Forum:Is there a way to kill teh sniper assasin durning president kimballs speech in close combat?

I would like to know if its possible and how I would do that?

Well, when I did that quest I actually spoke to the Assassin before killing him. I was across from the speech platform, where the landing pad is, and I was keeping a look out. I noticed a guy appear behind the sniper on that tower roof and push the sniper off. I smiled at how the Devs scripted it, but regardless, I ran to the tower, checked the dead guy, then just climbed the ladder to confront the guy at the top. Some sweet dialog later and I shot him in the head and took out the crowd Assassins for a job well done. 68.150.165.223 02:54, January 3, 2011 (UTC)Exosion

Yeah, easily, if you CBA to hoof it all the way over there. Me? I now use a Steady and Snipe him then go disarm the bomb on the Vertibird. This seems to work just fine for me. The first time I ran over to the tower, using the tarmac, all hell broke loose and I got slaughtered by Rangers even though I was idolised (GRRR!) After a re-load I had no such problem and just punched him out with a Ballistic Fist. P3dantic 14:21, January 3, 2011 (UTC)

Weird, in my play through I never even had a bomb on the Vertibird. And I think that the rangers killed you because you got too close to the president, they killed me before because I did that. Or obsidian might have scripted it to be life-like, cause if some guy booked it seemingly towards the president, I'm sure secret service would take you down. Exosion 23:49, January 3, 2011 (UTC)

There's always a bomb on the Vertibird unless you side with Caesar and shoot the Vertibird down ( I love that bit). It seems to be scripted so that you have a choice - Assassin or Bomb, aside from the Engineer with a knife. However, if you snipe the Assassin and don't report it you can then disarm the bomb and report that instead. This prevents any further 'Crowd' problems and guarantees Kimble's safety. :-) As far as me getting shot at, Ranger Grant had inexplicably wandered out onto the tarmac which is why I went the tarmac route in the first place! This is one crazy game at times. Yesterday I went inside a tent at Camp Golf and found a freakin' Den Mother (and pack) of all things! LOL. P3dantic 16:42, January 5, 2011 (UTC)