MERC Sniper

"'Uh oh.' - Unit Description"Snipers are decent marksmen but also complete cowards, they prefer to stay back and take shots from a distance, running away whenever they are aproached. Snipers are evasive like the A.A.H.W.'s engineers and possess a very small Novice Tac-Bar which most of the time doesn't make much of a difference to their survivability. Snipers are seen most of the time with the MERC S200 or MERC H, sometimes even having both.

MERC Sniper's first appearance when he spotted Hank and fire towards his direction near the Power Play stage.

They first appear in Station Fortress telling a recruit to move a box that is blocking their sniper post. They are last seen in Scenic Route assisting Jorge and Church against Sanford and Deimos.

Snipers also show up in arena mode, as the fourth enemy type in the foundry stage. There they are seen wielding either the MERC Heavy Rifle or the MERC S200.

Appearance
Snipers wear a standard MERC uniform, an orange MERC cap and marksman gloves.

Personality
MERC Snipers are hot-tempered like other MERC Units. At the Station Fortress stage, a MERC Sniper can be seen scolding 2 MERC Recruits for blocking his sniper post. They are very loyal to Sherriff and this can be seen during their first appearance on the dialogue where the Sheriff confronts Hank accompanied by 2 MERC Snipers. They can also be seen helping Sheriff at the Boss fight at Phase 1 and Phase 2. They are also cowards as they always fire their firearms at really high spots.

Ability
MERC Snipers are great at decent shots, MERC Snipers will lock aim to the player which if the player failed to dodge the bullet, the player will be stunned.

Trivia

 * In older versions of the beta, the sniper's uniform was darker and had no orange bits to it, they had no gloves and their cap was gray.
 * Old concept art shows that snipers were meant to be slow and only fire in short bursts or single shots. They changed very little from the 2014 concept art.
 * Sniper is the first Unit in MERC to be introduced on the Dialogue.