Well, I still see Kira as the biggest focal point of the entire Gundam Seed series, and it does seem like he'll play a huge role in the end of Destiny too..

My reference to Gundam Wing was not to say which Beam Rifle was more powerful than others. In fact, I think I did admit (or at least have in other threads) that GW had a huge problem with giving the main characters virtual immortality in and outside of MSs. When an enemy nobody got hit, he'd blow up into a million pieces. When a Gundam pilot in a stolen enemy POS got hit, he managed to survive somehow...

I just was trying to say that this happens in Destiny too, and STILL PISSES ME OFF! When characters nearly die twice (at similair points in the story, in both series) and one thinks theother is dead but OH WAIT HE ISNT!! And they get together and go to town all hunky-dory on the other poor fools. Point being that there isn't much mystery, tension or edge-of-your-seat intensity in Destiny when Kira and Athrun are out there (mostly Kira) because if the guy can survive a sword that close to a cockpit...

And Athrun's stolen MS didn't get hit in the cockpit, but it's still a miracle anyone survived that blast...

If you want to say Wing was worse because of overpowered Gundams and invincible protaganists I just dont know what to say, you're entitled to your opinion too. I just don't see Kira or Athrun (and to some extent Shinn) as being any less indestructible than the GW pilots.

Oh, and Rey, Lunamaria and Shinn broke through an entire defense line.... The EAF attacked first, annihilated ZAFTs dropped units, and still couldn't defeat 3 Gundams, even with 5 Destroys and numerous defensive units.... This is also GWesque, with virtually one, two or three Gundams ruling an entire battalion because their pilots are SO DAMN GOOD.

EDIT: And as always I'd like to say that this is just my opinion. Accept it or not, I care not. And the aforementioned lack of consistency with obeying orders, executing battle strategies and insane development of technology does make the series cool sometimes, but undermines the gritty realism of war by favoring major characters and occasionaly making them infallible.