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I also agree with Tropers/DialgaX. The battles \'\'are\'\' too damn predictable. The Pewter City scene is probably the most egregious example here; Pokémon manage to destroy a defense force of humans equipped with \'\'miniguns, tanks, and attack helicopters\'\'. Aside from bringing up the question of why public battles even take place with the immensely overpowered attacks Pokémon are seen using, the scene also {{nerf}}s human weaponry beyond imagination. For example, Fearow manage to outfly military helicopters, and perhaps most egregiously, Pokémon are described as trying (and succeeding at least 50% of the time) to \'\'dodge\'\' \
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I also agree with Tropers/DialgaX. The battles \\\'\\\'are\\\'\\\' too damn predictable. The Pewter City scene is probably the most egregious example here; Pokémon manage to destroy a defense force of humans equipped with \\\'\\\'miniguns, tanks, and attack helicopters\\\'\\\'. Aside from bringing up the question of why public battles even take place with the immensely overpowered attacks Pokémon are seen using, the scene also {{nerf}}s human weaponry beyond imagination. For example, Fearow manage to outfly military helicopters, and perhaps most egregiously, Pokémon are described as trying (and succeeding at least 50% of the time) to \\\'\\\'dodge\\\'\\\' \\\"bullet and rocket and shell\\\".
Well now. An M134 minigun, firing 7.62x51mm NATO ammunition, has a muzzle velocity of 2,800 feet per second (a little more than 9 football fields). A Hydra 70 rocket has a speed of 2,425 fps (8 football fields), however, it does take time to reach that velocity. Finally, a KEW-A1 APFSDS discarding-sabot tank round has a muzzle velocity of a staggering 5,700 fps (19 football fields, and a substantial portion of escape velocity). [[hottip:*:All this came from a little less than 10 minutes on Wikipedia.]]
I doubt even BulletTime would be enough to dodge that shit. [[hottip:*:Additionally, the latter two would be sufficient to reduce any Pokémon not encased in several hundred kilos of armor to LudicrousGibs with a single hit.]]
Either way, the battle is basically skimmed over. There\\\'s an explanation of the Pokémon strategy, but it\\\'s only enabled by the protagonist\\\'s PlotArmor, the Pokémon\\\'s inexplicably superpowerful attacks, and the human commanders\\\' inability to employ more suitable tactics than \\\"sit there and shoot at whatever\\\'s moving\\\". The whole thing is over in less than a hundred words.
Well now. An M134 minigun, firing 7.62x51mm NATO ammunition, has a muzzle velocity of 2,800 feet per second (a little more than 9 football fields). A Hydra 70 rocket has a speed of 2,425 fps (8 football fields), however, it does take time to reach that velocity. Finally, a KEW-A1 APFSDS discarding-sabot tank round has a muzzle velocity of a staggering 5,700 fps (19 football fields, and a substantial portion of escape velocity). [[hottip:*:All this came from a little less than 10 minutes on Wikipedia.]]
I doubt even BulletTime would be enough to dodge that shit. [[hottip:*:Additionally, the latter two would be sufficient to reduce any Pokémon not encased in several hundred kilos of armor to LudicrousGibs with a single hit.]]
Either way, the battle is basically skimmed over. There\\\'s an explanation of the Pokémon strategy, but it\\\'s only enabled by the protagonist\\\'s PlotArmor, the Pokémon\\\'s inexplicably superpowerful attacks, and the human commanders\\\' inability to employ more suitable tactics than \\\"sit there and shoot at whatever\\\'s moving\\\". The whole thing is over in less than a hundred words.
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I also agree with Tropers/DialgaX. The battles \'\'are\'\' too damn predictable. The Pewter City scene is probably the most egregious example here; Pokémon manage to destroy a defense force of humans equipped with \'\'miniguns, tanks, and attack helicopters\'\'. Aside from bringing up the question of why public battles even take place with the immensely overpowered attacks Pokémon are seen using, the scene also {{nerf}}s human weaponry beyond imagination. For example, Pokémon are described as trying (and succeeding at least 50% of the time) to dodge \
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I also agree with Tropers/DialgaX. The battles \\\'\\\'are\\\'\\\' too damn predictable. The Pewter City scene is probably the most egregious example here; Pokémon manage to destroy a defense force of humans equipped with \\\'\\\'miniguns, tanks, and attack helicopters\\\'\\\'. Aside from bringing up the question of why public battles even take place with the immensely overpowered attacks Pokémon are seen using, the scene also {{nerf}}s human weaponry beyond imagination. For example, Fearow manage to outfly military helicopters, and perhaps most egregiously, Pokémon are described as trying (and succeeding at least 50% of the time) to \\\'\\\'dodge\\\'\\\' \\\"bullet and rocket and shell\\\".
Well now. An M134 minigun, firing 7.62x51mm NATO ammunition, has a muzzle velocity of 2,800 feet per second (a little more than 10 football fields). A Hydra 70 rocket has a speed of 2,425 fps (8 football fields), however, it does take time to reach that velocity. Finally, a KEW-A1 APFSDS discarding-sabot tank round has a muzzle velocity of a staggering 5,700 fps (19 football fields, and a substantial portion of escape velocity). [[hottip:*:All this came from a little less than 10 minutes on Wikipedia.]]
I doubt even BulletTime would be enough to dodge that shit. [[hottip:*:Additionally, the latter two would be sufficient to reduce any Pokémon not encased in several hundred kilos of armor to LudicrousGibs with a single hit.]]
Either way, the battle is basically skimmed over. There\\\'s an explanation of the Pokémon strategy, but it\\\'s only enabled by the protagonist\\\'s PlotArmor, the Pokémon\\\'s inexplicably superpowerful attacks, and the human commanders\\\' inability to employ more suitable tactics than \\\"sit there and shoot at whatever\\\'s moving\\\". The whole thing is over in less than a hundred words.
Well now. An M134 minigun, firing 7.62x51mm NATO ammunition, has a muzzle velocity of 2,800 feet per second (a little more than 10 football fields). A Hydra 70 rocket has a speed of 2,425 fps (8 football fields), however, it does take time to reach that velocity. Finally, a KEW-A1 APFSDS discarding-sabot tank round has a muzzle velocity of a staggering 5,700 fps (19 football fields, and a substantial portion of escape velocity). [[hottip:*:All this came from a little less than 10 minutes on Wikipedia.]]
I doubt even BulletTime would be enough to dodge that shit. [[hottip:*:Additionally, the latter two would be sufficient to reduce any Pokémon not encased in several hundred kilos of armor to LudicrousGibs with a single hit.]]
Either way, the battle is basically skimmed over. There\\\'s an explanation of the Pokémon strategy, but it\\\'s only enabled by the protagonist\\\'s PlotArmor, the Pokémon\\\'s inexplicably superpowerful attacks, and the human commanders\\\' inability to employ more suitable tactics than \\\"sit there and shoot at whatever\\\'s moving\\\". The whole thing is over in less than a hundred words.
