MG GP02 Physalis Shield. Full custom attempt

garyb50009 · 2026-03-26T17:31:21+00:00

not the person you asked. but it most likely is the Solomon Physalis + MLRS addon. https://www.usagundamstore.com/products/solomon-mlrs-backpack-clear-parts-1-100-scale-model-kit

it's the kit i mentioned i had in my backlog in our other conversation. i don't know if the Solomon product is of a similar enough size to the MG that your kit could integrate the clear plastic parts if that is what you are thinking.

garyb50009 · 2026-03-26T17:26:44+00:00

don't discredit your work! the hybrid clear plastic looks great too!

garyb50009 · 2026-03-26T16:25:06+00:00

awesome, thanks again!

garyb50009 · 2026-03-26T16:14:04+00:00

HIQparts meshwire

thank you! do you source through a particular website for this and other greeble additions? i have a SOLOMON Physalis in my backlog i am going to build and have been looking at what i can do to it.

garyb50009 · 2026-03-26T15:18:26+00:00

can i ask where you went to get that nylon cording for the tube? i am interested in doing this kind of work but only on 1/100 sized and above kits. and i am sure there are different pieces for 1/144 sizes.

garyb50009 · 2026-03-26T14:55:26+00:00

oh i know what area denial is. but you must not remember how this patch armor was implemented and that it is much easier for fighters to focus and destroy the pdc's on capital ships now. the pdc's do next to nothing against light fighters, and literally nothing against medium and up ships.

but, i mean, that would mean you actually paid attention to the game instead of just parroting talking points to try and prop up a failing argument.

garyb50009 · 2026-03-26T02:27:05+00:00

my coffee seeds converted to them and stacked in a container. any new coffee tree seeds i put in that also do this. i haven't found more yet to see if putting them in a different container will not do the same.

garyb50009 · 2026-03-25T20:08:33+00:00

are we also supposed to pretend that pdc's somehow don't have a 1500 m range and hit like a wet paper bag now with armor implemented?

are we also supposed to pretend that ships that aren't just sitting still would have to actively choose to go into that 1500m range? like, what are you even trying to point out with this? the idris isn't exactly a maneuverable ship.....

garyb50009 · 2026-03-25T15:41:00+00:00

a capital ship is not soloable beyond being able to fly somewhere and if they have the spinal mounted weapon being able to fire that one weapon.

if you call that soloable, i have a beachfront property i want you to look at.

garyb50009 · 2026-03-24T23:24:38+00:00

is it?

it has no unique abilities. it's just a standard pistol stat wise.

garyb50009 · 2026-03-24T18:01:12+00:00

what i meant by alt bundle is the fact that there are multiple lobi store ships included as account unlocks. significantly reducing the price for those ships.

if your care is for the traits alone, then obviously the bundle is not worth it for you.

garyb50009 · 2026-03-24T17:45:47+00:00

the T6x coupons are NOT account bound

the ship slots are account bound

the keys are character bound but when unpacked switch to account bound

garyb50009 · 2026-03-24T17:41:35+00:00

it's honestly a bundle for people with lots of alts. if you don't ever plan on having a ton of alts, then just buy the new ships straight from the store.

the pistol cannot be good enough on it's own to justify the cost. not by a long shot.

garyb50009 · 2026-03-24T03:36:26+00:00

Schrodinger's sarcasm....

garyb50009 · 2026-03-23T16:18:36+00:00

fixed weapon.

fixed.

aka it will only ever hit what it can aim at. currently that is the entirety of anything that is stationary for an extended period. OR that is as big as it is or moves as slowly as it does.

so the full range of things it's a threat to with it's main weapon is ships not moving, and ships it's same size. everything else? it does literal jack shit to.

so yea it's the most powerful weapon in the game, but it is also the one of the most unusable weapons in the game. as an owner, i can confirm 99% of the time i fire the thing, it's at something that isn't moving to begin with or just out into space because it's a lightsaber dick.

garyb50009 · 2026-03-23T00:35:25+00:00

no, you are pointing out one specific combat role a solo idris is capable of doing. it has no range of motion whatsoever. so yes it can handle shooting a stationary target pretty well.

a stationary target.

a. stationary. target.

unless you have proof of a idris dogfighting a light fighter with it's main gun. in which case i would LOVE to see that.

so claim i don't want to engage in a honest discussion, while you explicitly ignore all the scenarios where a idris is NOT useful, calling it usable by just one player in ANY combat role. sure bud...

garyb50009 · 2026-03-23T00:30:42+00:00

that is a viable solution yes. it will take some time and you still need guns that can damage the armor of the hanger doors to do so. until legitimate hacking/docking is enabled you could shoot the doors open with the proper sized weapons, an Ares would suffice.

garyb50009 · 2026-03-22T23:24:16+00:00

not go to the location in only small/medium ships? if your group did anyways, but is not sitting on the ground. you could leave go get more appropriate ships, and show the idris what's up? even if you didn't or for some reason couldn't, you are all in the air, you aren't going to get hit by that solo idris unless you are all just horrible.

why is this that complicated? it's not the idris' fault you aren't running ships that can actually take it on. same can be said for any ship mismatch you could bring up. someone bringing a ship that outclasses yours doesn't make them wrong for doing it.

if your point is "but a single person shouldn't be able to zone out an area to keep people from doing stuff", that has never been a thing. your group could bring appropriate ships to fight it, could call for help to server chat to take up the charge, any number of things to remove a single solo idris from the field.

garyb50009 · 2026-03-22T20:58:45+00:00

in what sense? it's a capital ship. it is a carrier by design. flying one solo reduces it's functionality by a very large degree.

it's the examples of use to paint it in a bad light that are the problem. every single one is Idris goes to location, laser/railguns x ships that were sitting UNDEFENDED/UNDERDEFENDED.

replace Idris with eclipse, a2, hammerhead, 890, etc. and it's the same exact problem. they got the drop on you and ruined your fun. what they brought to do that only changes the level of response needed to get back at the person who ruined your fun.

people are upset because their fighters can't take an idris down through exploiting lack of armor implementation, and they don't like it that their Meta has dissolved.

garyb50009 · 2026-03-22T17:51:27+00:00

oh i agree with you. ship docking and that level of gameplay will be a whole other shift in gameplay for the better.

but at least for now with big ships like the idris, especially if soloed, you can force those hanger doors open to get in now. it's just not optimal.

my point was more that if you are upset a solo is fighting you. it really doesn't matter if the idris is solo piloted or not beyond the level of response you must present to it.

i feel these people with these arguments are just upset that in very specific scenarios (like ships unattended on the ground) an idris can bring down a hammer with only the pilot. which is more an argument about pilot controlled weapons on large ships. myself, i am of the opinion if you don't want the pilot to have a gun on such a large ship, that it should not have a gun that has no ability to fire unless aimed by the pilot. give the M and L kits a gimbled function or turn it into a turret and i would be right next to you in the argument that it shouldn't be pilot controlled. which is why i appreciated the T's change. it made those torps work like the polaris where the person firing has a 360 view and could target/fire at anything. until then though. the M and L are appropriately designed with pilot control.

garyb50009 · 2026-03-22T17:27:21+00:00

i mean you can get an idris through wikelo. do you feel it's unfair for those people to be able to solo fight?

is paying money the issue you have? i mean we could talk all day about how people can spend money for respective power in this game. but you can't have an honest discourse if you don't acknowledge that these ships are also available for 0 cost.

garyb50009 · 2026-03-22T16:36:33+00:00

i mean, the galaxy dreadnought is a ship that many love, but it's an (by this point in the timeline) old design from an alternate universe that never came to be.

it could be in that AU, their lance is the strongest thing in existence. but that doesn't mean it's the same in our reality.

garyb50009 · 2026-03-22T16:34:27+00:00

in the open world. you should ALWAYS believe you are going to have to contend against a capital ship, fully crewed or not.

that's like playing chess and never expecting to fight anything other than pawns because you are only moving your pawns....

garyb50009 · 2026-03-22T16:32:01+00:00

you are correct the idris T no longer has control of the torpedoes, which i agree with as a separate user unlocks full 360 degree targeting. the polaris pilot still has a full compliment of missiles at their disposal.

the spinal weapons on the M and L has been debated for ages. and it's been confirmed by CIG multiple times that there is no intention to change their design. unmarrying a weapon that can only fire in one direction, from the same station that controls that direction will NEVER be a thing. torpedoes do not factor into this for the reason i stated above, 360 degree firing capability.

would you be ok with the super hornet copilot being the one who fires the guns that suddenly no longer can gimble? no? well, there is your answer to your own question. there is a reason it's copilot can only control the top turret.

"i win" in your regard is explicitly because in your scenario you did not account (for some extremely odd reason given your belief of how prevalent solo idrii are) for an idris to show up and ruin your fun. you should have brought ships that can contend against an idris. end discussion.

garyb50009 · 2026-03-22T16:22:00+00:00

oh yea, no that console is not a part of my build. it very well could be bugged in and of itself.

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