle that had a higher aim assist value. Change to 1000-yard stare with a shortgaze scope and that's a killshot. You weren't standing still for too long, honestly, but when you're already dialed in on someone's head level, if you aim by sidestepping rather than turning (use the left stick, not the right one), you'll find that you're a much harder target to hit.

Thanks for the advice. Also, that was 1000 yard stare, at least I'm almost positive because I don't think I would use any other sniper that I own. Also I almost always use sidestep to aim as well :-)

I feel like I do the right mechanics, I just haven't gotten them down? or I'm just really unlucky with my choice of opponent.

The drawback is, as you mentioned, how sticky the crosshairs are when you're sniping through traffic. Praedith's goes where you aim it, period. As a long time CoD player where every gun does that, I LOVE praedith's. 1kys can be dragged out of aim by a crossing enemy, or - if you're aiming at their chin - may end up with a body shot instead of a head shot. Still, I'm using a 1kys with the ambush right now and it's the best feeling 2.0 sniper I've found. I really love those "light and snappy" scopes.

The auto aim doesn't affect bullet magnetism on snipers, just the stickiness of the scope, which often is not particularly useful.

Guess I'll be switching my Glass Promontory to Shortgaze and giving it a try tonight.

I made the switch before year two and have never looked back. It's my favorite sniper scope by far.