Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20180108221508/@comment-1327106-20180113195119

Arshpar wrote: RuneLai wrote:

As for training soldiers in Marley, I don't see why they would. Maneuvering gear is made to fight Titans, but Marley is fighting humans. Why would you fly around with a couple of swords when your enemy has machine guns and naval ships capable of coastal bombardment? If you look at Marley's war with the Mid-East Allied Forces, maneuvering gear would have been pretty ineffective. Soldiers weren't concerned about mobility so much as protection and not getting shot. Because ODMG is fast. And also, it is likely that Marley would have improvised and added guns to the ODMG, if they had gotten it. ODMG is not faster than bullets. With machine guns, you aren't aiming. Your goal is to spray the field so no matter where the enemy is they get hit. Being fast wouldn't be enough if there's no place to go. That's why the warrior unit in chapter 101 is hiding in trenches. You don't want to be out in the open, but ODMG requires being in the open because you can't swing around in a trench to enemy lines. The guys in a trench would be a lot safer than guys swinging around on ODMG even if both have guns.

The reason the Survey Corps can use anti-personnel style gear in chapter 101 is because they're doing urban warfare rather than the traditional kind in chapters 91-92. The terrain is built for ODMG, but that's not Marley's usual theater. ODMG wouldn't have helped Marley at Fort Slava, and that's the kind of conflict they're used to.