I thought it was confirmed when he was steering one in the First Look trailer? I doubt she is dying, but it definitely seems like they are going...
Well the way that Recon has always worked is that it was available to everyone, but locked and hidden. When players met all of the requirements...
I'm sure it will be something like this, or they will just nerf the DMR's range to compensate for the lack of bloom and the addition of the BR.
I'm not against multiple precision weapons; as long as they don't overpower each other and are practically equals that only differ by user...