How do snipers in the new map work?

[Luellasky]

Okay so i see the aiming circle on me, and i run of course, and then i die when im not even aimed on D: i died a lot cause of snipers, how do i avoid them? any tips and suggestions please feel free to type. Im so upset!!

[Fac3bon3s]

Okay so i see the aiming circle on me, and i run of course, and then i die when im not even aimed on D: i died a lot cause of snipers, how do i avoid them? any tips and suggestiong please feel free to type. Im so upset!!
Maybe you ran from sniper mark into a mine? Just keep running. Nothing else you can do. I tend to run over the mines. Run away and then attack mobs. This prevents any " accidents ".

[angelic]

Think of the sniper target as an enemy unit; literally health bars appear over them sometimes. So when the "crosshairs" are dancing, and they flash red and lock; if you're within that area you die. Just keep dancing and you'll avoid them pretty easily.

[Pharcyde]

^^ Well said.

Basically, a weird target looking thing starts zigzaging around through the mobs. Once it targets someone, it turns red and your basically screwed.

I did see a sniper kill its own guy once before, I thought it was a artillery strike at first LOL!

[serprus]

3840

[Pharcyde]

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No, my radiation shooting gun did.