Board Thread:Manga/@comment-5774380-20151209012906/@comment-26998423-20151215145728

Correct 1 - the crystal thing is in my eyes the last option to save the guy... but really, the time span to response seems really too short. But, if he is inside a crystal, then he is at least OUT of the game.

My bet is that Reiner will die, with half of him stuck into the crystal.

And then normaly, there should be only one or two more titan shifters left within the City.

2 - I wonder if the other titan shifter will attack or if he/she will flee, after having seen what happened to Reiner.

I bet Bertolt will attack and Ymir will flee to report what happened.

3 - Also, for that mission/battle to have a chance to turn into a success, Erwin will have to reassign the Survey Corp priorities.

It should become

a - to win over the titans shifters within the city...

b - the surviving troops should flee with the horses inside the walls through the new gap that was made. And Eren closing it again.

c - During that time, the rest of the team should explore Eren's father place.

That's in my eyes, should be the best strategy very short term

That's a worthy goal.

Because, Eren alone, with his mindless titan control capacity, is their strongest potential for future counter attacks. Same goes for his dad data.

4 - Saving the City or the third circle territory from the titan can and should NOT be a military  goal right now. In fact, the titan shifter leader, with his power, hold the power to prevent this, where the survey corps is in NO position to defend their ground outside. Even with Levi, Eren, the new weapon and a strong corp, which they are not.

5 - After having won over the titans inside (victory 1 and 2), secure the horse and the remaining troops inside (victory 3), having collected the precious data (victory 4), the next stage should be to avoid any more confrontation at all cost the titan leader and his mindless troops and escape as soon as possible.

This should be possible with Eren and the horse... without the horse, they should be too slow, and without Eren, it's meaningless too.

That's where the tricky part is, Erwin and Levi have to save enoug horses and have the capacity to hold back the titans long enough to get victories 1 to 4.

6 Next stage

After that, they have to keep their new won City close long enough to flee from another side. The 2 other options are not realistic. Neither keeping the city safe from the titan leader nor dealing a bargain with him...

So best option to me, is trying escaping with the horse from the other side ofthe City, after making it through another hole in the wall/door some where else. The horse and obstacle of the city wall making it possible to outrun the titan leader, if they are fast and well coordinated enough.