>>96259857
>why then try to destroy this small niche in the mecha community by making it like something that already exists?
We're not destroying anything, we're telling you that it's part of a grander tapestry and if you opened your eyes you'd find a bunch of other stuff that's a lot like it to enjoy. You are part of a genre and not separated from it.

>>96260894
>all of the mecha tropes in anime ever (the Corefighter in Gundam, the insanity of the later models, transformations, wifeus, etc.
The LAMs are already in battletech lol, no one's change the setting by pointing out the things that are already there and are clear indicators of where it came from.
>I fail to see how saying I like Zaku's slugging it out in ground combat
Cmon big dog, this is the second to last step. All that's left is that GMs are cool too, and zakus fighting gms are cool, and nigga that's gundam.