Okay the idea behind this thread is simple, you newbies tend to ask questions that are for better words are either easy to find common knowledge or sound pretty funny. You don't want to look stupid and we don't want to have mod a bunch of little topics.
If you have a question about Macross like,
" Whose that green haired lady?"
" What happen to Rick hunter?"
" Did Minmay kiss her brother?"
and other newbie questions like these post them here.
*I want to make some ground rules clear*
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I answered this way back on page 13 (see it helps to read the entire thread ).
http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?...=2&t=140&st=240
Think of it this way, if a tank's cannon wasn't mounted on a turret and was fixed, it would be forced to move the entire vehicle into a new firing position everytime. This would be quite a pain in the ass. What transforming does is increase the firing arc.