The Ball doesn't get enough love
>>23793474https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WwJ6OVSwkM
>>23793479
Always be ballin'.
I was disappointed gcucks didn't have a ball in it. Even the zock got a cameo
In what situation would piloting The Ball give you a strategic advantage?
>>23793537Every situation. All fall to the Ball
what game was this?
Ball shmup when?
>>23793550Looks like from Dynasty Warriors Gundam games but I'm not sure which one.
>>23793537it's a space technicalyou use it because it's cheap and it'll do the job
Polypod Ball, my beloved
Any reason why they couldn't just put a beam magnun on a very sturdy support on the ball
>>23793615the balls did not have a reactor, used energy packs so no beams.They should definitely have up-gunned them though. Modular weapon / ammo pods would have fit perfect for them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLz6a4-Zivo
>>23793537The one where Shiro used the tow cable on a zaku
>>23793623yeah they do
>>23793474True, I miss when Gundam series had stuff that wasn’t overly elaborate super mechs
Okay, but what if it was a rugby ball?
>>23793474The fuck you talking about? They were still doing active military duty during the late Victory era.
I'm still annoyed that Gundam Wikia refuses to acknowledge that the Ball Type K uses 180mm cannons despite the anime and the databooks confirming it. The reason they refuse? One moderator said Ball Type K's doesn't seem big enough and he doesn't care what the databooks say. Then he deleted the entire weapons section of the Ball type K. Any attempts to restore it results in a ban for the user.
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>>23793826Are you referring to the Gwigsies? They're not quite Balls but are in the same vein of sorts.
Balls on motorcycles!
>>23793646>Gets the most zeek ship kills until GM mass production in your path
>>23794140RB-133 High Ball.
>>23793696One thing I really liked about IBO was the Mobile Workers, they had relevance even in the second season. It added a fun asymmetric element to some battles.>>23793882That's pretty neat.>>23794156No one show this to the motorcycle guy from Victory.
FUCK YEAH BALL THREAD YYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Federation Sentai Ballman.
>>23793738It's a little too greebled but I like it
Meanwhile, in the Cosmic Era…
>>23793474If one missed out on the official kid, are there any conversion kits or 3d printable bits to turn a regular HGUC Ball into a thunderball?
>>23793474What IS a ball? A small mobile armor? There wasn't anything quite like it after the OYW
>>23796505A scaled-up and armored space pod for providing fire support en masse.
I kinda wanted to buy a Ball Ver.Ka as decor for my car's dash but then again it might melt in the summer.
>>23797070>packed with explodium
>>23796505It's a conversion of a design meant for mobility, construction and utility in space, particularly around colonies. You know how in some lore Zeon's MS program started as an offshoot of civilian utility platforms? Balls are basically the militarised offshoot of what a mobile worker would've been supplementing or replacing.
>>23793474https://youtu.be/8W55ATs2MLk?si=_iLgrUXEab8kvyNU
>>23797073>explodium>TVTBruh.
>>23799067>TVT>BruhI don't follow.
>>23793537Theoretically ambush tactics.Has half the power output of a Zaku. If you souped one up with an actual MS reactor, changed the weapons to something a little more balanced than the long gun on top, and upgraded the verniers, a custom Ball could zip around the battlefield pretty fast. Maybe four missile pods or something like that. Blitz em and head back to ship for resupply.
>>23793646I love the name of this variant >"Flying Lunchbox"Kino
>>23799301"Explodium" is TV Tropes lingo.
>>23803080>If you souped one up with an actual MS reactorWould it even be able to fit one?
>>23805712it's already the size of the RX-78 torso without arms and legs
>>23805796That's something I've always wondered about. The Ball is so damn big, but has a crew of one. Giant windows, minimal reactor and equipment. What's it packed with? Fuel? Based on how mobile suits are laid out you'd think the Ball would either have a relative huge crew module or be capable of weeks-long operations being full of supplies.
>>23806287No fuel, at least on the early ball models their maneuvering thrusters were explosive charges
>>23806287I think it's just a bit of inconsistency. Worker pod balls tend to be depicted as pretty small. I don't remember the exact scale of the 08th MS Team Ball but that one also wasn't super huge like the HG or MG (if I remember right, feel free to correct me)If we wanted actual justifications, we could say that a lot of it is bulk because the Ball as a worker pod is a space machine meant to work with genuinely large and heavy stuff, like, say, space colony parts. You want a robust generator or battery, you want enough of a sturdy frame and shielding to protect that equipment and the pilot both from impacts and the vacuum, all of the life support, which could include cooling or heating mechanisms, the electronics and comms equipment and sensors and the computing power to run them all, all of the thrusters and fuel, hydraulics, and the weapon system in the case of combat Balls.
