In recent matches I’ve seen many players who don’t go to the objective even when there’s a clear path; many just seem disoriented and scattered all over the map. Has matchmaking worsened, or has the bot ratio per match increased?
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Some really dumb players and even dumber bots make the game worse. 
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They are just new players who love sniping. Usually when im defending the entire enemy team consists of these campers making the games slow, boring and waste of xp booster. I guess this is what happens when you give every new player a sniper squad for free instead of engineer
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Seriously, some people exaggerate. In one assault match, I placed “defenses” so the other team couldn’t access their area to defend. I cleared the area with artillery, and it was literally free for a good while, but nobody went in to capture it. They even had enough time to remove everything I’d put down, which was wire and Czech hedgehog.
Sniping was 75% of what I did back when I first started playing. I sucked with a bolt action, so when I didn’t have my assaulter squad, I was sniping. 
I think at one time my Allies I was using two sniper squads, one assaulter and one medic squad.
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In BR2-3 it’s not as serious and it’s understandable, but in BR5…
Certainly because of the lack of support, I prefer to use engineers, assault with two engineers and one pioneer. I also notice several Bolt Action squads, which I assume are bots or new players who bought the battle pass or premium squads but only have one unit.
Honestly, I don’t judge that approach. Even in low BRs, I use at least two assault units and one engineer unit, but in high BRs, you’d expect there to be people with some experience. For example, some players know the next point on the map and prepare the location in advance.
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All my German Sniper squads are now just BR5 assaulter squads.
Other then the BR5 Germans, the other factions I have just giving all my sniper squads regular bolt action rifles and use them in my own BR1/2 custom matches to practice with bolt action rifles, since I suck with them. 
If the Allies had a T-20 or M2 Carbine sniper rifle, this is what I would do with them as well.
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I also used to snipe a lot back in normandy axis. I kept using my kar 98k even after unlocking sniper fg 42. Eventually i stopped when i realized that other classes were more fun and more effective
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I’d really like to have the MKB 42 (M).
My BR5 squads are also German; I equip them for BR2 as well. Besides them, I have Japanese squads. I have a sniper squad with them, and I added a machine gunner to use the scoped MG they have. I once saw a picture of an MG34 with a scope, which would surely be lethal. I’d recommend an engineer to build sandbags for sniping from more open and higher areas. I also build them on top of destroyed vehicles on the map; they work quite well, especially if you place them one behind the other. They’re more resistant to grenades and grenade launchers. You can also build them behind the walls of buildings on the maps so you can stand behind them for cover.
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Yes, I leveled up my Pioneers just so I could build that incendiary grenade launcher, haha. Machine gunners are also very good at medium to long range if you build sandbag walls for more stable firing and better visibility. It also works if you build them on top of destroyed vehicles that are already on the maps. Engineers are very good for defensive objectives. As for vehicles, using the Panzer IV with binoculars gives a unique experience, having two machine guns and a greater field of view than the vehicle’s sights.
Back when I started, if I got 20 kills in a game I was happy. 
Most of those would be via the German or Allied sniper. All that was in my pre merge days.
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Ngl I put a sniper in squads I want to level up and play like a useless piece of shit until theyre leveled. Sorry not sorry. Gotta gaijin grind.