Why didn't Copy X just blast the Resistance base?

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on: June 20, 2010, 10:47:03 PM
I just realized something.  Before Zero came along, the Resistance fighters were more or less useless against Neo Arcadia.  Why didn't Copy X just crush them when he had the chance?  He clearly has ICBM-level weaponry, and his army easily tore through the soldiers in the opening cutscenes.  Hell, the Big4 could've killed everyone in there by themselves.

The only reason that Copy-X wouldn't level the place would be Ciel's presence.  Since he's refusing to kill a human, why not just drag her out before blowing the place up?  Clearly, he knows where it is, because Hanumachine broke in fairly easily, and Hittide Hottide was airlifted directly there.

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Reply #1 on: June 20, 2010, 10:55:19 PM
He would have eventually, and Ciel knew about it, that´s why she tried to find Zero as their last and only hope...


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Reply #2 on: June 20, 2010, 11:38:49 PM
I guess it's kind of hard to bomb an underground base?



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Reply #3 on: June 21, 2010, 12:00:08 AM
Best guess is that he did not want to be responsible for killing Ciel, the one who created him and even more importantly, a human being. Given Ciel's talent in energy research, I'd guess that he would have wanted her alive so that she could do something about the Energy Crisis back in Neo Arcadia.





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Reply #4 on: June 21, 2010, 12:24:53 AM
Stop trying to use logic with Mega Man games. It doesn't work. If Copy X blew up the Resistance Base, there wouldn't have been a game. It's like asking why you always have to fight through a fortress, instead of teleporting outside the boss's room. It would make more sense, but then there wouldn't be much of a game.

If Copy X would have blew up the Resistance Base...

Ciel: We have to get to that underground lab to activate Zero!

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Wait, how do you know about Zero being under--

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Reply #5 on: June 21, 2010, 12:32:23 AM
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Reply #6 on: June 21, 2010, 02:42:42 AM
Copy X was just WAY too busy handling with the other resistance pesticides outside the parimiter, plus they couldn't locate it at the time, just like the Empire couldn't track down the Rebellion even though they were hanging out in Yavin 4 the entire time, why?

They had the best damn radar blocking equipment to make it nigh-impossible to find their hidden base, until it was time to actually go LOOK for it after the resistance's super-weapon was awakened.

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Reply #7 on: June 21, 2010, 02:48:55 AM
I guess it's kind of hard to bomb an underground base?
That's EXACTLY what Hittite Hottaid was designed for (that burrowing tank thing).

He would have eventually, and Ciel knew about it, that´s why she tried to find Zero as their last and only hope...
This.  Seriously, the Resistance was up [parasitic bomb]'s creek before they found Zero, and both sides knew it.  Doubtless Copy X would want to take Ciel alive (Weil's MK-II even refers to this specifically), and before Zero was resurrected, there was absolutely no reason to believe he couldn't.  Even over the course of Z1 alone, without Zero, the Resistance Base would have been annihilated three times over (Fefnir, Hittite Hottaid, and Hanumachine).  Probably why they had to abandon the base afterwards.

He clearly has ICBM-level weaponry
I don't imagine one wants to be firing missiles within the Neo Arcadia dome if they can help it.  Further, the fact that all humanity has existed as one nation for the last century makes missile production rather obsolete.  There's a strong implication that the Z3 base was a recent renovation (this is the whole point of Flizard's stage), especially given the dialogue about the trans coordinates being outdated.

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Reply #8 on: June 22, 2010, 07:44:23 PM
Loved Flizzards stage.

also, why would he need missiles when he can just teleport The big 4 and their armies directly to the problem? Not to mention things like Hottide. Disregarding Zero, sending a few troops would be more than enough to quell problems. Only when the other sides got an ancient killing machine with a Phd in cleaving reploids in two do you even NEED to blow the dust off of the heavy guns.

...When Larry the reploid accountant goes maverick of his own accord, he's certainly formidable during tax season, but he isn't going to provide X the challenge needed to make him grow as a warrior and reach his potential.


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Reply #9 on: June 22, 2010, 08:05:46 PM
Naturally they needed the missile to level the district, making Dark Elf stunned and out of hiding, with Omega able to freely move about. Or something like that.



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Reply #10 on: June 22, 2010, 08:14:42 PM
I think Weil was just being a dick when he launched the Omega missile.



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Reply #11 on: June 23, 2010, 06:51:29 PM
maybe the teleporter was just broken. 8D

...When Larry the reploid accountant goes maverick of his own accord, he's certainly formidable during tax season, but he isn't going to provide X the challenge needed to make him grow as a warrior and reach his potential.


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Reply #12 on: June 23, 2010, 06:58:06 PM
maybe the teleporter was just broken. 8D

He could've gone old school for the hell of it.

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