How important is a bipod to a "sniper"
 

I was wondering so I can plan when or if I'll buy one. I'm getting a bar-10 in a few weeks. I'm guessing the answers I'll get will be like "what kind of role do you want to play", but please share some personal experiences :)

IMO, not very...
There are times when you wish you had one, but there are more times when you wish you didn't have a metal lump hanging off the front of your gun.

Definitely! It snags up on everything when you try and belly crawl. Pain in the ass. Each thing that sticks out from your gun is just another thing to catch on stuff.

Fairly useless in airsoft.

+1 to both comments above

IMO, it's only useful if you need to camp and if you're a 100% sure that you'll stay in the same position for a very long time...

Even then, how long is "long" and how long do you intend to be camping? Not to mention that you can use bits of environment as bipods (e.g. rocks, branches, etc). Also, if you rifle isn't too heavy... you should be fine?

Edit: Sorry, I was meaning to post to say that I have a bipod on my G3-SG1, and the extra weight up front and extra bulk makes for more stuff to get hung up on foliage when you've already got more than enough gear to carry on your person.

But airsoft is 95% Style, and 5% functionality. :)

I agree, it depends on your playing style, the type of game, and what you are doing.

+1 ...lol

but yes...bipod only adds weight on your gun...for nothing...

I agree air soft isnt 100% accurate its groupings which you can do with or with out an airsoft.. if you are camping out and dont want to hold the gun for ages.. if not find a nice stump to rest it on for free :)

Hehe =), "long" doesn't really need any time definition. Long for me could be 5 minutes or 15 minutes, as for you it could be 30 seconds or 20 minutes.

"long" should mean that the guy feels like he's going to stay at his spot for a time long enough that he won't want to hold his rifle during the whole time.

And +1 to Shift, there's always a stomp/rock nearby that can do the job.

I think It's always nice to have a bipod, mainly because it releases you of some effort and when you don't have anything to support you'll be telling yourself "I'm such a douche...".
"Lived story" with a M99, and before you say I don't have arms I can shoot it while standing easily, yet for precision purpose a bipod is a must-have, even if there are lighter SR than the M99.

Awesome. I guess the general consensus is that I don't need a bipod :P. I guess also that unless I supe up my gun (I'm planning on getting a tk twist and a bucking and let it rest at that), having a bipod won't improve the accuracy of the gun that much, unless I am totally underestimating this $200 sniper rifle build :P.

Its probably a good purchase, so that if you fall asleep from boardom sitting in a bush trying to apply actual sniper tactics to airsoft, your barrel will not gouge into the dirt and possibly damage something.

Unless your under 330FPS, the TK twist is uselsss. Id go with a tight Bore.

Well, I'm also dropping down to a 100sp or a 110sp, which is like 330-350 fps. I think the gun can get to like 450 or 500fps without upgrading sears (not sure which one), but I want to go the twist route.