Just for further reference (because my buddies will ask why)...is it because sharp shooter ignores opposing characters for LOF? Or simply because he is adjacent?

It's because Sharpshooters ignore opposing characters for LOF.

Awesome. Thanks Chris for the info and the quick reply!

HEROCLIX 2013 CORE RULES STATES:

While your character is adjacent to an
opposing character, it is too occupied with
defending itself or fighting the nearest
threat to make any ranged combat attack!


Yet pulsewave gives you a power to make a ranged combat even if adjacent to a character...which seemingly over rides the core rules.

so if sharpshooter allows you to ignore characters for lines of fire why couldnt this allow you ignore your adjacent character to draw lines to someone else.

Uh...it does.

You seem to be confusing attacking with drawing Lines of Fire.

They are two separate things.