I don't know, 1hk with a sniper rifle was pretty rewarding at close range. If you missed you made yourself open to be shot at while you load the next round in the chamber. You had to be that much more accurate, and a fast mover. It's a high-risk high-reward style of play. And tbh, a round from a sniper weapon at close range at the chest would be instakill IRL. I miss the frenetic pace that you could play aggressive recon at in BC2. It feels a lot more slower in BF3 and less effective.

RE the spawn system, yea it's there so you don't spawn die, spawn die, spawn die etc which I assume you already know. Ideally the game director should figure where best to spawn a player depending on the situation at the spawning point.