Sniper teams worthless?

[Fredrocker]

One other thing before I forget. When one wanted to control even more what sniper teams did in CMSF, the player would split the team down into two parts, the sniper and the support team. That way he was assured of only the sniper shooting.

I do this also in CM:SF but BFC has made the Sniper a two man, one team in CM:BN, thus you cannot split it, Maybe they will change this down the road (Especially when the Eastern Front game comes out, snipers in Stalingrad, ohhh the thought with this engine). In using Snipers in CM:BN I have noticed at longer ranges >400m ?? that only the sniper will engage and the team member will not... once inside 250m it a potential that both fire, giving away their position... Cover and conceilment is of utmost importance with a sniper team.

The designers can control this by making the sniper 50% reduced in force thus leaving one man 'The Sniper' left in the unit.. I am doing this in a second scenario I am designing.