That's why you have a pistol, situational awareness, and reconnaissance tools. Recon is not Assault. A 1-shot kill is faster than switching to your pistol and firing several shots. Also, would you rather have a sniper on your team that is several miles away trying to get that one long range kill and is being totally useless? I would much rather him spotting enemies, watching our backs in case someone sneaks up, or using the MAV to spot enemies for us. There are three types of Recon classes it seems. Camper (waiting for that one long range kill every five minutes, not doing anything else), Actual Recon (spotting enemies, "sniper support", MAV, etc.), and the Aggressive (Running around quickscoping N00bz and then complaining when they get killed).