The sniper rifle is a rifle skill weapon in Deus Ex. It features high damage and an integral scope.
Description[]
Characteristics[]
With a high damage and an integral scope, the sniper rifle is effective against even the toughest humanoid targets. At the advanced skill level, MJ12 Commandos and Women in Black can be taken down in a single headshot. At the master skill level, Men in Black can be taken down in a single headshot, and common troopers can be taken down with a single torso shot.
Sniping with the sniper rifle is initially limited by scope sway. Scope sway is reduced as accuracy is improved. At 100% accuracy, scope sway is fully eliminated. 100% accuracy can be attained solely through master skill level, without the use of any accuracy modifications. Therefore, if master skill level is intended, accuracy modifications can be saved for other weapons.
The sniper rifle can also be effectively used without activating the scope. Although the sniper rifle is equipped with a scope, it does not suffer from the accuracy penalty associated with the scope modification when the weapon is fired outside of scope mode. In other words, unlike a pistol that has been modified with a scope (and thus cannot attain perfect accuracy outside of scope mode), the sniper rifle can be perfectly accurate both in and outside of scope mode.
When using the sniper rifle un-scoped, the laser modification is useful prior to attaining 100% accuracy. The silencer modification can also be beneficial for close or medium range use, since it reduce the noise of the weapon to zero, thereby facilitating stealth tactics.
The sniper rifle's high base damage makes it is useful for destroying objects that have a minimum damage threshold, including locked doors and cabinets. Master skill level raises the sniper rifle's damage to 50, enabling it to destroy turrets, cameras, and alarm panels (all of which have a minimum damage threshold of 50), and to do so at long range.
Acquisition[]
- At the start of the game, a sniper rifle can be obtained from Paul Denton as one of the weapon options. If not obtained there, it can be scavenged from a patrolling NSF trooper near the front entrance to the Statue of Liberty.
- After Liberty island, NSF and MJ12 troops are occasionally armed with them, specifically those stationed on rooftops.
Trivia[]
- In multiplayer mode, the sniper rifle reloads every single shot, leaving around a 3 second delay per shot.
See also[]
- Sniper rifle, for similar weapons in other games in the Deus Ex series.
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