New Armour Values (SVN)

[Stupefy]

As long as that gun is in skilled hands, it will never die.

You could apply that logic to a toothpick -_-

My question is, will Sniper always be balanced around getting headshots the majority of the time? Just for reference, in CS I believe sniper insta-kills anywhere around the chest/head area...but this isn't CS and that would be retardedly overpowered.
But in today's league of so many short/mid-range maps, Sniper is suffering. It gets annihilated by SMG/AR, in close rage Shotty is 10x better and Carbine's superfast firing rate can squeeze out 2 shots in the time it takes to fire 1 sniper round.
1.0.4 sniper + pistol was MORE than fine, it certainly took a sh*tload more skill than spraying like mad with SMG or abusing Shotty. If you missed your first shot with a sniper, you were in deep shit. If you missed your first shot with a sniper against a SKILLED player, you were dead.