| A paintball sniper rifle is not going to do anyone any | | | | their backs turned from the target or have been |
| good if the sniper gets taken out of the game quickly. | | | | distracted by other things. The use of a spotter can |
| There are a number of things that can go wrong; if | | | | ensure that you do not give away your position to |
| your cover gets blown that can be it for you if the | | | | other enemies in the area and maximize target |
| opponent spies your nest and rallies to take you out. If | | | | acquisition and take-down. Finally, a spotter can help |
| you take out targets with a single shot there is little | | | | protect you should your cover be blown. Should your |
| danger of an enemy recovery. Of course you need to | | | | spotter get taken out you might even want to add a |
| be accurate and smart to pull this off. | | | | second spotter who may rove around and circle back |
| There are a number of ways you can avoid giving | | | | once win a while to protect your position. |
| away your position and getting taken out of action. | | | | Your cover can also get blown when sunlight glints off |
| Best strategy: imitate the smartest military minds. The | | | | the lens. This is not as big a problem with a paintball |
| real war strategy that not enough paintball snipers use | | | | sniper rifle as it is with larger sniper rifles. A hood can |
| is to employ a spotter. To roughly paraphrase the | | | | provide some help to alleviate this issue. It's best to |
| military vernacular, "the paintball sniper rifle is a | | | | simply be wise of sunlight and be careful as you move |
| crew-served weapon." This means that the weapon | | | | the gun around, especially as you pull it upward and |
| leads its own crew, the sniper and the equally | | | | into position. |
| important spotter. | | | | You want to be the one who creates pink mist |
| A spotter provides an extra pair of eyes that can | | | | (assuming you're using red paint!) not the player - |
| survey the entire scene while the sniper focuses only | | | | holding the critical paintball sniper rifle, no less - who |
| on sighting down the barrel and taking the perfect shot. | | | | gets taken out as pink mist. |
| A spotter can tell you when nearby enemies have | | | | |