At 01:22 AM 6/6/2007, Richard Ramos wrote:
No, it does not make sense, if we put it in real-life perspective.
Yes, it's terribly impractical, why not just have guided weapons
platforms that can take out whole battleships and the like?
It's actually not so bad in Gundam as it might be, given the nature
of Minovsky physics. It's a MacGuffin, yes, but so long as one is
willing to accept it the MS designs aren't that bad. In fact, they're
more sensible than large-scale ship to ship combat, since the suits
cost far less to build; why risk a ship to take out an enemy when you
can use cheap suits instead?
Of course, even with the Minovsky excuse the suits still probably
wouldn't be humanoid in nature. Even if you're limited to line of
sight engagements, it's still better to just fly a pod or something
than to bother with arms (and especially legs; useless things in
space). But quibbling about that is like worrying about the gnat when
you've already swallowed the whale.
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