Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-50.183.170.2-20140611005345/@comment-204.140.185.228-20170524003432

Alright I know this is an old topic but I'm just going to say that while. This is summarized at the bottom if you don't feel like reading all this.

I believe that Wyoming's downfall was due to his own cockiness and not picking up on Tucker's sword having the ability to render his time manipulation ineffective on him, that his clone fucking up as much as they did was due entire to plot armor since they obviously didn't want Wyoming to kill anyone off besides getting Tex to complete the mission. As for his actual skill, it's not highlighted as often as other agents, but he's won about every firefight he was in before he teamed up with Gamma at blue base as he killed an entire red team, was able to land shots on the Insurrectionist leader and Tex in the prequel segments, killed York and almost killed Tex and Washington. Seeing how none of these agents were pushovers at the time they encountered Wyoming, it's fair to say his aim is probably one of the best in the series, most likely better than North's and probably a bit better than Locus' own; seeing how he was able to shoot a rocket launcher out of someone's hands without actually hurting them, which you have to admit takes an incredible amount of skill. He's also very good at sneaking around and manipulation without any sort of enhancement as he was able to sneak up on the bgc and tex multiple times and later used both Tex, Omega and the Alien to further the goal to win the War. However, while these are his strengths, he has his fair share of weaknesses: Letting his guard down when he thinks he has the upper hand and underestimating his opponents as well as having poor hand to hand skills. And these aren't minor inconveniences, two of these get him killed.

On the other side of things Locus is a skilled sniper, similar to Wyoming, but he's played with a much more serious tone. I also believe that Locus' switching of sides was rushed and could really be improved if he were to ever come back. His skill spans more than sniping, as he is great at hand to hand combat as he was able to defeat Wash easily and almost defeat Carolina with a minor assist from Felix. He's skilled in manipulation (although pressumably not to the extent of Felix, as Doyle was had noticably less control over Locus and was more free to do what he wanted to lead the feds to victory than having to cooperate on equal terms like Felix did with Kimball) He's also a good sniper, as he's able to take a few people out as well as sniping Carolina's gun in the middle of a firefight (with a comment from her about his aim) without much hassle. Locus is very experienced and pragmatic, opting to end a fight as quickly as possible while also making very careful steps not to underestimate his opponents or give them a chance to strike again. While he uses his enhancement more than Wyoming, we get to see him in action without his armor, showing that he was very good at holding his own without it as he's able to kill several soldiers without much trouble on his part. His weaknesses would be: He tends to shoot first and ask questions later, which Wash uses to hinder him ''twice. ''He also relies on his armor enhancement a bit much, as he'll frequently use it to get the adventage, but once his opponent finds him by one means or the others, he's open to attacks for a few moments, his ideology of what it means to be a soldier also affects him somewhat.

Alright match up time, both are fairly skilled people, both havey ears of experience on them. But I think it really depends on the situation. If it were strictly a sniper vs sniper match, I think Wyoming's aim would be honed enough to give him the win. If it were of close range or purely hand to hand, Locus would dominate. If it were a match of enhancement vs enhancement. Wyoming would win due to his army of clones, since the numbers would mostly overwhelm him even if he did take out his fair share of clones and Locus can only really use his enhancement to be invisible for so long (remember, it took the combined effort of the reds, blues and Tex to take down the army completely and Locus would not have that manpower). If we're talking how skilled they are at manipulation and traps, Wyoming would knock Locus out of the ball park. Pragmatism: Locus wins by a far margin. If it were a combination of everything they had, I believe that it'd be a surprisingly close match but Locus would ultimately win due to his refusal to underestimate his opponent, having a sword that makes time distortion useless and being skilled at close, medium and long range instead of just medium to long range.

tl;dr: Both are skilled killers and while Wyoming has better aim, Locus ultimately has the better set of skills to win on a one on one. I just felt like people weren't acknowledging Wyoming did actually have some skill and this fight would actually be pretty interesting.