Gundam Build Fighters

The team battle setup was a nice idea, but it still went down to one vs one anyway, so I\d return to that one. The battle royale was also a nice idea.

Have characters that are actually antagonistic of some of the protagonists, like that C guy from build fighters, who after being beaten by Sei and Reiji decided to pursue them for the evuls. There was also Chairman Mashita, who really didn't want Sei and Reiji to win. Sure his reasons were petty and Reiji didn't even know he was being targeted, but it adds a bit of tension to the fight. Case in point, Attack on Zaku.

Tone down the plavski particle shennanigans and focus on the builder/fighter's skill rather than some weird technique using plavski particles. The reason season I's fights were so good is because most characters relied on skill, and if there were any plavski particle related tricks, it was well within the acceptable suspension of disbelief. Things like using too much plavski particles to get stronger or just weird things like running out of plavski particles while in an active particle field is just bad.

Just give me S1 style stuff but with no real main character and no way to tell who is going to win each match.

Give everyone gets good amounts of screen time, most of the tournament contests are likable but with a few bad apples that are still pretty likable and let the audience cheer for who they like.

But for god sakes ditch the Shonen melee combat rules all crap and have every style of combat represented and on equal footing.

Which reminds me,...beam sabers were rarely used this season and ironic that Yuuma of all people was the probably the one who used them the most on screen

edited 27th Apr '15 10:57:21 AM by TheMainCharacter

, Knowing this I kinda want to do a Gunpla Battle RP. Even got some ideas in mind.

I'd like to see more creative rounds in the Tournament instead of just straight up fight, that was part of the fun of season 1. Seeing all these crazy ideas get played out and it was enjoyable!

My idea: resurrect-ish the Second Meijin as a puppet for an imperialistic rival nation to Arian that learned of Plavsky shenanigans from Mashita and wants to use an upcoming tournament to harvest enough particles to open a gate for actual mecha to show up.

...well, okay, that's only PART of my idea. The whole thing would be, uh, somewhat more complex in detailed. Highlights: Sei taking Shimon's little bro under his wing, Reiji and Aila as secret agents, A V2 with God Gundam attachments and a Jigen Haoh student as its pilot, Stark Jegan vs. Kshatriya, Sazabi Amazing vs. an Infinite Justice Meteor with all sorts of bullshit abilities like quantizing and the Satellite System and the Moonlight Butterfly and all that, and a decent heaping of feels.

A ship defense mission would be awesome, a team of 3 with 1 command ship such as the Archangel or the Albion and they have to defend their own ship while destroying their opponent's. Mobile suit damage would not be as important as they could just relaunch after a set timer.

Dodgeball, self explanatory.

Solomon assault, like what we saw in Try's opening, a group of suits have to break into the space fortress and blow it up or defeat the boss. Enemies would be Mocks by the thousands ala Dynasty Warriors Gundam Reborn.

RP mode, each pilot is thrown into a Gundam battle in the correct suit and must accomplish the objective of that battle.

Oh that should be fun. I'll make a post about it later on the Roleplaying forums. I got a lot ideas like I said.

Like more Attack on Zaku!

We have roleplay forums?

I am fairly certain. There is a RP section of the Tv Tropes forums. I suppose subforum might be a better name. Like this is in the Manga and Anime Subforum and this is the Gundam Build Fighters Thread.

Regardless, I do want to know, what events would you want to see in a Gunpla Battle Tournament?

A siege scenario. players have to defend a base or garrison until a set time limit. On the other side of the fence, players who are attacking the base/garrison must take it within the set limit. Both teams are given an equal amount of assist units/supplies.

For the hardcore, there's the last stand. Players are to defend a base for as long as they can against an hordes of mocks that increase in number and difficulty the longer the time is. Players will be given a set amount of supplies after each wave, and will be rewarded for how long they manage to hold the line.

A player controlling a mega size vs a team of 3 players trying to take it down.

A show of controlling skill for the former due to the longer movement time while team work for the latter due to the amount of damage needed to finish the M-S.

One can dream but it's unlikely to show up due to how it would end with a 1v1.

I still want more Shingeki No Zaku! I mean Attack on Zaku. Imagine having to face off against a giant super powerful Gunpla with a bunch of other fighters.

Now imagine it's speed is proportional to it's size.

Get punched by a finger and it's game over.

Kit exchange, damage level C of course.

Still a little annoyed by the damage level, A is pretty much a hammer to a kit. Would have preferred it to be either little aesthetic damage like S1 and no damage for those fun battles.

The Ball, King of Space Challenge. A timed run beating a bunch of AI controlled Big Zams with support Mocks with a Ball.

Which begs the question. If model Damage B is Season 1 damage where it can be repaired... why did Nils include model damage level A?

Make the ball a mega sized and then we'll talk.

Actually scratch that, that sounds awesome.

I don't buy their explanation in the show.

A fully painted HG kit involves (If applicable): seam welding, puttying, primer, paint, post/pre shading/masking, decals, top coat and goodness know how many more things that could be done and then a bad battle and it's all gone?

Sounds more like a situation that makes you give up.

Sure it's only for the tournament so I guess those builders will swear vengeance and try again but I feel it's just...tacked on.

As a builder myself (a rookie one but a builder nonetheless) it takes considerable effort and time to create a good looking custom painted gunpla model. Now as I look at the more detailed ones made by the professional builders, I have to say it really takes time, effort, and cash to create your own personalized gunpla. For that gunpla to be destroyed in just a few seconds, even in battle, will be traumatizing and rage inducing.

They even lampshaded this in the first few episodes of Try courtesy of the Pla Model club president telling Fumina that some people would not spend all their time and effort building a gunpla just to have it wrecked.

Okay, so Model Level Damage B is acceptable (since the parts can be replaced or put back on since they aren't ultimately destroyed).

So make it so that Gunpla battle doesn't go over model damage level B.

Since Gundam Girls are fair play, evidenced by SUPER FUMINA, why not a battle between them? Someone's bound to have a Nanoha/Nu Gundam/Strike Freedom Gundam mash up.

I'm sorry, but I'd rather not see my giant robots get atomized by Pink Friendship Doombeams.

Even if it would be awesome, it'd also be completely embarrassing.

Survival Gamemodes would be fun. Face off against the mooks of the franchise for as long as possible!

Have you ever played any of the Dynasty Warriors Gundam games echo? Those could give you some wonderful ideas for the RP, especially the second one.

The 4th one is digital and still good fuel but lacks a lot of the challenges.

edited 28th Apr '15 8:44:22 AM by Memers

A gunpla battle RP for Gunpla fans!

Regarding a war scenario, this could be a fun way to do variation of the official stories: Do 0079's last battle on A Baoa Qu with an ALEX, do the Operation Stardust without GP 02 A on Zeon side, do not let that Guntank be destroyed by a Gouf custom, etc... Or for those REALLY passionate: Do some original battle with your custom gunpla.

edited 28th Apr '15 8:44:09 AM by Thesegougou

You can do that in Gundam Vs Zeta Gundam which was interesting at times the timeline paths didn't diverge enough or often.