(23/11/2010 02:12 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:  

Mechs are obviously very easy to pilot if he can do it with no training, interesting

Did he actually do anything significant in a mech?  All I remember him doing in mechs is usually hiding at the back commanding people.  And later on when he actually does something significant with a mech, it's pretty much the imba-ness of the mech rather than his skills.  (Compare against lets say, Suzaku or Karen, who while also having good mechs, can take on opponents with similar hardware and win using skill).

It's mentioned/hinted to a few times in the story he's a shitty pilot.  He pretty much always gets his donkey owned in combat (when not piloting a mech 10x more powerful than the opponent's, which has shields so strong he can just tank all attacks head on).

(23/11/2010 02:12 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:  

I found it astounding how much he can predict actions, especially of people he doesn't know too well

As it is with Light in Death Note.

(23/11/2010 02:12 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:  

Tapping mobile phones evidently never went across the writers' minds - I highly doubt the communications are scrambled

They don't really know who to tap.  Tapping everyone's phones would be way too resource intensive.

(23/11/2010 02:12 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:  

I don't see all the fuss with trying to beat Cornelia (maybe he just wants to "win"?) - if it was so easy to infiltrate the prince's headquarters, what's different about doing the same?

Don't remember that clearly anymore, but wasn't it Cornelia who was trying to get him, rather than the other way around?