Snipe in Other Versions of MS

It's basically two cooldowns running at once, one dependant on when you use snipe that lasts 4 seconds and one independent of when you use snipe that refreshes in 5-second (+ short random lag) intervals. First, the 4 second cooldown on snipe has to complete, then only until a new 5ish-second cycle starts is snipe ready for use, so technically the cooldown becomes like 4-9 seconds. The idea is to consistently fit the 4-second cooldown within the ~5-second cycles.

How does the underlaying cool down get initiated?

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If Snipe cooldown is anywhere from 4 to 9 seconds, then the 5-sec cooldown can start at -1sec checkpoint, which implies its independence of Snipe usage. I can't really imagine it in that case. Every 5 secs your Snipe gets refreshed and ready to use, but for how long does it state last? Until you fire Snipe? But that would by itself fit the 4sec cooldown in the 5sec one..

Let's say you fire Snipe at second 1, can you fire another at second 5? Or is it possible for the 5sec-cycle end-point to fall on second 3, for example, and thus you can only fire another Snipe at second 8? and another at second 13 and so on? Wouldn't the trick be to fit the 4sec cooldown inside the 5sec cooldown like you said, then proceed to constantly spam Snipe as soon as it becomes available? Your cooldown will be consistently 5secs as long as you keep Snipe going, or are able to catch the rhythm again once interrupted, correct?

If it's true, Marksmen can just buy themselves that musical tool to keep the beat going and fire Snipe at the beginning of every 5sec cycle. You have 1 whole second to deal with delay from Strafe/whatever, it's quite possible.