I also played the sniper class (Infiltrator) the first time around, and was frustrated by how the sniper rifle behaved. I ended up just pumping points into pistol, which works really well. I even started a soldier for the harder difficulties, and when you max the pistol skill and put in some good weapon mods (polonium rounds, for instance), you don't need anything else.
I have also been looking for an excuse to get the Novint Falcon, and the discount made it that much easier to justify.