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    Weapon Scope Zoom

    Am I the only one that feels like the weapon scope magnification is **** in this game?

    I play on PC and I feel like the scope magnification is pretty **** tbh. Even the best scoped for the sniper feels like it is only zooming in times 2.

    I like playing with long range guns but i feel like that is impossible to do in this game. I wanted to try to turn my m14 into a medium to somewhat long range gun, but I cant even toy with that option because the scopes are ****

    Is there something I am missing? Is this something that can get fixed? I love this game but I would have to say this is the only real gripe about this game; co-op issues aside (because who really cares about playing a single player game in co-op?). Ubisoft, please fix this
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    I just bought the scope 2nd from the last one for the first sniper rifle and was surprised there was no option for me to "zoom" with it.
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    MikeJDRW's Avatar Member
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    You CAN zoom with scopes, you just have to find the right scope, and at least on the PC one can. On the auto-rifle with attached scope, that one will zoom one click. On the M-700-type .308 rifle the scope you can buy for that will also click at least once and is adequate that I can hightlight the target I wish and my sniper-pal, or the pal with the bow can hit; or that I can give a head-shot to. I too enjoy long guns, as well as bows.
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    Flanker1Six's Avatar Senior Member
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    Zoom is not implemented very well in FC 5. For the scopes that feature it; it's not a true progressive zoom, but only a switch between two very similar levels of magnification.
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    Virtual-Chris's Avatar Senior Member
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    The lack of zoom is more a function of draw distance limitations in the game engine. If you could zoom any further, there would be nothing to see since nothing that far away is fully rendered. So wish for longer draw distances first.
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    I think the zoom is determined mainly by AI's effective combat distance.

    One of the things I don't like about FC5 is the blindness of most enemies. It seems that they can only shoot properly within 30m, so if the game gives you the possibility of shooting from, for example, 500m away, it will defeat the whole combat system.
    With that said, the sniper scope, which you can mount onto machine guns, makes it so easy for shooting within like 120m, which is way out of most enemies' effective range. That's what matters I guess, that you be able to shoot from where others can't shoot you back.
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