That reddit still seems to conclude that SG is 0 AA after the update and that SLR10 always had more AA... Just seems to be some confusion and ambiguity about what they were before.
Yep - but it concludes that Shortgaze the same before and after and the Longview actually lost AA.
Yep - SLR10 has always had more AA. I just don't like the feel of it and usually recommend shortgaze. Per the TL;DR of the findings around scope changes:
"TL;DR: Just use the numbers in this table. Add them to the min AA value for your sniper, and be done. Base values are stupid, ignore them."
LongView SLR10 28
ShortGaze SLH10 25
Longview gains a little AA over shortgaze while having little more zoom. So really is just comes down to personal preference. I like the lower zoom, it just feels better. Maybe I'll give longview another try...but even the newer zoom on shortgaze has me struggling in mid-range, any more zoom and I'm going to be missing more shots than it's worth for the +3 AA. Both are good scopes for AA users.
Ambush is still the non-AA user's dream scope.
True. The findings are that it hasn't changed, but it still gives 0 AA. If the idea is to choose a scope that gives AA, then SG shouldn't be selected. Now I'm not 100% sure that these numbers are accurate, and it doesn't sound like the author is all that confident either, but they are all we have to go on. That's all I'm saying.
Also the zoom on each is about the same now (I've seen info from other sources that say they are exactly the same now) so not much reason to choose SG, unless you just like the reticule. Which is ok. My prefered sniper is the Stillpiercer/ Zen Meteor, and part of that reason is the sights on each. Which are the same since they are pretty much the same gun.
For whatever reason, my snipers always roll SLR10. I have had very few with SG. I do like SG though as the sights are pretty clean and the zoom is fine. I also like Ambush. The negative AA isn't a big deal, and the snappier aim is a big plus. As long as I roll one of the 3, I'm pretty much happy. I'm just most used to SLR10, cause almost every snipr I've had, has had it. Only ones that I've had with SG, are my current Glass Promontory, my old Her Benevolence and The Supremacy. Never rolled a Longbow, or LDR with it. Never had Shadow of Veils and my 1000yd Stares keep coming up either SLR10 or Ambush.