You guys shouldnt nerf the Soviet Snipers to the ground just for the sake of it. There still needs to be some balance, and both Sniper units should stay viable.
The perfect solution imo would be to remove the sprint ability and up the reinforcement cost to about 120. Why to 120? Because 180 would be a little bit too harsh in my opinion.
German sniper should remain unchanged. He really is balanced right now. Most of you only look at his fragility, but not on his sheer killing potential. His firerate. It isnt too hard to keep your snipers alive. But it is easier with the Soviet faction. And im kinda ok with that, because the Soviet sniper also needs something he excels at.
The perfect solution imo would be to simply make both Snipers 1 man units and balance them with their stats, cloaking behaviour etc..
But i guess this will never happen...
His firerate is higher then the sov sniper since he is fighting larger squads.
Against ammericans (mostly with rifles)its an advvantage but not against most soviet squads.
As for being balanced, its too fragile. i've seen a consquad at near max range instagib the german sniper. Not to mention all the other fun stuff that can kill it in 1 go (zis shot anyone?)
It needs abit more survivability if nothing else.
As for the sov sniper, the reinforcement increase might be the way to go, but it certainly needs to be more punihsing to lose 1 squadmember.
Brickman
Zarok
Relic Entertainment
