Your preferred: Barga or Balam

[Big Stick Energy]

Storm Team, what is your preference when it comes to the two: Walking Fortress Balam, or Gigantic Unloader Barga?

Personally, I'm a fan of Balam's Design more...but the hype of it all keeps me from caring (but I'd totally buy Balam as DLC, Sandlot.)

[Shortpower]

I've not gotten to it yet does Barga have taunts like Balam?

[Desodius]

I prefer the Balam.

[Zeddy]

Barga has the more fun combos and the bigger stomps. I also prefer the bulky design. Balam looks more like it should be flying in space and shooting lasers than punching Godzilla.

[Sabin Stargem]

I like Balam look-wise, just wish you could use the cannons and be a Humanoid Dreadnought.

[Muu]

I think Barga plays better and is more fun, balam just looks better,

[Kashra Fall]

Originally posted by Zeddy:

Barga has the more fun combos and the bigger stomps. I also prefer the bulky design. Balam looks more like it should be flying in space and shooting lasers than punching Godzilla.

Isn't that because balam was a refashioned ship or something? I personally hated the idea of balam. Like who goes "Let's just take this apart and make a giant walking fortress balam! It can punch the giant alien!" Barga felt right because it was just a loading robot.

[Zeddy]

Originally posted by Kashra Fall:

Isn't that because balam was a refashioned ship or something? I personally hated the idea of balam. Like who goes "Let's just take this apart and make a giant walking fortress balam! It can punch the giant alien!" Barga felt right because it was just a loading robot.

Yeah it's odd. At some point they go "Hey, why don't we use this giant fortress made for punching things that we happen to have to punch the thing?"

"What, that's crazy?!"

Balam and Erginus were shoehorned into the existing story of 2025 and it really shows. Pretty easy to overlook when you can just PUNCH them in the FACE, of course.

[Cop Unit 12]

Originally posted by Kashra Fall:

Originally posted by Zeddy:

Barga has the more fun combos and the bigger stomps. I also prefer the bulky design. Balam looks more like it should be flying in space and shooting lasers than punching Godzilla.

Isn't that because balam was a refashioned ship or something? I personally hated the idea of balam. Like who goes "Let's just take this apart and make a giant walking fortress balam! It can punch the giant alien!" Barga felt right because it was just a loading robot.

Balam was originally designed to fight Giant insects but I assume they were not able to copy the Quadruped Walking fortress (from the Ravagers) speed and mounted turrets. It's also stated that Balam was mankind's trump card since the X-3 from 2017 was destroyed. Balam was put into mothballs due to mechanical problems, maintenance and the lack of effectiveness against giant insects (outside of a distraction and it does a great job at that). I believe that the turrets on Balam were supposed to be operated by gunners but was mothballed before upgrades were made. Balam in 4.1 were turned into a Mobile command post, front line battle distractions and Ergunis fighters.

[New Breakfast]

the only thing i missed from balam is the riposte (getting back up almost instantly when knocked down)

[All talk and no fight]

I'd prefer balam if the guns on the side of it were better.
Design wise balams still my fav, but barga gets brownie points for its cool dlc design

[Chouno]

well there was balam variants for anyone who actually got far enough

"Two of the Balam variants have operational mounted turrets mounted on the hips of the machine; fired with either Square or Triangle, these turrets can only be manually aimed, have wide, sweeping firing arcs, and extremely limited ammunition reserves - but they make up for these shortcomings with hilarious amounts of firepower. Even a fraction of a full volley from the B-type Balam can do over 2000 damage, and a blast from the Laser Fort variant can do over 8000 - both rather impressive for the level they become available at, though with so little ammo, it's important to make it count."

[Krim]

I like the simpler super robot look of Barga. Balam is a mess. The new moveset is an improvement as well.

[きょすけ]

Originally posted by Zeddy:

Yeah it's odd. At some point they go "Hey, why don't we use this giant fortress made for punching things that we happen to have to punch the thing?"

"What, that's crazy?!"

Balam and Erginus were shoehorned into the existing story of 2025 and it really shows. Pretty easy to overlook when you can just PUNCH them in the FACE, of course.

I love it honestly, it makes me think of the old macross series. Always loved macross spacecraft, so I love it to no end.

I wold in fact love a reskin mod of balam for the barga on edf 5.

As for the OP, I prefer balam for the visual, barga for the new combo system.

[Sir Duckyweather]

Originally posted by きょすけ:

I prefer balam for the visual, barga for the new combo system.

Pretty much how I feel. Barga is ugly but far more functional.

[RigenX]

Prefer Balam honestly.