Thank you greatly for the detailed explanations! We are aware of both "designated marksman" (and yes, the SVD is not a sniper rifle, this is a typical "Marksman", which, however, snipers use with success) and about the difference in tactics between Marksman and Sniper, and about the ability to fire from a sniper rifle at close range. We have studied the issue in detail, we have consultants.
However, the game doesn't claim to be 100% realism in life and introduces its own conventions so that the gameplay is interesting and understandable for the majority of players, and not only for 1% of those who really
a) seriously understand the issue
b) require at the same time from the game of such realism
The close range penalty is necessary for sniper rifles (let's call anything that is both sniper rifles and Marksman weapons) to balance with other weapons/skills in the game, and not for the sake of maintaining realism. Nevertheless, it can be justified lo...
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