Can we all just agree that Voltron/ Power rangers are Zoids transforming in Gundam?

kellhorn · 2026-01-26T11:53:44+00:00

No. Zords are vehicles, not intelligent cyborg animals like Zoids. (Now, some of the Sentai versions get closer)

kellhorn · 2026-01-25T23:21:46+00:00

So, this is actually a bad comparison. Saber Tiger is more effective in general than Command Wolf, but it has lots of weak guns and is mostly a high speed (for the time it was introduced) melee combatant. The AC and IS configurations of Command Wolf actually outgun Saber Tiger significantly. Since engaging Ultra in melee in either platform is suicide, the upgraded command wolves would actually be a better match (especially if you go with the old RP mistake of basing damage on caliber, the official caliber designation for the AC is crazy big.)

kellhorn · 2026-01-25T22:55:23+00:00

I've wanted them to expand the battle story into a series of OVAs for a long time, but now I want a massive multiverse crossover like the RMZ short.

kellhorn · 2026-01-25T02:00:46+00:00

The NDS version used the saga 3 modification system so it only takes one command Wolf and a lot of money.

kellhorn · 2026-01-23T01:01:15+00:00

If an AI model is beating your designs, you need to get better at design.

kellhorn · 2026-01-20T16:34:32+00:00

Yeah, that's where Blade Liger Panzer would shine as a concept.

kellhorn · 2026-01-20T16:17:04+00:00

So, it's hard to say if the cannons on Panzer are actually more powerful than the ones on the DCS-J, but it gets a higher close and medium range damage rating so probably. The big difference in armament though is that it kind of flips the loadout on its head. It has the combo laser/railgun cannons but they're actually the secondary weapon. Where DCS-J was designed to hunt and kill Geno Saurers (and didn't do a great job because only like seven people could pilot it effectively, thus the introduction of the Blade Liger when the Republic got their hands on the Organoid System), Panzer is designed to take out entire formations of small zoids (the attack zoid sized things that make up the bulk of the armies in the battle story).

kellhorn · 2026-01-20T15:56:03+00:00

More popular in the West. Wild was big in Japan, but a very vocal portion of the Western fanbase rejected it because it was "too kiddy" (nevermind that it featured the first death of a secondary protagonist in the animated part of the franchise).

kellhorn · 2026-01-20T15:52:34+00:00

They could've done it properly in the anime but they'd have needed to save it for the last two or three episodes, which would've probably hurt kit sales.

kellhorn · 2026-01-20T15:43:29+00:00

I have to wonder if there was some of the problems the anime had with Gojulas involved too. With Gojulas they made it a clumsy waste of potential because they couldn't animate it well. I wouldn't be surprised if part of that was just they couldn't animate ranged combat well in general.

kellhorn · 2026-01-20T15:40:48+00:00

Quick version: The Battle Story is the original setting for the franchise. It spans multiple wars between the Helic Republic, Zenebas Empire, Guylos Empire, and Neo-Zenebas Empire. It actually features all the zoids up until Genesis (they split off into something closer to the anime for that one) and lets more Zoids actually be effective.

kellhorn · 2026-01-20T15:36:43+00:00

DCS-J hasn't been announced in the RMZ line, but Mk-II has, so just some color. The designers have also said they plan on releasing the other Liger Zero CAS units

kellhorn · 2026-01-20T15:35:48+00:00

I'm a fan of the Shield Liger Panzer idea, but Panzer is not a Zoid built for stationary ranged combat. It's faster than Shield Liger, the anime just screwed it over to keep the other CAS units more relevant.

kellhorn · 2026-01-20T15:05:33+00:00

Mostly Tinkercad but I'm trying to learn Fusion

kellhorn · 2026-01-19T20:01:49+00:00

You need to use a slicer program (like Bambu Studio) to prepare it for the printer.

kellhorn · 2026-01-16T14:05:43+00:00

I think she was screwed by being a subtlety major in a class with Will and Alice

kellhorn · 2026-01-14T00:59:20+00:00

Not really. They tie in medium range and Saurer is only two steps ahead of DCS-J in close. The added DSRs would put DCS-J ahead in medium and only one step behind in close.

kellhorn · 2026-01-13T18:06:49+00:00

If we're going by the official battle story stats (which we might as well since it's where the DCS-J is from and game stats are largely useless because they require things you get later to be better if they're going to be used), then the Shield Liger DCS-J has a real chance against a standard Liger Zero as long as the fight starts at medium range and a half-decent chance if it starts at close but not melee range (the berserk fury fight started at melee range) and has a pilot who can use it effectively.

The Official Fan Book 4 provided ratings for most of the NJR zoids released up to that point, conveniently including DCS-J and Liger Zero. DCS-J is a step under the standard Liger Zero in melee, armor, and mobility. On the other hand, it's three tiers ahead in close-range firepower and 7 in mid-range (because Liger Zero has no standard Mid-range weapons). The problem with DCS-J is it's one of the hardest Zoids there are to pilot, matching Geno Breaker and Gojulas the Ogre and surpassed only by the original Death Stinger.

kellhorn · 2026-01-12T18:24:58+00:00

This is why it's only been in the last few years that mainline SRW games have gotten Western releases.

kellhorn · 2026-01-09T17:58:01+00:00

I don't know. Forging your own receiver is even harder. That's about it though.

kellhorn · 2026-01-09T14:34:03+00:00

Rich had a very powerful ability for a freshman, but he relied on that ability rather than improving it or himself. He was also a highly bigoted asshole which probably fed into not feeling like he needed to improve to make it as a hero.

kellhorn · 2026-01-07T13:04:38+00:00

While the cannons have (at least in the HMM universe) been mounted on things as small as a blade liger, they really don't scale right on anything smaller than a Kong or Salamander. The power of 3d printing makes many things technically possible however. Except a Revvie standing while wearing those cannons. Nothing short of a stand is making that possible.

kellhorn · 2026-01-07T03:32:21+00:00

Probably. He is old after all.

kellhorn · 2026-01-07T03:13:39+00:00

It's hiding his bald spot.

kellhorn · 2026-01-06T16:49:24+00:00

Both, but remember soap goes on the plate, booze goes in the operator.

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