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I rarely snipe in games. At least not long-range scoped shots from cover. I'm very much a medium-range shooter (except when I close in).

I'd use the DMR or BAR (depending on the game) to run-and-gun headshot in Halo (at least when the pistol wasn't more effective), with the Assault Rifle as my usual alternate weapon. In Destiny I mainly stuck to a Auto Rifle/Fusion Rifle loadout.

In Borderlands I tend to stick to pistols with submachine guns as backup. This is also my basic loadout for the Saints Row games (with shotgun as a fallback choice for some insane end-runs)... at least until I got the infinite ammo rocket launcher. GTA was mostly the same - my weapon of choice in GTA:O was the auto pistol.

In Mass Effect I usually just stick to pistols, unless I'm playing Vanguard, in which case I'm shotgunning. Same with Fallout - I mostly stick to pistols or shotguns (with Hunting Rifles an option at medium range).

I rarely play a ton of shooters so I can't think of all that many other examples. But I'm hard-pressed to think of even a single game where I went with sniping as my primary style.

Often it worked out synergistically - two of the people I tend to play shooters with do snipe - so in games like Halo or Borderlands I'd usually point out/trade them sniper rifles if I found them while they'd pass me the shorter range weapons they didn't want. Then I'd rush into combat and tank enemy attention while they lined up shots from a distance.