Recently I made a post about Rising Force Online. I would like to correct a few things in that post.

Mainly this: the Bellato MAU is not as big-ass as I might have led some of you to imagine. The average Corite and Bellato individual is human in proportion. Battle axes and halberds really look like two handed-weapons when wielded by the humanoids. Long swords are really long swords, as broad swords are broad. When an (Accretian) Imperial soldier wields, they look really tiny. The size difference becomes more pronounced when it comes to firearms and bows. When an Accretian holds a rifle with both hands, it looks proportional. When the humans hold the same rifle (all three races can use around 90% of what weapons the other races can use), however, they look like they're lugging around artillery pieces.

This is probably why no humans can use launchers unaided, and only the mechanical monsters can. By this, I mean the whole of Accretia and MAUs. The difference is that Accretians can easily switch weapons from launcher to another weapon - MAUs cannot. This implies that the horsepower output of any Accretian is what allows them to carry, aim, and fire the launcher without flying back a few meters every time. This also means that MAUs are just plain heavy, which is why they don't get knocked back when some of them fire their missiles.

Winding back to size, an Accretian is at least 25-50% taller than a human. And since Bellato fear the Accretian monsters, they made their weapons against them bigger. A Massive Armor Unit is around 25% taller than an Imperial, but boasts better protection and weaponry. MAUs, however, are not invincible. I've seen an attack group of 3 go down in the face of Cora magic. Granted, there were 2 dozen or so Corites, averaging to level 30, and the MAU squad went down like trucks on thin ice. The Corite hit and run tactic using spells showed them.

MAUs are scary when they raid low-level areas. The Corite response, as shown above, was superior sorcery. The Accretian response - I have yet to see it. In theory, once an Accretian gains access to the level 30 Grenade Launcher, MAUs are toast - the Grenade Launcher can shoot stun grenades which should stun even MAUs. Even its smaller level 10 cousin can throw grenades that screw the accuracy of whatever it hits, potentially providing trouble for the MAU.

A last curiosity is the Flame Thrower. It is considered a launcher type weapon, usable only by the Empire. In real life, flamethrowers have no recoil, so why can't the humans use them? Perhaps the answer lies in the weight and the intense heat generated by the weapon. I've seen Bellato and Cora armor, and none of them look heat-retardant - unlike the Flamethrower infantry of Command and Conquer. MAUs take flamethrowers to a new height, with some models boasting two flamers on the unit. Cheesy cowards.