Talk:Index Librorum Prohibitorum/@comment-95.90.229.144-20140303110334/@comment-11571396-20140305014227

'''@king: they are fast, quiet, 'easy', deadly (if handled from a pro), and convenient, little losses.... they have also a few bad sides but i think in toaru being a incredible good sniper allows you to defeat 99% of the cast ,of course only with the effect of suprise.....'''

Aaaaannd you're pretty much hyping snipers here. First and foremost, just against who do you want a sniper against? Most of the series takes place inside Academy City, and most characters live there. Security is pretty tight; it would be difficult to sneak in an ordinary weapon without authorization. So we can check out a sniper sent by foreign interests. And most of the characters of the cast that would justify a sniper sent against them are already too ridiculously powerful to be bothered by bullets. So we can drop the idea of a sniper from the Dark Side (whom I doubt wo

Now let's go over to the magic side. They have magical wards all around their bases, they have tracking spells, and I have no doubt that they have detection spells to be alert at all times in case another magician attack them in a large radius. And some of them, like Vassilia, can resurrect on the spot. Most of the magicians we saw were field agents, although only suited to fight against magicians, that doesn't mean they can't have the common sense to be guarded against surprise attacks.

In most scenarios, the snipers have to take into account that they have to be able to escape after accomplishing their missions, and with the people warranting the use of a sniper, they don't stand much chance of survival. So, what sniper would be stupid enough to take the job anyway?

Face it, 'let's send in a sniper to solo the verse' is a dumb idea, and you should feel dumb for preaching it. An incredible good sniper would defeat 99% of the cast? Ha, don't make me laugh, a good sniper wouldn't take the job to begin with, too much risk. So let's say an average to mediocre sniper in need of money take, what, 40% of the cast? And probably the weakest, like Level 0s, non-Kihara scientists, and normal nuns? Wow, what an accomplishment, killing little girls and unarmed teenagers (sarcasm)