One of the biggest problems I see in snipers is that the more popular weapons have a high aim assist and that leads to what OP calls easy sniping. Try to pick up the lesser loved snipers with a low AA and watch how different the gameplay turns out. That's right; all those drag snipes start to overshoot the target. Try it and see how different it feels. I like the way snipers are in this game I just think that because of the high AA, flinching becomes less of a hassle. I use Tamar-D for sniping on my main character and I honestly flinch so easily and when I do I get way off target where sniping is no longer worth trying. Mind you I don't know it's AA value compared to the more popular sniper rifles. I am going by what I feel. Yes those with high AA feel easier to use. I know I have a couple of them.