Talk:Vol.2 Ch.191: 38F - Hell Train: The Dallar Show (20)/@comment-5693502-20160229142826/@comment-26484417-20160301105412

For the first part, small adjustment, they are not "second line defenders", they are combination of "beyond frontline combatants" and "frontline battle support".

Still, our surprise isn't the fact that an observer is directly used for combat, but the overall form and use of this particular observer. If Pedro brought out a number of the "common" observers that use shields (e.g., like Ren's pet against Anak) and / or Shinsoo blasts, no one would bat an eye. At best, we would be satisfied that observers have some direct use as well.

As for the hiding observer, your doubt is unfounded. You may think that there was only one of them in the story, so they cannot be that frequent. However, the fact is that there was already one of them in the story by the time we were on ~30F. It basically means that as far as hiding observers go, there are probably a lot of them ranging in potency and overall utility, and this was probably among the weakest versions. After all, if something you can purchase from Workshop (e.g., Observer, Lighthouse, Arms Inventory, etc.) is in the hands of an E~D Regular, you can generally assume that it's not exactly a rare item, and that Workshop offers higher grade versions of the item for Regulars of higher ranks, Rankers, and maybe even High Rankers separately.