Ambush doesn't take away more AA than before, and most other scopes still give the same bonus. Only a few scopes AA values have really changed.

So I've been seeing a little bit of misinformation going around now that the new AA numbers have been figured out for sniper scopes, and I wanted to do my best to clarify a few things:

1. Ambush does NOT take away more Aim Assist than it did before the patch.
2. EagleEye, TacSys, Ambush still take the gun's Base AA to the same values as before the patch.
3. LongView SLR10, HawkEye, ShortGaze, and SightSys give slightly less Aim Assist than what was assumed before the patch.

The problem originates from the fact that we were adding Year 1 Scope AA values to Year 2 weapons (like 1000YS) and assuming it gave them insanely high AA. My estimated Year 1 AA values are below.

Estimated Sniper Scopes AA (from my post ~8 months ago, during HoW):

• EagleEye SLR20 - 9X Zoom (between +20 and +30)
• TacSys SLS15 - 6X Zoom (+15)
• Ambush SLH25 - 4.5X Zoom (-10)
• LongView SLR10 - 5X Zoom (+30)
• HawkEye SLR15 - 6X Zoom (+20)
• SightSys SLS20 - 8X Zoom (+35)
• ShortGaze SLH10 - 4.5X Zoom (+20)
• LongView SLR20 - 7X Zoom (No Data?)

You can see how this would lead people to assume that Year 2 snipers, which almost exclusively have much higher bases than Year 1 snipers, would be getting absurd amounts of AA.

However, below, I've listed the current AA numbers, as they apply to YEAR 1 SNIPERS ONLY.

These are the current Sniper Scopes AA corrected for higher Base. Only use these as a comparison to the old numbers, so the changes are more obvious, do NOT add these to the current Base AA of Year 2 Snipers! (Post-April Update +15):

• EagleEye SLR20 - 9X Zoom (+20)
• TacSys SLS15 - 6X Zoom (+15)
• Ambush SLH25 - Short Zoom (-10)
• LongView SLR10 - Short Zoom (+18)
• HawkEye SLR15 - 6X Zoom (+18)
• SightSys SLS20 - 8X Zoom (+22)
• ShortGaze SLH10 - Short Zoom (+15)
• LongView SLR20 - 7X Zoom (No Data?)

For example, Longbow Synthesis has a Year 1 Base AA of 53, so when added to the value for ShortGaze below, it ends up at 68 total AA.

If we were to continue adding these numbers to Year 2 snipers, we would again be getting insanely high AA values. However, since, the year 2 weapons were given a higher Base AA, we now have corrected AA numbers. Note that the total amount of AA that a sniper ends up at with a certain scope has not changed. Longbow, which has a Year 2 Base AA of 68, now when added to the ShortGaze value of 0, still ends up at 68. The same is true for Ambush, and any other scope on the list (except the scopes which it cannot acquire, like ViewTac and WildHawk, which both keep a sniper's AA at the Year 2 Base, and the Omolon and Hakke scopes).

New Year 2 Sniper Scopes AA values (Post-April Update):

• EagleEye SLR20 - 9X Zoom (+5)
• TacSys SLS15 - 6X Zoom (0)
• Ambush SLH25 - Short Zoom (-25)
• LongView SLR10 - Short Zoom (+3)
• HawkEye SLR15 - 6X Zoom (+3)
• SightSys SLS20 - 8X Zoom (+7)
• ShortGaze SLH10 - Short Zoom (0)
• LongView SLR20 - 7X Zoom (No Data?)
• ViewTac SLH20 and WildHawk SLS 20 Scopes - (0, only available on Year 2 exclusive Snipers)
• Omolon and Hakke Scopes - (0, no change)

TL;DR:

• Ambush still has AA penalty, LongView still has best AA for Short Zoom Scopes, ShortGaze is still in the middle.

• Keep in mind that even though it looks like Ambush gives a much higher penalty and the others give much smaller bonuses, it's because of the way Base AA is now displayed (15 higher than during Year 1). Since the values are displayed differently, AA has really only changed for the scopes with the highest AA bonuses, since the Max AA was brought down by 8. So compared to the old AA numbers, the new ones when corrected for the higher Base would look like this:

• Some guns and scopes that previously were considered non-competitive due to lack of higher AA boosting possibilities are now comparatively better.