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Combiners: When and Why Do They Do What They Do?

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Combiners: When and Why Do They Do What They Do?

Postby BATTLEMASTER IIC » Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:52 pm

With all the excitement surrounding Combiner Wars, I was wondering: When do combiner teams decide to combine, and why? Why would you want to break up the gestalt in favor of a smaller, less powerful team of bots?

Maybe it's the size of the gestalt compared to its individual members. Maybe it's the power consumption involved when in a larger form. Perhaps the bots might get tired of sharing each others thoughts in a lengthy combination. Maybe if a team is dealing with a considerably powerful opponent, such as the individual Constructicons fighting Omega Supreme, they'd want to combine to more effectively deal with the threat.

Any thoughts on this?
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Re: Combiners: When and Why Do They Do What They Do?

Postby shajaki » Thu Jan 22, 2015 10:28 pm

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when the goin gets tough!

thats actually my serious answer. use power rangers as an example: they fight the new villain, lose, he comes back the size of a giant, they fight with the megazord, win.

any combiner uses the same formula most of the time. maybe if they didnt make them seem so worthless in their un-combined form, this wouldnt be the case. but hey, no body complains because... combining is AWESOME!
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Re: Combiners: When and Why Do They Do What They Do?

Postby Samsonator » Fri Jan 23, 2015 3:09 am

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That's pretty much how it goes.You're battling against some pretty tough odds and you got five dudes on your team who can merge into a bigger dude, you get them to do so. Wreak some havoc on your opponent's forces with the biggest stick you can find.
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Re: Combiners: When and Why Do They Do What They Do?

Postby Towline » Sun Feb 01, 2015 7:53 pm

Combiners become a bigger robot because as a little kid. I love big robots. Combiners help transformers attract the 3 to 7 year olds. :grin:
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Re: Combiners: When and Why Do They Do What They Do?

Postby Counterpunch » Tue Feb 03, 2015 12:49 pm

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I think combiners are like smart bombs. You have a team of individuals, skilled at what they do, who are easily delivered to a specific point of conflict.

They are then able to combine into their gestalt form for maximum impact with minimal effort to arrive.

Each team has different functions and I would imagine that the combined form is more potent than the individuals separately. My thought has always been that the combined mode is a draining effort on fuel reserves and cannot be maintained for long. I would further guess that it damages the individuals with prolonged exposure.
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