I dont know about operatives, but snipers are not boring. They do play like a real sniper, which means standing/kneeling still. This is not always a bad thing though. They do have good dps, and remember that most players dont have stealth at all, and cant just skip mobs. Also, in raiding, often it helps to be a ranged dps and not a melee. Plus, there are too many melee it seems. Although, it seems there would be a lot of benefits for sniper if you did pvp, you dont, so I would say whatever you think seems cool.