Sniper Global Mechanic Rework for PoE + Vectis (& Prime) unique mechanic proposal.
Snipers are underwhelming stat-wise, and underused in the current tight spaces. There is hope things will change with Plains of Eidolon.
But snipers need further tweaks to its mechanics.
All snipers should have a flat crit chance buff to their base stats, so they become more reliable crit weapons.
Also, I dislike very much the current timer-based buffs as the core stat improvement for snipers (they would be ok to reward a unique weapon mechanic though). Rather, it should be base
Vectis-s reload speed and fire rate is already decent though and RNG inconsistent mechanics affecting it, messing with the pace of using this weapon would just make it worse, not better.
I agree with the no timer based consecutive hit bonus being better though to reward skilled play, the weapons definitely shouldn't rely on these but they would be a nice addition. (especially for stat padders like me who try not to miss headshots)
Tbh. for me it would be fine if they just scrapped the