[quote=@Suku]
[@Zero Hex]You bring up some good points and I do admit I was in the wrong. So I will accept that I was in the wrong as well. Beyond that I misunderstood that part but I can understand where your coming from so the beams can bend like that similar to the forbidden gundam from seed right?
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Nah, the beams are straight like normal. It's the emitters, the guns themselves, that are mounted on swivel joints so they have a range of motion, allowing them to track targets and "drag" the beams across areas without the machine itself moving.

Also
[quote=@Lunar Templar]
the then new rule really didn't have the effect they where looking for. Sure it curbed the 'spam massive amounts of particles to win' at lower levels, but at the national, and world levels it didn't change anything. Those fighters ether came up with new systems or changed load outs to make the energy limit as moot as possible
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Except this contradicts the show? Lucas Nemesis was a top tier player and the limited energy rule was what made sure he couldn't just run rampant with his Crossbone Full Cloth going super fast, using a bunch extremely powerful weapons and having two i-field emitters to boot. Which is kind of what pretty much every unit here does, btw. His entire strategy had to take the limitations into account and use his teammates as resupply depots, and he essentially lost because he hinged his bets on being able to blitz a team before gassing out and couldn't pull through.

I mean, I understand that we're not using it because enforcing a reasonable level of particle drain and limitation would be a pain in the ass without a properly defined system. That's fine. But still, I feel this is trying to justify the change by actually contradicting the canon material rather than just saying something simple and workable like "yeah there's gonna be an old rules league and we're prepping you for that ahead of other people, feel privileged kids".