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We tend to play in highly saturated field (lot of players for a small space).
A lot of field are "cleaned" of obscuring vegetation, especially on paintball field.

So yes, your camoflage must be superior to military needs, since you will engage withing eyeballing distance and encounter player inside 20 feets of your position. They need to walk on top of you and not see you. Military sniper are well camoflaged, but they hide from observation devices and engage beyond 300m... We can barely shoot effectively at 300fts!

If you opt for more mobility, wich make a lot of sence on most fields, you need a light kit that will allow you to run and move easely yet still be independant enough to last long on the field. You need to carry your food, water and ammo. A ghillie suit is not always required in this case, as you will probably act as a combat multiplier embedded in a fireteam.

This also mimic the needs of a real world sniper, as seen in Iraq and Afghanistan. But in airsoft, we do things a little differently.

Before you gear yourself, you need to take into account what are the requirements of the mission, the environement, enemy composition and execution of your mission.

That will dictate if you bring a backpack, just a light rig, a ghillie suit, or whatever.

For the last 4 years, I rarely used my ghillie suit. A LOT of players are not even looking around themself on the field and don't even know what to look for. They just freeze around when shot at, or run randomly for cover. In both case, they are easy picking for snipers.