Originally posted by: bigdaddy843
NNNNOOOOOOOOO, Buster Duel I LOVE U. Zakus dont have phase shift and the versatility shown by Buster and Duel. We are not living in the past, they are 2 good suits which simply need overhauls. If u want to talk about out dated, Freedom would also be considered out dated. Zakus don't look half as good anyway and is'nt it the skills of the pilots that count and the OS? Like I said, they simply need upgrades
Duel and Buster were part of the 1st gerneration of suits in Seed, which placed alot of emphasis on the "newly" developed Phase Shift Technology.

Phase Shift armor doesn't matter anymore now that all grunt suits use BEAM rifles which come STANDARD (which PS cannot defend against). One hit to a critical area and your finished, no matter HOW much armor you have there, which is why the 2nd generation of suits in seed were created (Freedom, Justice, Forbidden, Calamity etc) with more thrusters and more verniers to avoid beam attacks.

Now if you consider Freedom outdated, the you MUST flat out agree that Duel and Buster are completely outdated.

Duel and Buster are NOT versatile in anyway. Buster is completely an artillery type while Duel is a generic gundam that later received an armor upgrade that added an extra missile and beam attack. The suits themselves cannot adapt.

Strike on the other hand CAN and SHOULD be considered the most versatile out of the 5 original suits in the 1st generation of Seed because of the changeable weapon packs.