Shannon's Journal Discussion Thread, Vol. 8

[Shannon]

Snipers weren't there because it was built in 5.xxG.  They were there to give you more options for how to make the program work.  As to whether they'll be making a come back, that will depend on variables I do not know the values of yet.  They require enough energy, and if that energy is not there, then they are not appropriate.  But I can't even model this with sufficient accuracy until the program is built.

For me, DMSI without at least the Short-Range Sniper wouldn't be the same program at all, heh. In my experience tt was one of its most effective functions.

DMSI without at least a short range sniper wouldn't be the program it was designed to be.  That's pretty unlikely to be removed.  Long range sniper, however, is not certain.