I think your definition of "sniper" is different than mine. They dramatically reduced the range and damage. Yes, it fires more often, but the essence of sniping is that you fire for heavy damage at extreme range and then retreat to cover until you can fire again. Now it is like a cross between a Molot and a Nashorn. It's no longer a "wait for the right shot, then BOOM" sort of weapon, and that's a shame since I really enjoyed using it as a sniper weapon.

I'm pretty unhappy with what you did to the King Dae. It was the only true sniper weapon in the game (low rate of fire, long range, heavy damage) and now it's basically a Molot crossed with a Nashorn.

When you do a radical rebalance like this, it'd be good if you could give players an opportunity to exchange their weapons for another. I spent a lot of upgrade time getting my Kings up to a respectable level and now they are far less useful.