Done! Anyway, to fill the word tax, what are the thread's thoughts on Joe's Gundam vs his Veritech?
Well to start with. It's a bit of an Apples and Oranges. I mean both are still giant robots/fruit. But Mobile Suits and Veritechs are built for very different kinds of conflict.
Leading off with Mobile Suits, the big thing to remember with them, is that they're designed to behave as, what are effectively macro sized infantry. As Joe himself pointed out, Gundam physics are designed to facilitate their function as infantry. With them melee to short range combat is the primary paragram, with long distance combat being more something for battleships and static defenses, with few exceptions. They're strong, beefy, and robustly designed to go from one fight to the next with not too much maintenance needed, not requiring too complex of logistics or work crews to keep going.
Veritechs on the flipside, are Aerospace Fighters that have the capacity to transform into mecha, and this is important to note, because the fighter aspect
is the primary one. VF's are high speed/agility weapons deployment platforms, meant to help deliver ordinance to the enemy in as swift, reliable, and safe a manner as possible. This makes them comparative hanger queens, yet also paradoxedly more disposable by nature, since like fighter craft, they're meant to operate in a more mission by mission basis, normally attached to dedicated supply bases (if often mobile ones).
Overall, the Veritech is probably more mobile, fast, and more 'plug and play' for ordinance, but is less adaptable to entire new weapons loadouts, where the Mobile Suit's more infantry analogous design shines brighter. The Mobile suits are also better suited to urban combat, where the Veritech is more high speed response. And from what I recall even grunt MS tend to have a lot more 'muscle' which can make them very useful for a number of situations.
