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2007-11-15, 00:28 | Link #43 |
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Spoiler for not everyone has seen all Gundam 00 episodes yet!:
When it appears to be that they were able to call a lot of reinforcements in order to destroy Exia, it has always happened in events wherein there are already a couple of spare MS in the battlefield and saw for themselves that Exia was right there with them. The GN Drives seem to work only when the MS pilots themselves get close to one of the Gundams, so when they are still quite far from the Gundams and managed to have a visual of the Gundam, it would make sense that MS who have seen the Gundams would follow them, or if enemy battleships spotted the Gundams prior to their attacks, manage to send reinforcements their way without the pilots requesting for backup themselves.
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2007-11-15, 00:58 | Link #46 |
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But if you mean requesting for reinforcements, then that is another different thing entirely. The MS in the vicinity are by no means reinforcements, they are already part of the battlefield. Requesting for backup would be by all means made void because of the GN Drives that could screw up their communications even if they wanted to. Also, Graham and the others which could be seen as "reinforcements" are not in the literal sense, they were counting on Celestial Being to show up, they already knew Celestial Being would show up, and they were not sent there because the Gundams already showed up and people requested for them to come along.
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2007-11-15, 01:36 | Link #47 |
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I'm afraid that you're quite mistaken as to what reinforcements are. Basically, any time that additional troops arrive at a battlefield, with a view towards supporting friendlies, after an action has begun are considered reinforcements. In three of the cases, mobile suits that weren't present at the the start of the engagement showed up to confront Exia.
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2007-11-15, 10:48 | Link #50 |
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No I am not. Wherever did you get that idea? I was just basically using the premise that the MS who are already there on the Gundam battlefield (not all those who showed up being requested after the incident mind you, if they were) are not reinforcements of some kind.
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Little Glass Gundams? So far, the only time that the Exia has suffered anything close to damage period was when Sergei caught its head, and that was a "if it goes on for another five minutes, I will break" kind of rush. The Exia has yet to have a scratch either on its armor or its shield, even though it has stopped the heaviest solid-round of the series so far (from the Tieren cannon), and has been treating linear rifles as less than bee stings every episode so far. In fact, only Graham's super-new-advanced linear rifle has knocked a prepared Exia off-balance. Second, you just defined the Exia. The only two pilots to keep their mobile suit after engaging Setsuna at anything closer than long-range have been Graham and Ali. Even named pilot Sergei was totaled. So, by the animation thus far, if the Exia gets into close range on any target, it is more or less over for them. Considering how named pilots were conspicuously NOT being 100% shot down by the Epyon or IJ either, I don't think you can hold Setsuna's two named survivors against him. And third, Exia does have ranged support; it's called the Dynames. Exia charges in, sows chaos, and then people start attacking him from long range. And every time this has become a problem to where he is facing the inkling of trouble, Dynames comes to shoot down the people taking pot-shots at him. Whether the circle of Hellions, Tieren with cannons, or Ali Sanders himself, Dynames has been there to give support to Exia, who actually has a gun. Quote:
And before you ask how the Kyrios can fire its missiles, you can go with (a) the Gundams hadn't dispersed enough GN particles to nullify missiles yet, or (b) they're heat-tracking, or (c) just accept that sometimes the rules don't apply to super-robots. But really, it's not worth getting upset over. Gundams in series across the board have carried giant shields that are somehow stronger than tanks or battleship armor or colony walls or asteroids, but few people ever get upset about them. If you're going to watch a giant-robot show, you've already agreed to the "Big Lie" of plausibility. Quote:
Because it's Gundam, and giant robots with beam weapons (tm) is fun. And because the Exia has the excuse of being a Super Robot in a show which the director has already stated will compare/contrast Super Robots vs. Real Robots, and most classic super robots have big swords. |
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2007-11-22, 22:29 | Link #52 |
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Well since people are making the correlation that 00 is similar or the next coming of Wing....
Do you really want the main protagonist's suit to have OMGBFG huge rifle blasters again? I think having a melee style fitting the main character is a nice change from the past few series so far. |
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Yes, but Tieria isn't the main protagonist. Unless things seriously go down in later episodes, you'll never see Setsuna pull a beam spam or the Leo-effect from a single shot.
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2007-11-23, 23:35 | Link #56 |
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As to why Exia would need physical swords/blades, the only logical explanation I can think of is beam sabers not working under water. I do not know if Dynames actually has more armor, but considering that Exia can carry that massive shield, I could see it. As far as I see, when using the GN Blades, Exia sacrifices protection (its heavy shield) for extra agility.
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2007-11-24, 00:02 | Link #60 |
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If Exia needs greater speed, why would it carry such a heavy shield instead of an attached or lighter one in combat.
I think the beam sabers and daggers aren't reliable enough for a backup weapon if it could be change by conditions so easily. |
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