A representative of Respawn Entertainment, answering questions in the company's forums, confirmed that there will be snipers in the game but added "quick scoping and no scoping are ineffective."
"Sniping is in the game, but due to how the game plays it's a pretty different animal than you'll find in your run of the mill modern military shooter," claimed "scriptacus," a representative of developer Respawn Entertainment in the game's forums. "Quick scoping and no scoping are ineffective."