User blog comment:CoDE-2K/Suggestion for Infinity Ward and Treyarch/@comment-6932601-20140124100826/@comment-25496444-20140124234314

It's really difficult to quick-scope in BF successfully because you only kill in one shot to the head from 10 meters up, within 10 meters to the chest as well but you're usually better off no-scoping (e.g. trying your luck) or using your sidearm at that range. At higher ranges the bullet drops and travel times also make it difficult. This is of course in Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4; it was ridiculously easy to quick-scope and no-scope in Bad Company 2 since the sniper rifles were godly powerful up close. And a headshot-oneshot-only is good change to put in CoD.

Possibly the only (multiplayer) game I can think of that has good counters for quick-scoping that doesn't interfere with the proper use of a sniper rifle is Counter-Strike. But after all, unfortunately some typical 12-year-old clan member wannabes are always gonna think it's skillful to use a sniper rifle like a shotgun (especially when it's more difficult), which I can understand to a degree were it not so easy when compared with the integrated aimbot on consoles (which you can't even disable completely). I don't think there's a necessary need to remove quickscoping completely, just don't make it overpowered as it so happens to be in CoD. Of course it can be fun too, and I bet any good sniper has also used quickscoping as reflex or a last resort in close quarters.