Sniper Duel: Difference between revisions

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** Not one, but ''two'' sniper duels against Sniper Wolf in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]''.

** A long, drawn out battle spanning three maps against The End in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater]]'', which eventually turns into a literal test of endurance, as The End will only use tranquilizer darts in the battle and refuses to kill you outright.

*** There is an alternate way to win this duel - {{spoiler|If you save the game while fighting The End, Snake will go to sleep. If you reload the game a week later (or change the [[~~Play Station~~ 2]]'s clock), The End will have died of natural causes - to be expected since he's over a hundred years old. You can also snipe him immediately after a certain cutscene - when you get to the area where Snake would normally fight him, you'll fight a squad of flunkies instead.}}

*** There is an alternate way to win this duel - {{spoiler|If you save the game while fighting The End, Snake will go to sleep. If you reload the game a week later (or change the [[PlayStation 2]]'s clock), The End will have died of natural causes - to be expected since he's over a hundred years old. You can also snipe him immediately after a certain cutscene - when you get to the area where Snake would normally fight him, you'll fight a squad of flunkies instead.}}

** And finally, the battle against Crying Wolf (and her squad of [[Elite Mooks|FROGs]]) in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots]]'', although her being equipped with a railgun and a powered dog-suit ups the odds in her favour a little bit. {{spoiler|For bonus brownie points, the battle also takes place on the same snowfield as the second battle with Sniper Wolf in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]''.}}

** And finally, the battle against Crying Wolf (and her squad of [[Elite Mooks|FROGs]]) in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'', although her being equipped with a railgun and a powered dog-suit ups the odds in her favour a little bit. {{spoiler|For bonus brownie points, the battle also takes place on the same snowfield as the second battle with Sniper Wolf in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]''.}}

* Tends to happen by merit of player judgment in ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'', where the majority of snipers tend to think their primary targets are other snipers. This strategy has been criticized for making the Sniper class almost totally redundant and contributing very little to the team.

** Not that there is anything wrong with protecting allies by taking out enemy snipers as a sniper. But when they focus entirely on sniping each other, it becomes pointless. 2fort is a map infamous for this (and a few other things), since both teams have opposite balconies perfect for sniping directly connected to the respawn rooms.