Originally Posted by
Mouzie
As a trained soldier, I use scopes on the M16A3 rifles. I also use the Tavor-21 and other Israeli/American weapon. The reason why you slow down greatly is because the character is taking precaution. I'm not going to run toward an enemy with my scope up because it would make me unable to hit the person. Now, if I lift my rifle and walk I can easily fire at the enemy. This is why the player is slowed down when aiming, because then you can aim at your enemies far easier.
If you would run with the scope up, the scope will be swaying all over the place and you couldn't hit the target that you wanted to kill.
Does this make sense now?
Yes you can, snipers are trained to some things, they run and quickly sit down to snipe at targets.