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Ok well this title is simple enough discuss the Gundams and Mobile Suits.
Their desgins, their technical specifications, arnaments, stats, creators, performances or battles you noted them doing well.

For me I have a few favs.
Wing Gundam: The successor in design to the Wing Zero Gundam, this little flier was powerful and unnique, it had firepower, it was transformable and to me was a fav, it also survived a fair bit in to the series unlike the origional Deathscythe and Shenlong Gundams wich took a beating then got remade, Wing Gundam lasted until the end of the series practically, Libra's Beam Cannon tore it up pretty bad.

Wing Gundam Zero:
This suits was interesting considering it was the first Gundam ever designed in AC universe, quite powerful and unnique another transformable type Gundam, had incredible firepower and the Zero system made it more appealing but dangerous at the same time.
I like how you can clearly see how Wing Gundam's design and colours came from Wing Zero too.
I HATED the Wing Zero custom design btw so don't ask about it, um Angel Wings compared to a Neo Bird/Jet mode?, um the jet mode is better more advantageous in battle.

Epyon: It's name means "next" in Greek, it's powerful, transformable, taller then the other Gundams has a zero system of it's own inside it.
Has the strongest Beam Saber ever and is the only Gundam with a Heat Rod(wich I like)
The only thing I dislike was the colour(maroone?, um black might have suited it better)

Deathscythe Hell: A personnal fav of mine, better then the origional Deathscythe and I like the cloak compared to the bat wings of the Custom version.
The twin beam saber is good, the Buster Shield's speed is much better, it's good close range fighter, the cloak also deflects or protects against beam cannon fire at times, I mean at 80% complete this Gundam was able to stand up to Wing Zero(piloted by Trent)
So that has to say something about it.

Sandrock:
The name says it all the colours are that of the ground, the shield even has a snake/cobra like look to it, the weapons are good for close range or long range open desert areas, the high ammount of armor helps and the Sandrock has those missles or machine guns too.
A good example I remember it from was "Sanc Kingdom's collapse"

I'll do mobile suits in my next post.

To expound on what has already been said:

Deathscythe, and later Deatscythe Hell, has the honor of being my first favorite. The intimidation factor, the extreme melee superiority, and the coolness of a scythe... quite the mobile suit. More recently, three mobile suits stand out in my mind:

First of all, Sandrock. A no-nonsense powerhouse design, posessing the strongest armor in the series, and one of, it not the, most durable Gundams in franchise history. Right before the great escape to space it took an unbelievable amount of firepower to even damage before self-detonating. Anything that can take a hit like that deserves respect. Weaponry wise, the Sandrock has a perfect mid-close range weapon balance, perfect for limited visibility desert combat. Shotels are one of my favorite real-world weapons, and Sandrock gets kudos for having a non-beam melee weapon. The cross crusher attack, while underused and probably impractical, is still awesome. Then it has the uzi, allowing it to hold off opponents at mid-range with its high rate of fire. The missiles add a nice little touch to the rest of the arsenal, giving it a couple high-powered shots at long range.

Secondly, Tallgeese III. Aesthetically, my favorite MS from the series. A massive beast of a mobile suit, with a primarily white color scheme, the crown-like head crest, the design in general gives a sense of 'power', with a solid, heavy-looking design that makes it as intimidating as any MS I've ever seen. The beam sabers, heat rod, and surprising speed of the Tallgeese III make it a superb melee combatant despite its size, and the mega cannon allows it blow up the big stuff with ease. My only qualm is that, for a mobile suit of such size, it lacks and easy to use ranged attack weapon for mobile suits. Vulcans are pretty much useless in AC (one of the things I like about UC, oddly enough), leaving it with either melee combat or a large, unwieldy super-weapon, with nothing in-between. Still, with the skill and piloting style of Milliardo Peacecraft, it is still an extremely effective weapon, and just about the coolest looking thing ever.

Next, I move on to Altron. Say what you will about the pilot, but Altron itself is an exercise in variety and balance above any other in Wing. Its armament is: a twin beam trident, one of the better melee weapons in the series, and very effective with a pilot like Wufei; the ever-present and pointless vulcans; the flamethrowers, which supplement its close-range arsenal nicely; the dragon fangs, which give it a unique ability for grappling, and allow for much greater effectiveness with the flamethrowers; and the beam cannons, powerful, fast, and posessing a long attack rang. Wufei neglects the beam cannons a little, more personal preference than lack of effectiveness, as he excels in melee combat. A pilot specializing in long-range combat could rip enemies apart with it as effectively as Wufei mauls his foes in close range. Its quick and powerful, its biggest weakness being the relatively light armor, which speed and piloting skill make up for.

One thing I want to know: what are the mechanics behind the twin buster rifle? It posesses superior firepower for its size when compared to any Gundam weapon I've seen, the size of a large beam rifle but posessing firepower far superior to most battleships. Its puzzled me for a while, and I'd like to know how it works.

Also, getting away from Wing to mention SEED for a moment, anyone else like the Providence? I love the DRAGOON system, and I honestly believe that Kira only won his duel with Rau because he's the main character. Come on... I don't care who you are, 44 separate beams targeting you from different locations... even with the accuracy lowered by the amount of concentration needed, I don't see it happening.

To argue a few points.
With Tallgeese3 I think they should've added Dobbergun as an optional carrying arnament so it has a long range weapon, the orgional and TallgeeseII models showed how effective a weapon the Dobbergun can be, it can reduce VirgoII mobile dolls to scrap with one shot or two.

On Deathscythe Hell yes I should've mentioned it looks more like the Grim Reaper type Gundam, the bat wings give it a Batman look to it.
Either way it's a Gundam that hands out death and judgement in the god of death's eyes.
The Deathscythe Hell also has the highest ammount of speed of ALL the Gundams despite the show, showing otherwise, in tech specs Deathscythe Hell has 170 speed, Epyon has 160 the same as Zero.

As for the Wing Zero's Twin Buster Rifle I'm not sure why it's so powerful, then again Wing Gundam's Buster Rifle was strong enough to tear through Mobile Dolls and their shields or numerous Mobile Suits in one go.
I think the power has something to do with the design the Wing Zero was designed to be their ultimate weapon Gundam.
BUT perhaps when Doctor J made Wing Gundam he reduced the power level by half in Wing Gundam's Rifle, so as to avoid such an accident occuring.(eg if it hit a colony at full power we know what would've happened)
Still it is cool some of the Gundams have a huge ammount of firepower like that.
It did destroy a section of Libra although it was weakened structurally.
Earlier Heero destroyed a few mobile dolls that way, don't know how much damage that blast did to Libra.


ALSO Epyon's Beam Sword is the equivalent of Zero's rifle I think, since it had the power to critically damage Barge namely cutting one huge line of a hole down the middle of it wich caused it to collapse in on itself and the reactor going up wich destroyed it.

Mass produced mobile suits. The Leo is such a scrub among them! Oddly enough, I've always liked the Ares mobile suits. I kinda like the look, no matter how plain it is... but if I was a pilot, I would probably want a Taurus. Serpents are too big and heavy, and Taurus is a versatile machine. I'd put them on about the same level as Gelgoogs and maybe some later model GINNs, except with the extra usefulness of the transformation.

Favorite Suits
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Wing Gundam: The design appeals to me, pretty much. Bird mode for long-distance runs when needed, Buster Rifle to get rid of those annoying assholes, and the colors are easy on the eyes.

Heavyarms Series: Guns, guns, guns. Missiles to weed out the enemy, more than enough guns to tear them apart.

Shenlong Series: I love the whole glaive deal. Design appeals to me very much. Shooting Star Shenlong is awesome.

Leo: Very customizable MP suit with a wide variety of weapons to get the job done. A shame they're crap in the hands of anyone short of a named pilot most of the time.

Tallgeese Series: Awesome line of suits in general with high speed and strong weapons. Awesome design as well.

G-Units: Very adaptable machines. A shame we never saw these in use on Earth.

Serpents: Nice machine. Decent mobility and a nice set of usable weapons.

Since I've always been a bit fan of the rift between light and dark, angels and devils my two favorite Gundams in Wing by natural selection where All of Wing's incarnations and Deathscythes incarnations. It seemed odd that it would be the Angel and the Grim Reaper fighting side by side. You would think that they would be enemies based on duty ...... yet again they seem to have simular missions..... ::rubs chin::

well, I like them all. I wonder waht you guys have to say about heavyarms and its counterparts? cause in flash backs in endless waltz the Kai was green but in the series it was red.

ya the orange and red suited him better than the Kai did.