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Post Akashi pls
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>>12598479
It would have attracted more people if there was fanservice. It didn't have really any and focused mostly on the story and character growth which most shows today are scared to do.
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>>12598494

I give her a pass TO AN EXTENT. I understand WHY she's fucked up but at the end of the day she was still responsible for making sure Shinji and later Asuka got the proper moral and adult guidance they needed. And she screwed the pooch hard.
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>>12598521
Goddammit you people keep focusing on boogeymen buzzwords like "Fanservice", "moe", "pandering" in lieu of an actual argument and it's getting old real quick, especially when it's in the form of blatantly incorrect blanket generalizations

Quit trying to make your special snowflake series seem like it only failed because it "dared to be different" or some such nonsense - it failed because it did not deliver anything that an audience found interesting, that's all. And that's it's own fault, no one else's.
Every show needs to offer something that will keep an audience coming back for more, and there are infinite ways of going about it. Compelling character drama, a riveting narrative, a mystery, action that satisfies, etc. Something, it doesn't matter what, that keeps people curious. And M3's issue is that it did find it's footing and delivered a compelling character drama and mystery, But it held off on them for too long and turned off the majority of potential viewers. Those that stayed got a good show out of it, but you can't blame the people who dropped it for losing interest in a borefest.

Lastly, don't be fucking ignorant. Fanservice has always been a hallmark of anime, and you're deluded to think it wasn't just a prevalent in the past as it is now. It's just wearing a new coat of paint.
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>>12598586

Mystery and suspense take time to build up. You can't just rush everything out the gate in one episode and expect it to have any meaning. There's absolutely nothing wrong with a slower pace. Especially when shit is actually being built up too, and actual relationships are developed and formed.

It didn't hold off on anything, because all that slow stuff at the start really came to a head in a major way in the end and the show was better for it.

You're only kidding yourself if you think people these days don't have short as fuck attention spans, and it's a shame because it really does seem like no one can pick up on any characterization that isn't a loud declaration with jpop blasting in the background
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I started watching A/Z (just finished episode 5) for her . Annoyingly enough, she is a supporting chara through and through.

On the plus side, I want to fertilize Yuki-nee's eggs and Inaho's tactics to overcome the Martian Cataphracts are quite cerebral andentertaining.

When does it become bad?
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>>12595680
I give this anon until Inaho returns with iNaho(the robot eye).

>>12595466
He was claiming it, to throw it all away in the end.

...the biggest irony is that this show tried to be epic, but it ultimately ends up being worthless due to the writers being opposed to the use of well-established Gundam tropes. Seriously, I wouldn't have minded Slaine as MC had they let Seylum and Inaho die. At least they would've focused on him instead of building him up, then crashing him
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OP here, I just finished S1 (ep 12). I don't really dislike it so far, but maybe I have an exceptionally high bullshit tolerance.

Then again, I didn't come into it with high hopes, I just wanted to have something to look at while I built a Takemi.
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>>12598699
Or maybe your tastes are just shit.
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>>12598707
Maybe. I feel like watchin Gundam SEED again, there were some good bits in it. I liked that scene where Cagalli launched off Orb and her dad blew the orbital elevator to spite the Earthicans.
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>>12598731
>>12598699
Definitely shit taste.

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Are we having another of THESE retarded threads?
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>>12598305
A soldier won't carry anything he doesn't have to. We're all lazy fuckers. You would be too, if you had to run all over the place with a gun and ammo and body armor and whatnot.

Shit tires you out. Nobody likes being tired, and if there's a vehicle you can stick it on while you ride on it, so much the better.

Besides, the flat surfaces on armored vehicles are because armor plates come in big slabs, nobody will detail them unnecessarily when any hit that actually requires their protection will rip them off anyway.
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Is there a minimum size requirement for mechs?
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>>12598228
>Phoenix FXker MKI
Would be pretty hilarious it it was actually a name.
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>>12594370

If you need help with any game try checking Akurasu for help:
http://akurasu.net/wiki/Super_Robot_Wars

Current status of the games availability in the English language as of the end of August 2014:
http://pastebin.com/Y1ND2asB

Detailed Version of Game Availability in English as of February 2015:
http://pastebin.com/crZFqXVk

Music Pastebin:
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>>12598747
>they port/remake OGs to/for the Vita

Bought instantly, my toaster's dead and I lack a modded PS2.

>>12598750
I wouldn't be surprised.
>Wodan and Ouka still die and their mechs still vanish into the void.
>the only changes are Beowulf boss fight in the prologue and even less screentime for the R duo
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>>12598754
>OGs Vita digital only
how mad are you
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Where does Chirico's armor magnum DK come from?
I don't remember it from the series or OVAs
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>>12598756
I have a feeling that they're eventually going to add PS2 archive playability to the Vita so that'll probably happen eventually.

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Is this worth watching?

I skimmed episode 1 and got valrave vibes
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>>12596617
There are three OVA episodes that recap the whole series and make the ending a bit tighter. You miss a lot of the story and action though, it's more like a quick refresher for people who have already watched it.
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Is it a cold war anime? Please tell me, I don't want to be surprise-asslbasted.
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>>12598617

It is very much an anime produced during the cold war although a lot of it hearkens back to ww2 as well
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>>12596982
I thought Eiji's UNDERSTANDING was annoying at first, but it toned down as the show went along.

OP, in my opinion it's a pretty damn good show and worth a watch. You can appreciate certain parts more if you like FotNS.
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>>12596982

> It's not like he's asking everyone to pardon Hitler and have him over for cake

He did seem pretty willing to forgive and forget with that one asshole who just wouldn't die. The Gradosian fucker who was murdering his own comrades just so he could fight Eiji again. He might not have been having tea parties with him, but he wasn't far off at the same time.

>>12598535

> 1. That is not an uncommon opinion

I haven't been in every thread here on it obviously, but it's certainly not an opinion I see often whenever I have seen the show talked about here

> 2. I will fight you regardless

No, you won't. You'll beg me to stop fighting because we can all get along if we try while a little girl kneels close by praying and thinking naive thoughts to herself.

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>An extensive retool of MG RX-78-2 with an entire new sculpt
>Somehow P-Bandai
>A shitty red 2.0 RX-78-2 with few retooled parts
>Somehow normal release

This P-Bandai shit is getting so out of hand it's ridiculous. Originally it was meant for recolors, but now that there are kits that are half new molds, it literally makes no sense from a development standpoint to not release these on the wide market.

Is P-Bandai selling that well that they could recoup the costs of these steel molds with ease?
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>>12598352
Thing is it's not just plates that are an expense - the plastic, the packaging, and the promotion all factor in, and if they go all the way through all that just to put kits on shelves to rot, they've spent even more money to not get much back. At least in the case of P-Bandai they have tighter control on the production run versus how many orders they have.

Though I'm curious what will happen when/if they start doing this via 3D printing. Shit could get REALLY obscure.
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>>12597771
>from a recent TV series and is used by a popular character
For half a minute?
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>>12598418
It had a showy debut at the end of one ep, kinda posed and some basic interaction the next. Had a kinda spare fight with Lightning where they swapped gunplas, and showed up at the finale. So longer, but not by a whole lot.

Still, it was also Meijin's suit for all of Try. The only other thing he used was Kampfer Amazing for a brief exhibition.
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>>12597681
The heavy gundam was released as a unit in MSGO fairly recently.

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In memory of Saintgiri The Just
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>>12598220
>artifacts

Better cap required!
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I think I'm burning out on this game. All my pilots are SSRs or SR++, as are my TSFs, I have 15 million OP and I am not motivated to grind any more. The only way to get better is to train up SSR++ things and the only reliable way to get those is to become a buyfag.

I guess it's a good thing I'm building a model Takemi instead.
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>>12598709
only 15 million OP,
not all SSR++ pilots or TSF

c'mon you can do better
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>>12598730
Well, I haven't really been trying. Plus, SSRs come from the gachas and events, and I only really want to give a fuck for characters I like. SR++ pilots and TSFs are dirt common nowadays with all the events.

Plus, I have shit luck with gachas, I'm not like those people who get 3 SSRs within 100 tickets.

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ITT Anime where it's perfectly okay to skip anything that isn't a mecha fight
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>>12598634
I really wish people would stop using the word meme for anything and everything. Usually for nonsensical reasons too.
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>>12598593
>Anime where it's perfectly okay to skip anything that isn't a mecha fight

Um... that's EVERY mecha anime.
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>>12598648
GBFtry action is ignorable though wanna rewatch the crossbone fight?
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>>12598627
But Eva doesn't have mechs silly.
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>>12598597
>>12598600

> Not watching the Purustitutes scenes

The action is good, the Marida is better.

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HELLO /m/ CITY!

With a little luck, the mechas advance to summer! Now we await the draw to find out who we play!

Also for those who wanted the promo, have at it:
http://puu sh / hHFl1/1c6badb047.mp4
http://www mediafire com /watch/4eskdtmi628cny4/m-pol_promo.mp4

I'd put it on youtube but it'd get muted. Fuck you Led Zeppelin.
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>>12596565
Will we see determination to fist today or tomorrow? I would like to.
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>>12596565
I don't really care about this whole ordeal, but people think you're a prick in the /vg/ threads, regardless of what happened.

As a word of advice, you shouldn't even be mixing up with /mlp/ of all boards.
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>>12598721
/vg/ threads think all managers are pricks.
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>>12598735
that's not the case
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>>12598737
Then you haven't been there enough.

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>Basic Info
MSGO is a F2P third person shooter set in the Universal Century of the Gundam franchise. The game features massive battles of over 100 players as well as small scale and co-op play.

NOTE: A VPN is required to play.

>Getting Started
https://sites.google.com/site/msgoenglish/start

>Guilds (Server 1)
Federation: Brightslap
Zeon: NEO-GOONSA

>Japanese Wiki (Use Google Translate)
http://gow.swiki.jp/
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What should you look out for when going from silver tier to gold tier? The skill difference is jarring, to say the least, when you're easily making top 5 in silver, and suddenly barely scraping by in gold.
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>>12598307
You should look for a jarring difference in skill, to put it simply. Gold players are the players that know all the right moves and make all the right choices. It's just a matter of skill, and you'll learn to adapt in time.
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>>12598195
remove them for 490 sec with one shot of cbr-f and you will see 20 different bazooka flying at him once he fall from the sky
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>>12598195
Why are you here? Go back to SDGO.
Btw, Alex > Kaempher.
Kaempher doesn't have a 1.5k shield you have to get through before you can damage it.
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>>12598195
The kampfer is a paper tiger

Hit it with a zook or any medium to high powered weapon, you've knocked it over and it'll easily be taken down

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Gundam has been in existence for 26 years, and as a franchise it has be made with so many different styles of animation. At the end of the day, i'm here to watch animation. Sappy stories and tragic twists of fate give context to the mecha action, but when it comes to Gundam, the mecha action alone should be able to carry a series. So why is it that 0083 is vilified when it looks downright gorgeous. I realize its weaknesses

>Nina is a bitch
>Kou is somehow an even bigger bitch
>muh ideals
>shoehorning a conflict in between MSG and Zeta
>level of technology more advanced than zeta

These are all things that 0083 flops on, and there are more, but why aren't we focusing on the three toned shading, the fluid mecha animation, and the silly awesome explosions? Instead of moody teenagers falling into a cockpit, there are actual military personnel doing their actual jobs. Best of all, the protagonists lose every single battle. It's almost comical how much destruction they cause, while failing to accomplish their mission, or in most cases unwittingly fuck up the Federation's plans to win the conflict.

If you haven't watched F91 or 0083 because of naysayers, fucken watch them because they are both animated beautifully.
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>>12598491
I don't remember that practice duel.
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>>12598499
If you watched the movie, it cut out a lot of stuff. That practice fight took place at the beginning of episode 8 of the OVA.
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>>12598512
Nah I watched the OVA, just forgot that fight.
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>>12598520
You haven't watched the series enough times.
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I used to hate the GP01Fb, but now I really like it. It just feels like it could be agile.

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You should read Shin Getter Robo before Getter Robo Go. It doesn't matter what the publication order is. It gives important information that was added to help you better undertstand the events that lead up to Getter Robo Go. You will not know where Benkei or Saotome is or why Ryoma is in the mountains. And it was added after Ishikawa had a discussion with his editor, who suggested adding some extra volumes to bridge the gap.

Getter Robo > G > Shin > Go > Ah > (ignore Hien)

This is the 真 way to read the "Getter Robo Saga"
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>Yokoyama
>Ishikawa
>bad
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>>12595280

It says "Aku" in the middle line, yes. It's should still be written Āḥ in English, since that's the ACCEPTED TRANSLITERATION OF THE SIDDHAM CHARACTER. HOW SIMPLE DO I HAVE TO MAKE THIS?

HERE'S MY QUESTION FOR YOU, SEI BELLO GROSSO:

DO YOU CALL THE MANGA GETTA ROBO?
NO? WHY?
YOU CALL IT GETTER ROBO INSTEAD? BUT WHERE DOES THE 'R' COME FROM I WONDER? WHY AREN'T YOU BEING FAITHFUL TO THE ORIGINAL ゲッター AND WRITING IT AS "GETTA"?

Let's hear your answer, Patrizio. I'm sure it'll be measured, logical and comprehensize.
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>>12589106
I agree with you. The human artstyle is repulsive and the writing soon follows suit
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>>12589695
>Even when newer stuff retcons older works into nonexistence
Especially then, you fool! You can't just forget everything an original work has to offer just because something new comes out.

Perfect example: Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato (1978) is one of the most influential pieces of Japanese animation and a bloody good movie. If you were to skip it because it's "not canon" you'd have gone full retard and that's something you should never go.
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>>12595537
Looks like the prologue was drawn by another man. The art is completely different.

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Hey /m/. Has anyone here played Heavy Gear assault? Is it any good?
Also Heavy gear thread
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>>12594450
You are a lifesaver anon. I still have my HG2 disc and couldn't find a working install guide last year.
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>>12594410
It's shit. Originally, it was supposed to be a series about conflicts between the North and South, with the two sides then joining forces to fight the threat from Earth. Tim Eldred, the biggest-name western VOTOMS fan, was attached to it at one point. However, the network didn't want another war series after having done Starship Troopers: Roughnecks, so we ended up with a mecha version of Wacky Races with the Northerners as Dick Dastardly who cheat in every single episode. The tabletop RPG salvaged the situation by saying that the series exists in-universe as Southern propaganda.
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>>12596094
The TV series could have been saved if it had been more like Pokemon -- every episode, the protagonists travel to a new city, meet new characters and help solve their problems in addition to the customary encounter with their rivals. But it would have required making a lot of new assets with every episode, so this approach would probably have required too much effort for a CGI tv series.
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I really like the universe and I hope it turns out well.

I have so many HG minis that I never built because all my friends stopped being interested in it, but I hope it does well.
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So instead of trying to find that missing disc, I went and pulled out my HG1 copy and installed it on Windows 7.
Menu colours are all messed up in that way you get with old games, but the game itself runs fine. Except that I don't think I remember the animations being this hilariously fast?

And since we're getting old /m/ games to run, anyone got any idea how to get pic related working? (I think I tried dos box when I originally bought it, but I ain't very good... at anything)

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ITT /m/ themed VN related material

I really appreciate the ideas, writing and drawings submitted. I look forward to the creation of a such a game fashioned in a mecha setting with some fun in the mix.

We have characters, plenty remaining that need established and more concept work. There will be an order to introduction based by importance.

We also have plenty of mecha and their development in various sizes. Everything seems to fit nicely for an industrial feeling and the transition in tech should be interesting to see. I really enjoy the more organic mecha you will encounter, so as always submitted works will need elaboration for special features or purposes.

The last key detail to our story is in its entirety is the setting and general plot. I would like to use this thread for rich scenarios that may take place aboard the CSS Via Argentum former fleet ship not purposed for more residential and training drill purposes.

So once more I ask all you reader, writer and drawfriends alike, let's build this mothership from the ground up.

space whales when?

Ideas Info and Bios

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>>12598261
Noted.
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>>12598261
Personally I was thinking that if DaiBarion/Obarion is the perfect/harem ending instead of engie route then it would be the only one to actually end the war (or whatever the objective is). All other single-girl "good" or "true" endings end up with you're waifu's mecha doing a damn good job but it doesn't cut it and ultimately you are forced into some feels because... lovable innocent X and awesome bro Y die/crew members sacrifice themselves to save you and your girl/crew is forced to make the utilitarian decision and let civvies die to complete objective/etc. only to achieve a strained cease-fire situation and hope for the future. Only after you have completed every main girl's route can you unlock secret Obari route (it would probably be fuckhuge like in that scale drawing rather than intended size because it's the endgame of all mecha technology) and, after choosing every response oh-so-carefully, your entire harem joins and pilots a part. It doesn't even have to combine, just have a megazord cockpit. Thanks to your combined powers, you don't just stop the fighting, you dispose of the corrupted officials and bring lasting peace through UNDERSTANDING (and fear of Obarion). The new world is not free of problems (cue harem antics) but everyone gets a happy ending, even the side characters. ESPECIALLY the side characters.
At this point you would unlock the secret routes like alien princess and AI girl.

This is just expanding upon what >>12589221 said while doing the opposite of what >>12591917 said although that's still a really cool idea for engie route. I'm very tired so this might sound really crappy, I apologize.
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>>12598609
normal sized mecha can be fearsome like V2 or G-self. besides i intended Obarion to be small sized because it use endgame tech where everything is compact but powerful and also to twist super robot tropes (it does not combine, the shoulder weapon is for close combat, sword is a long range boomerang)
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>>12598626
Miniaturized mobile suits are pretty ass-kicking for sure, but if the super robot is lined up right next to the others it might look a bit dinky. If they are never shown back-to-back then it can keep its pride and still reverse the trope, unless specifically making it look really really small is the idea, not just having it smaller in statistics. In any case the design sounds awesome and I like the ideas. How the heck do the pile bunkers work if they're so thin and shoulder-mounted?
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>How the heck do the pile bunkers work if they're so thin and shoulder-mounted?

it sole purpose is to penetrate otherworldly armor or large energy fields, the "needle" will transfers the pure energy and detonate it from the inside.


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