If the difference in time is negligible then wouldn't the distance from the lightning not matter? Thunder is pretty long, so if the difference isn't too much as long as you pulled the trigger fairly quickly it would work right?
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In Battlefield:Bad Company 2, there is a mission where you have to snipe somebody but do it so nobody hears a gunshot, you accomplish this by firing when you see...