Forum Overview :: Guess Who Fucked Up X-Com Now :: Squadsight makes them worth it

[quote name="Arbit"]Weapons all have the same accuracy, just different damage and crit chances. The sniper rifle has a higher crit chance and snipers get the headshot ability so they should be putting out damage similarish to a heavy. They are however pretty much garbage until they get Squadsight, but they only need corporal rank to get that. Once they get rolling they snowball into death machines because they get higher aim bonuses per level (+40 by the time they reach colonel, as opposed to heavy which only gets +10) and higher tech sniper rifles not only give more damage but a higher crit chance as well. Since they're using Squadsight, you can leave them in the back and give them a scope, too. By the time they are colonels they will have 100% to hit and very high crit chances on shots that the rest of squad would struggle to get 60%/10% on. [/quote]