I don't think they made sniping any harder, but it is certainly easier to spot the trails so that you can shoot back at them.
Overall it's a lot more balanced, especially for the GDF MCP escort objectives.
There's a bug in game where the ranks don't show up on the scoreboard (I *think* it does show the proper ranks when your crosshairs are focused on someone). In a way, it's somewhat of a fix since it may be helping to curb the team stacking issue.
We had a good set of games last night with about 6 or 7 Q3Wers on Fireteam h0m0. I think I played all 12 maps and we only lost 2.