@JeremyECrawford Q: Feat Sharpshooter vs prone target? do you still get disadvantage if you can see said prone target?
— Keith (@Glytched) August 17, 2016
Sharpshooter doesn't give you any special benefit against a prone target. The text would say if it did. #DnD https://t.co/ke2PtcHCWQ
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) August 17, 2016
This really just sounds like his version of, “It’s not a glitch, it’s a feature.” The way I see it, and the way that it logistically makes sense, is that it gives a ranged attacked disadvantage for the same reasons that a target with half or three-quarters cover would give said attacker a disadvantage. Because of that, I personally would not give disadvantage, nor advantage, to a ranged attacker with the Sharpshooter feat against a prone target. I simply feel like it was something that was overlooked when making the rules. In the end, the rules are just a guide for how to play, not the law, so remember to have fun, and that the GM always has the final say!
“a ranged attacker”* a way to edit posts would be appreciated.