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Originally Posted by wingdarkness
All that matters is the final outcome and to the victor goes the spoils...Lets say in the randomness of the moment Graham's beam saber hit a vital area of Dynames and somehow (Perhaps even indirectly) Lockon is severly injured or dies because of this...Are we still saying "Oh he wasn't really bested..." even if he's now dead or something??  Underestimating an opponent has never been carte blanche for giving excuses during battle...You win, you win, you get kicked in the head, you got kicked in the head... |
Yes, I'm going to say he wasn't bested. I'll even go as far as to say that luck is an important factor in life-and-death situations, if you consider coincidences as part of the equation.
If you wish to put it simply that he scored a somewhat minor victory over Lockon for not getting thrashed up like any Flag might due to his piloting abilities and apparent conplacency and laxness on Lockon's part, that can be easily accepted. For now, a draw seems to be the best word used to describe their little fight here.
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Isn't this what I've been saying from the start? O_o That Graham's piloting prowess is why he bested Dynames in that little skirmish...Am I missing something?
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Oh yes you are. Didn't you notice? Lockon is a SNIPER and from what I've seen so far, he hardly misses especially if the conditions are right. You can simply use this as a fact to amplify the fact that Graham's abilities are above that of an average pilot.
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Originally Posted by Aquifina
Right now, it's unclear what the pecking order on pilots is in terms of raw skill, but I think Graham's earned a status as a real peer to all the Meisters. He can hold his own with inferior gear, and even better yet, he's not schizophrenic, wrecked by PTSD, or think he's half-computer. I actually like Lockon the most of all the Meisters, but, really, I find it hard to root for a sniper who has it so easy most of the time.
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Of course you do. No one loves boring battles where they can be decided quickly and easily with support fire doing much of the work-When you are a spectator in this. Graham most certainly showed more of what he was made of, at least.
And if you realised, Lockon's specialty lies in long-ranged combat, so it's no surprise he
"has it so easy", though that isn't entirely true.
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Oh, and as to why Lockon should be more cautious--BECAUSE GOOD SOLDIERS/WARRIORS/WHATEVER don't always assume their enemies are chumps. That is part of this conversation is about--who's the better pilot or whatever, not whose equipment is superior. Furthermore, CB just had a close call with HRL; yes, it's a different situation, but they should all realize now their enemies are mobilizing and finding countermeasures.
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That's the problem with laid-back personalities, I presume. They miss or mess up and almost immediately start drawing flak to themselves like metal fillings to a magnet. All it took was one sentence, and this is what you get, Lockon. I feel sorry for you.
I'm not saying caution shouldn't be advised, obviously after CB's close encounter with HRL, but according to your logic, I don't think humans would make good soldiers, or perhaps in Tieria's case, none of the Meisters (except perhaps for himself) would make good Meisters or soldiers in this case.
You do realise saying that his
possible complacency and mistake of taking his usual targets as easy meat as an excuse is as good as making us a condemning bunch, hungry and ready to jump on someone with certain fields of superiority to his advantage for making one mistake. Maybe we ought to compare the mindset of a "Sniper" and the mindset of a "Soldier", if that were ever possible with as small a judgemental mindeset as possible.
)...No the interception still occurred and to the victor goes the spoil that it brings...
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