>>89712079Fourth armor's buster pierces so you can crack the panels easier. The AOE also makes dealing with the stingrays super simple. But she didn't pick it.
This can be done with unarmored X, but you need to take risks to crack the panels before the boss fight starts. Or just lock in. The pattern isn't super hard to deal with.
>>89712505It's a good game, just flawed. Too many autoscrollers and the stupid RNG system to determine the ending are the only real big problems.