sniping is dead.
You are right, sniping is less fun, treyarch have just made sniping more realistic, but i'm finding it really boring. I reckon a change of gamertag is needed :S
You cant run around with a sniper like what happened in MW2, you have to sit on top of a hill with claymores, just to end up with two hitmarkers before you can get a kill. I wouldnt rely on a sniper in black ops.
Also, does anyone think the spawn system in Black Ops needs improved with the first patch? I was on a rather large map (cant remember what it was) but i literally spawned a couple of feet from the enemy, then in another game, i went round the corner and someone spawned right in front of me