Thread 281679473

Are mechas with swords or guns better?

>>281679473 (OP)
Yes.

>>281679473 (OP)
Both are good.
Mecha punching each other with their fists? Also good.

>>281679766
Drills are also good. Also pilebunkers give me a feeling so pure.

>>281679473 (OP)
When you realize that Tolkien was so traumatized by his war experience he could not realize he wound up giving the Elves and Maia all the tools needed for mechanized warfare...

He had a snake-mecha appear as a siege engine in the Fall of Gondolin in the Silmarillion, then drove it out of his mind. Interestingly, the snake mecha was modeled exactly after a metal articulated snake toy, a example of which is currently in the British Museaum. Made in Japan in the 1860s or 70s by a suddenly unemployed lamillar armor maker who tried to find another living. There is a photograph of it in Stephen Turnbull's book "Arms and Armour of the Samurai" at the back in the final chapter.
Since the Elves had the ability to make energy absorbing crystals that could be batteries, they had the means to create power sources like melefs had in Escaflowne. And a big suit of armor like that would put a Elf or Human warrior on a much more even footing with a Balrog or Dragon...

Drills > swords > laser/energy guns > flamethrowers > rocket weaponry > "normal" shell guns
But funnels are still my favorite piece of offensive gear.

>medieval knights, but actually robots
>doesn't use hammers to destroy the armor
>makes up some nanoslop about swords that cut armor
>invents some energy shield bullcrap

>>281680738
>rocket weaponry
Either that needs to be higher up on the list, or rocket punch needs to be its own category.

>>281679473 (OP)
better than what?

>>281679473 (OP)
Ok but what if your robot WAS the gun?

>>281679473 (OP)
What about a ship?

>>281679473 (OP)
Mecha are cool. Swords are cool. Mecha with swords are fucking awesome. Just look at gundam: they have plenty of perfectly good guns but they still made up an excuse to have swords in the future.

>>281680990
>>281681194
As long as a mecha wields it, it's cool!

>>281681221
Good point.

Slash harkens.

>>281681221
A wise and profound statement

>>281679473 (OP)
Nobody likes mecha and period.

>>281681644
There would seem to be an entire board that disagrees with you, faggotretard-kun.

>>281681644
Gundam literally outsold db and wan piss this year.

>>281681707
>>281681734
Poeple simply enjoy to buy toys and products, nobody likes mecha and that's a fact.

>>281680738
shell guns > lasers

laser and missiles are gay

>>281679473 (OP)
both

>>281681745
Oh, an ESL retard. That explains things.

>>281681745
Depends on the series, some are just horribly written but have cool designs. Others balance it out and have both, then you have seasonal slop with no passion behind trying to pass itself off as a mecha anime for normalfags who are too braindead to watch actual mecha anime. I personally just rather watch a series, building kits is a pain in the ass and cost money.

Fight with your hands you fucking pussies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGr-n6HXFRw

>>281681799
>building kits is a pain
It's fun.

>>281682011
Most of the cast in G used weapons you retard.

Attack on Titan is flesh mecha.

>>281682093
It's toku in anime form minus all the fun.

>>281682011
>>281682072
Even Domon wasn't above using his beam sabers or vulcans if the situation called for it.

>>281682112
Shining gundam had canons mounted in the forearms but that was only used in like one episode.

>>281682135
The head and chest mounted vulcans got more frequent use.

>>281679473 (OP)
In a world of mechs I respect the guys in the tanks.

>all these pussies make excuses saying other in G used weapons
Sure, but the strongest special attacks of anyone worth a shit where were martial arts moves.

GTFO here with your fagcan cannons, beam swords, and laser guns.

>>281679473 (OP)
Sword/Melee is better because it allows for more interesting/engaging fights. Guns/lasers always miss until the plot has to move forward.

>>281679473 (OP)
All Mecha are good Mecha. There are no vad Mecha, only bad pilots.

ALL I NEED IS MY FIST

>>281679473 (OP)
Mecha with Big Hammers.

I like the mace

Hand that you turn into a drill.
It's the only way REAL men would fight.

>>281683414
Fucking casual

The nice thing about mecha is that you can crank up the violence to insane degrees.
If a head with spine gets pulled out, it's still iron and oil flying around.
With that being said. The weapon doesn't matter, but melee combat is far more satisfying.

>>281680826
What if your robot was a windmill?

>>281679473 (OP)
The most successful mecha of all time fought with bare fists and feets.

here some mecha sword kino
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLZv4q-l4zY

>>281685279
It also had a built-in knife. Frequently used a gun. Used an axe and a spear one time each.

>>281679473 (OP)
Mechas with guns AND swords

>>281680826
But what if the robot was the sword?

>>281682011
Man, I wish wuxia with giant robots is more common.

>>281682011
If there's anything more retarded under the sun than a FRGian ninja, I'm not aware of it.

>>281685279
>>281685396
It also wasn't really a mecha, just some giant humanoid creature covered in armor plating and cybernetics

>>281686228
YOU DON'T SAY?

>>281686291
If you take a Titam from AoT and put them in armor does it make them mecha?

>>281686322
Power armor is mecha, yes

>>281686351
But it isn't powered, it's just shaped metal adhered onto a creature

Seems like a pretty loose definition.

>>281679473 (OP)
What if the gun IS a sword?

>>281680783
If you're gonna use blunt force, what do you need a hammer for? The robot's hand is already made of the same material the hammer would be.

>>281686228
It was piloted from a cockpit.

>>281679473 (OP)
Yes

>>281683342
bro that hammer looks like a squeaky toy.If that looks cool to you and youre over the age of 8 you should probably go to a doctor.

>>281679473 (OP)
also, Shields:

>>281686984
Anon, think carefully. Full plate harness is also steel and as hard and solid as a hammer that a knight might carry. Yet they did carry hammers. Think about things like "reach" and "force times distance".

>>281686984
Retard, guess what are hammers, shields, armors and swords made of?

>>281683342
I distinctly remember seeing a mecha with a kinetic hammer, like when it hit things, a piston moved inside it and delivered even more force. Can't for the life of me remember where it's from though.

>>281686984
Real hammers are piercing, not blunt. Nobody went to battle with gigantic tenderisers. Play less D&D shit.

>>281687192
It turns things into light and has a kick ass theme and upgrades.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etKs4erABrk
> You're over the age of 8 you should probably go to a doctor.
You're talking to a guy who's spent way too much time looking at the newest model kits and grew up on Yu-Gi-Oh. A doctor will not help me at this point.

>>281687192
aw sweet I get to meet black jack

>>281681745
your mom weighs more than a gundam, perhaps even more than ideon

>>281685703
we failed him so hard

>>281686371
It's also really mostly there for control reasons over actually being much use as armor.

>>281689413
WE

>>281679473 (OP)
>Are mechas with swords or guns better?
The question is irrelevant,
What matter is execution, if it's good then having a weapon doesn't even matter.

>>281680738
>webm
What a cheapass animation
3/10 and I'm generous

>>281685279
>entering a lazer fight bare handed
You lost.

>>281690925
>entering a mindrape fight with a lazor
Also a bad idea

>>281683458
Still the best giant robot with a drill arm.

>>281690962
>entering a spear-of-divine-power fight with mindrape
You just had to follow the new meta, your fault you didn't learn

>>281686322
Is Guyver Mecha?

>>281691107

No, power armors dont count ive been told.

>>281679473 (OP)
Why do mechs need to wear a cape?

>>281690813
>have aircraft with ranged weapons, but decide to fly super close to the giant humanoid weapon
Everyone in the future is retarded, goddamn. They deserve to be turned into orange goo.

>>281691286
Capes are cool

>>281679473 (OP)
don't care about mecha really but I liked those dumb ships in Outlaw Star that had little arms for wrestling