I agree with everything benefiting snipers in this topic, and yes we do suck atm.
But while we're on the subject of increasing sniper playabillity, how about that pneuma piercing arrow we've been waiting so long for? The most common case scenario of a Champ vs Sniper duel is that the Champion will cast pneuma and hide behind it to proceed to use TSS. A decent sniper will at least have an assassin cross card to cloak, and both classes cannot attack each other, untill the Champion snaps to the sniper with a ruwach casted to uncloak you, moving in for the asura or more TSS shots. The sniper attempts to fight back with an arrow repel into a round of double strafes or melee attacks, untill the Champ casts pneuma once again, and you just rinse and repeat until the sniper is defeated. (recreating just about all of my past duels with champs)
Of course a similar scenario could occur with other pneuma casters, most of them ending with the defeat of the sniper. This spawns a whole new debate of class balance but for now, I'm just saying. :/