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Well hopefully I can provide SOME closing to this Gundam vs Macross stuff...
Gundam is intended to be mono e mono close quarters battle. Gundams are ultra-powerful mecha units that are one-of-a-kind.
The Variable Fighters in Macross and the fights in Macross are LOTS OF GUYS vs LOTS MORE OF GUYS! Since Macross takes more inspiration from modern air combat it has a face paced style of combat in these larger battlefields. Hence the missile swarm as well because in Gundam you don't launch one-hundred missiles at one highly-powerful, highly-agile piece of machinery. If you can dodge one, who says the other ninety-nine are going to hit?
So simply put:
Gundam is predator vs prey kind of stuff. The Gundam units are intended to go in and show off their ultra-powerfullness by proceeding to mow down tens of enemy mechs...
Macross is fleet vs fleet kind of stuff. The Variable Fighters are intended to fly around at high-speeds gunning down enemy fighters (or fighter-like things..) and launch tons of missiles to kill tons of enemy fighters (or fighter-like things..).
You guys are sort of comparing two different types of intended combat, and sort of in the wrong place. No offense to anyone. You have to remember, it's hard to compare things that are entirely different due to intention.
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