Gundam Build Fighters - Episode 4 Discussion / Poll

[monster]

Originally Posted by brightman

That would like of defeat the purpose of having a good builder though... All you have to do is kitbash a bunch of custom OP abilities and weapons into a run of the mill suit and let it fly. Sort of like the Beginning Gundam in the OVA with its crazy I-field weapons and stuff making it impenetrable to all but a few select suits. Makes you wonder why anybody bothers to build a generic suit.

Then again... The whole effort=better suit thing doesn't make much sense anyway - how does the system recognize how much time you spent on polishing your MS? You paint your MS and all of a sudden its better? Remove a nub or two and it becomes more effective in battle? How does that all figure?

Well, there's obviously some physical effect on the models, which means better-built models should perform better. But I don't know if that extends to the paint and other aesthetic qualities of the models.

I would also assume there is limitation enforced by the system to balance the battles. It doesn't necessarily mean they have to do away with those over-the-top abilities, though.

[Obelisk ze Tormentor]

Originally Posted by monster

All the data would be inserted into the GP Base. Otherwise, the system wouldn't know the capabilities of any custom models/parts, such as the Build Strike.

Build Strike doesn't have "unique ability" like Hyper mode, Trans-am, and the likes though. It's only your usual beam rifles, beam cannon, beam saber, and core booster which isn't "special" physics-wise. The only difference is the output based on what weapons a kit uses and how well the kit is built.

Originally Posted by monster

I would also assume there is limitation enforced by the system to balance the battles. It doesn't necessarily mean they have to do away with those over-the-top abilities, though.

Your comment is rather contradictory. If the system wants to balance the fight, they should rid the OP abilities that only possessed by a limited number of MSs. If such OP abilities exist, no modelers in their right mind would want to use Zakus or GMs to compete. Note that even Phase-Shift armor of SEED Gundams is not present in the gunpla fight (so far), let alone OP abilities involving more intricate systems.

Then again, I'm not saying that we will never see these OP abilities happen in the show. We might, through some special conditions the plot dictates.

[monster]

Originally Posted by Obelisk ze Tormentor

Build Strike doesn't have "unique ability" like Hyper mode, Trans-am, and the likes though. It's only your usual beam rifles, beam cannon, beam saber, and core booster which isn't "special" physics-wise. The only difference is the output based on what weapons a kit uses and how well the kit is built.

Uniqueness is irrelevant. Build Strike is an original model and the data and build quality are what determine what it can do, just the same way as with a regular Zaku II.

Your comment is rather contradictory. If the system wants to balance the fight, they should rid the OP abilities that only possessed by a limited number of MSs. If such OP abilities exist, no modelers in their right mind would want to use Zakus or GMs to compete. Note that even Phase-Shift armor of SEED Gundams is not present in the gunpla fight (so far), let alone OP abilities involving more intricate systems.

Then again, I'm not saying that we will never see these OP abilities happen in the show. We might, through some special conditions the plot dictates.

Obviously those abilities won't work the same way as in the original. There would be limitations.

I thought I'd clarify that I'm not necessarily saying this is how the system works, but how it could work given what we know so far. For all I know, they could indeed ban those abilities, but I'm not dismissing them just yet.

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Originally Posted by monster

Uniqueness is irrelevant. Build Strike is an original model and the data and build quality are what determine what it can do, just the same way as with a regular Zaku II.

And just like any other original kits, the capabilities are related only to the most basic elements of what a MS can do (beam/heat/projectile weaponry, boosters, ability to fly, detachable parts, etc). Someone can't just build an original kit and suddenly got a Trans-am-like ability in the GP Base data. If the system allow that to happen, it would be stupid.

[monster]

Originally Posted by Obelisk ze Tormentor

And just like any other original kits, the capabilities are related only to the most basic elements of what a MS can do (beam/heat/projectile weaponry, boosters, ability to fly, detachable parts, etc). Someone can't just build an original kit and suddenly got a Trans-am-like ability in the GP Base data. If the system allow that to happen, it would be stupid.

Well, it depends on how the data is derived. I'm simply answering your question of how the system can interpret the "special move" that a kit is supposed to have?

It could come from special, hard to find/build or expensive parts or whatever. And as I said, having these abilities wouldn't necessarily mean you're invincible, given some limitations.

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Originally Posted by monster

Well, it depends on how the data is derived. I'm simply answering your question of how the system can interpret the "special move" that a kit is supposed to have?

And just like my original question: if someone were to kitbash God, Turn-A & Quanta into one kit, how would the system interpret which skill it has between Hyper mode, Moonlight Butterfly and Trans-am? See how convoluted it is? It would be even more stupid if the system allow all of those hax-skills to be used by the said model .

[monster]

Originally Posted by Obelisk ze Tormentor

And just like my original question: if someone were to kitbash God, Turn-A & Quanta into one kit, how would the system interpret which skill it has between Hyper mode, Moonlight Butterfly and Trans-am? See how convoluted it is?

I'm assuming the base would still be from one model. So you take that base and then add/remove features to it depending on what parts are swapped.

It would be even more stupid if the system allow all of those hax-skills to be used by the said model .

Well, we do don't know yet. But again, assuming a balanced system, it wouldn't be too problematic, not to mention there are probably some limitations in the construction as well.

[BoyTitan]

Originally Posted by Mephis

Like a lot of people say, the special armor concept such as Gundarium, Gundanium, Phase Shift Armor doesn't exist in this anime @__@;;

But I wonder if one were to use Blitz Gundam or something, if it can use Mirage Colloid.

The armor does not exist because there is no way to recreate the technology with plastic model kits. Which makes me wonder how the hell is anyone going to use funnels in this series.

[Skye629]

Originally Posted by BoyTitan

The armor does not exist because there is no way to recreate the technology with plastic model kits. Which makes me wonder how the hell is anyone going to use funnels in this series.

Hacking?

Who knows?

Or perhaps like in CE the pilot would need a extremely high spatial awareness/fast enough brain processing to control them

[ZeroXSEED]

Apparently plastic sheet is treated as anti beam coating

I wonder what happened if you use RG Model (everyone in the show seems to use mostly HG parts). Perhaps high performance but rather fragile?

[GN0010 Nosferatu]

Episode 4, Yurin goes nuts and becomes Meer Camble, heh funny little villain. Enjoyed this one, I was making guess throughout and thought I was wrong, only to be proven right again!