>>539773841
>Quickscopes doing 150 damage at short range is justified by their difficulty and risk.
WRONG!
Quickscopes were never meant to be a thing, as stated by Charlie Brown (good grief!)
https://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/2/21/Tf2-comment020.mp3
>To meet players' expectations, a sniper rifle has to be able to kill an opponent with a single shot to the head. On the flip side, we need to ensure it can't be snap fired from the hip with the same effect, because then, in the hands of an experienced player, it also becomes the game's most lethal short range weapon, negating the Sniper's primary weakness.
>The low damage both while un-zoomed and at the initial zoom ensures that Snipers can't kill opponents with impromptu snap fire. (BLATANT LIE!)
It is for this reason, as the community has RIGHTFULLY whined about, that Sniper does, in fact, need a rework!