Heya!

Beta 0.61 didn't come out as a very successful build, a last minute bug found its way to ruin the multiplayer experience. Luckily, somethings are quickly fixed.

Mighty change log for beta version 0.62:
- online: back to playable state again
- online: hud color is now correct on a client joining as grey, who previously played as green in single player

I havn't seen a single sniper rifle, I've tried a game, then a full reinstall and played 3 games since and not seen any. :S

Just keep on knifing boxes
You can also go to RWR/media/models/weapon_specifications.xml, go to the bottom of it, and change the line "<commonness value="0.01" />" to a bigger number. This will make the sniper more likely to appear.

when slaying boxes on my way, it usually never takes more than 5 minutes till I find a sniper rifle... Or try to chase snipers if you hear them and focus on them to make them drop the weapon :p