meh, i've become accustomed to the rifles cone (aim jsut a touch to the right, anyone?) and am still getting occasional triple headshot and medium ranges. (think the square spawn area on hallway length).

The semi and smg are being changed, so whys it really even matter? Since this game has fog, the sniper just doesnt fit in. It works with other games because you can see the other side of the map, and its just a matter of accuracy. Look on CoD or BF videos, you can no scope across the map or get a SMG kill from halfway. Its all about the applied accuracy. Honestly, WE dont need a sniper, YOU do.

He could do it the way they did it in real life. Just add a scope to the rifle and call it a sniper rifle. For balance, the scope could have too much zoom to be practical at medium range (10-20x zoom).