Well, the GM, either way you cut it, is much better than a Zaku. Its armor has to be just as good, if not better, than a Zaku II's. It's both faster and more maneuverable than a Zaku II, and to top it off, it has better weapons. In relation to GMs and Rick Doms, the thing is that the discussions in this thread support the GM being the superior unit, overall. What really have to go with is what's depicted in the anime.Mwulf wrote:Hm... I haven't really tried out the Rick Dom in space in GvZG, but in FvZ EVERYTHING handled like crap in space. In the low-grav areas it handled just as well... of course, the Rick Dias owns everything everyhere... it's a shame that design series never got any further; I almost like it as much as I like the Zaku designs.
In the novels, Tomino has the Rick Dom fighting on equal ground as the G3, so it's clearly superior to the GMs... in the anime it's up in the air, as whatever fits the story better will become reality. Personally, I think of the Dom as Zeon's ultimate land-combat MS that they were forced to refit for space combat because they were losing the war... of course, it WAS better than the old Zakus, and the old Zakus weren't much worse than the GMs (the lack of beam weaponry being their only real weakness) so it isn't a strecth to say Rick Doms were superior to GMs.
Of course, GM Snipers, Cannons, and Commanders were probably better... ATM, I can't think of a single EF grunt suit that could equal the Gelgoog-Jager.
As seen in 08th MS team, the Dom types on Earth have not only superior speed but superior maneuverability (again, points to how the Dom was hovering within the city streets in 08th MS Team with such ease despite numerous enemies around). In space, GMs, though they had to work to get within range (but not too much), manage to axe Rick Doms 1,2,3. So despite them being identical and whatever the official specs say, the Dom types on Earth are of another breed from the space Dom types.