What are some opinions on the Rider series of Mobile Suits?

What are some opinions on the Rider series of Mobile Suits?

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  1. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    Kinda really split on them but dont fully hate them if you look at the RX-80 Pale Rider's lineart it's obviously modern, but you can still trace a lot of what came before. Red Rider is the same but just uses a lot of melee weapons.

    I think the problem childs are very much White and Black Riders due to how they look very not UC and the level of tech they have is oddly pretty advanced HOWEVER their backgrounds somewhat justify the tech. The White Riders crown is due to the fact it was use originally used to test the HADES system and it was really large also its weapon were used to test for what would be the Pale Rider Calvary Types

    While the Blackriders issue was the invisibility(I get mixed results on this its either near invisibility or basically a big blob of smoke) and Electronic Warfare were great but they put some much resources into them that it cant use any beam weapons so its stuck with heat weapons and ballistic stuff.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Black's just such a dead end that it can't even boost while using the optical camouflage so you're stuck running but even then the longer it goes with it on the thing is it starts to glow white. Which is a bit of an issue.

      Now best Rider is Dullahan/DII since it just gets rid of the HADES and associated headaches and just gives us a really high spec OYW/Early 0080s suit which just is very stylish.

      White Rider also felt like Can we get G04's BFG without risking the thing detonating the suit? They managed to make it work but just like Black Rider it's a massive failure overall with the HADES test bits being the only success on it.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      iirc Black Rider cant turn fully invisible but only does so in Gundam Battle Operation 2 for gameplay.

  2. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    Everything but Pale Rider feels like it's trying too hard.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      >Pale Rider isn't trying hard enough
      Yes, that's why it gets passed over to Neo Zeon where they rebuild like 95% of the suit and it comes back looking like it took steroids and does crossfit

      I always found it odd the most followed and added on Gundam Game lore is the EXAM/HADES/Efreet/Rider shit. As dont these have their roots in Blue Destiny? I kinda always preferred Rise from the Ashes over Blue Destiny.

      Yes, the developer of EXAM didn't want to give away EXAM entirely but was still forced to provide data on it after pressure from the EF. That data ends up being enough for Augusta labs to create HADES.

      I guess the reason why it gets referenced and added so often to games is because it's basically a video game powerup and it gives the Feds some more options since otherwise the Fed roster of suits tends to be less varied and smaller than what Zeon usually offers.

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        I always found it odd the most followed and added on Gundam Game lore is the EXAM/HADES/Efreet/Rider shit. As dont these have their roots in Blue Destiny? I kinda always preferred Rise from the Ashes over Blue Destiny.

        I have seen some theories that EXAM/HADES/HADES VARIANTS all lead to the unicorn gundams NTD system.

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          They all have vague similarities since they're all supposed to unlock the suit's full potential as well as providing assistance against newtypes.

          • 10 months ago
            Anonymous

            The Delta Kai is probably my favorite UC gundam of all time. Everything from the color scheme to it's Ma mode is perfect. Shame they never did anything with it.

          • 10 months ago
            Anonymous

            Biggest potential of Delta Kai is its function to make cyber newtypes

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        It also lets you use a Pseudo Gundam when you're not wanting to use a Ground Gundam for a boss or used by an enemy ace since RX-78-4 through 6 have been used already.
        And outside the Prototype Pixie we only got one of the Pixies not touched so far.

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          >And outside the Prototype Pixie we only got one of the Pixies not touched so far.

          There were supposed to be only three Pixy units, but by my count we're actually up to four
          >The original from 0079"Cross Dimension
          >Cortes's from Federation Hooligans
          >Slave Wraith's Pixy from Missing Link
          >Lilith's Pixy from Code Fairy

          • 10 months ago
            Anonymous

            thought fluff and Side Stories' bios state that the Slave Wraith's Pixy is the same one from Cross Dimension.

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          >And outside the Prototype Pixie we only got one of the Pixies not touched so far.
          By the same token, they've used up most of the Efreets as well, haven't they?

          • 10 months ago
            Anonymous

            1 Efreet Remains iirc

            • 10 months ago
              Anonymous

              What's the count?
              There's
              Henry Boone's regular one
              The EXAM one
              The Efreet Nacht
              Dough Schneid's (that ended up the Efeet Schneid)
              The one modified into the Jaeger

              Which leaves 3/8, so I'm missing two?

              • 10 months ago
                Anonymous

                Oh I thought there only 6?

              • 10 months ago
                Anonymous

                Sources all say 8.

                Not that it matters, I'm sure people writing OYW sidestories will find a few more unlisted ones behind the couch whenever they need to give their extra special Zeon ace an extra special suit.

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        Todesritter is the milf version of the young adult Pale Rider. A bigger rack and thicker matured body. It even got high heels after being rebuilt

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        I love pale riders, every single one. That's why I bought all of them. Except for special clear coat versions or what ever. I bought everything off the pale rider project at least.

  3. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    White as always is the best.
    Black as always sucks the most.
    Blue is a little over-used at this point as the original.
    Red is boring AF.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      >Red is boring AF
      Aggressor is one of the better long running spinoffs I've read
      Good detail in robot fights
      Actual space fleet combat
      Manly men fighting for what they believe in

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        >red
        its gun is moronic. So is the shield-sword thing. This aint seed

  4. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    I always found it odd the most followed and added on Gundam Game lore is the EXAM/HADES/Efreet/Rider shit. As dont these have their roots in Blue Destiny? I kinda always preferred Rise from the Ashes over Blue Destiny.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      it's the most chuuni shit in UC gundam lore that's why

  5. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    >take good design (GM Sniper II)
    >make it worse (adding Gundam eyes, stupid weapons and antennas)
    pass

  6. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    > Mad about test units built for scrap

  7. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    They’re all so ugly it just makes me sad.
    I like black riders Virtual On head tho

  8. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    i think they're pretty cool
    white, black and red are pretty silly but that is not a bad thing

  9. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    I like that it's a Biblical reference, and want the Space Type Pale Rider kit.
    IMO, the problem is that the rest of the mainline Riders are trying too hard to be accurate to the "lore" they're referencing.

  10. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    hate them all. totally soulless and ugly.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Trust me anon.
      None of them have soul unless they come with a bio-sensor in the package.

  11. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    I have a soft spot for the black rider I like EWAC suits

  12. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    I really like the Cavalry.

  13. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    Pale rider was pretty good in evolution.

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