Quote Originally Posted by MasterOfMoogles View Post
Well, in GGO, if you can see the sniper and his aim lines, you can just dodge everything, so it would be terrible. Also, there would be no cover to use to get away after making your shot.
The first shot of a sniper doesn't have the line, only the subsequent shots during the same fight. A sniper should always hit with the first shot anyway. The rate of fire of a sniper rifle is too slow for an extended exchange of fire.

When we are talking about an open plain, it doesn't mean the sniper would sit in the middle of it. The sniper would hide somewhere around the edges and monitor the plain. Not that anybody should be stupid enough to cross the open area, but considering even Kirito and Sinon do just that, walking almost hand in hand to boot, and they are the main characters, I guess that's not an issue in this story. Though I'd assume Death Gun necessarily wouldn't. Like I said earlier, he seems far more prepared than anybody else here.