In case you haven't noticed, there's been no content left for some time now. "Easier" in that it violates the willing suspension of disbelief? What they did is a slap in the face to players. You do not alter the rules of the simulation on a whim. Why *shouldn't* a sniper be able to make use of a defensible elevated position with a good view of the battlefield? That's what snipers do. And to add insult to injury, the enemy snipers continue to do so. Your definition of "cheese" sounds very much like my definition of "sound tactics".