Damn you, here is a very brief method of telling you why you are wrong.

1) Yes I exaggerated the Redcoats being unprepared, yet still they were at a disadvantage since the rebels new the land better for the gorilla tactics, and the whole 'not wanting to destory infrastructure' still stands. Both things not applying to Vanderkaum.

2) Maria's arc is not that long. Her arc starts when you learn she doesn't want to fight, and ends 10-20 minutes later when she does fight. And Esmaralda doesn't need to be there. The Story of Kim is told through his Flashbacks, not the existance
of Esmeralda. Really had Krellian not given you Esmaralda back, would anything really be different?

3) Ramsus forshadowing Vanderkaum being an ignorant idiot doesn't excuse his stupidity. Fei being told Vanderkaum was arrogant and old school does not only not indicate just HOW smurfing stupid Vanderkaum is, it doesn't excuse the stupidity of his plan. And I laugh at the very thought you enjoyed 'Vanderkaums story' of being an idiot.

4) Even though I don't think you can justify the plan being good, I won't disagree about Fei here.

5) I will add a quick and lackluster payoff for Gahrf at games end to list of troutty pay offs. And the Death of The Council, who your party never even gets to meet. Or the virus nanomachines of Krellian getting released into the world with you never getting the chance to see the effects. And this isn't so much a lack of pay off, but a pay off to events that never happened with Elly saying 'There was no one with more love in his heart then Krellian'. Was it Elly who said it? It was one of the two.

And I swear to god I'm ignoring any post of yours that even mentions Xenogears again from this point out.