Talk:Bullet Line

Sniper's advantage
Me and KDTV have come to a little dispute on how the sniper's advantage actually works. I initially believed the the Bullet Line for the first shot doesn't appear at all, but KDTV has suggested that the sniper's advantage is that the target doesn't know where to look for the Bullet Line for the first shot, which is why they have the advantage of the first shot. Which of these two is correct? --Gsimenas (talk) 15:48, May 18, 2013 (UTC)

Can't give you an exact answer without re-reading... But I thought it doesn't appear at all after I read about it.--Insanemaster (talk) 16:05, May 18, 2013 (UTC)

I had the same first impression, but I have found parts that could be interpreted the other way as well, that's why I would like to be sure before changing anything. Gsimenas (talk) 16:08, May 18, 2013 (UTC)

From what I though is that for the bullet line to appear, you must know where your opponent is firing from, that's why the first line doesn't appear for snipers, since you don't know where you're going to be shot from. In speculation: I though that Death Gun was able to evade Sinon's shot in the bridge because it was implied that he knew that they were watching and from where. It's just an asumption. KDTV (talk) 23:31, May 18, 2013 (UTC)

That was one of those ambiguous parts that has prevented me from being 100% sure on this. However, they later say smething about him checking through the system and reacting with overly high speed. --Gsimenas (talk) 23:35, May 18, 2013 (UTC) --- "A sniper class's biggest advantage is that only the first shot won't have a Line shown to the target. However, as Sinon's position had already been exposed from her first shot, she no longer had that advantage." - Both ways.

"Stinger took away Sinon's largest advantage as a sniper, the «No Bullet Line First Shot»." - Implies my interpretation.

"So what if it’s that guy? You’re telling me that in less than 300m with his back turned, he could dodge my sniping specialty the «first shot without a bullet line»." - Both ways.

“It’s impossible to dodge this without seeing the bullet line. In other words, he started noticing me from a certain time and checked through the system…” - Implies KDTV's interpretation.

"I, I'll try my best...but that guy's sniper rifle is almost completely silent, and I can't see the initial bullet line."

"Death Gun’s first bullet didn’t have the bullet line, and he could also use the «Metamaterial Optical Camouflage» to hide and snipe." - Implies my interpretation.

Also, from the second bullet on, the enemy could see the «bullet line». Should I really abandon the greatest advantage of a snipe weapon—the first shot without a bullet line? - Implies my interoretation.

Kirito was already able to see the bullet line after dodging the first bullet. - Implies my interpretation.

He could see the bullet line. After the attack on Yamikaze just now, Sinon had already exposed her position. - Both ways, though more KDTV's interpretation. --- Just a tally of all related quotes that I found. --Gsimenas (talk) 00:10, May 19, 2013 (UTC)

Illustration
So, there weren't any illustrations that clearly showed Bullet Lines, however, there were 2 images that came close to it: the page 243 illustration shows Kirito deflcing bullets by using Bullet Lines to predict their trajectory, but it only shows him deflecting the bullets, not he actual Lines; the page 197 illustration shows more clear lines, but I wonder whether those are really Bullet Lines, or just bullets. Should we add those 2 images? --Gsimenas (talk) 22:40, May 18, 2013 (UTC)