Author Topic: G.K.'s Stock Showcase (Read 42299 times)

G.K. · « **on:** December 12, 2009, 03:14:28 PM »

I thought I was terrible at stock. I am. Here is my best robot:

It has 7 HP Z-Teks. 5 for weapons, two for drive on Snapper II's. Despite the DSA, it is torn to pieces by many Starcore VS's. Help and constructive criticism gladly appreciated.

The Ounce · « **Reply #1 on:** December 12, 2009, 05:59:49 PM »

That's actually not too bad! A few things:

I don't find ballasts useful on bots without wedges.

It's possible to not have angle connectors on this.

Your drive HPZs would perform better if the flat sides were parallel to the ground.

And you can make the chassis smaller, but at the cost of lower chassis HP.

Reier · « **Reply #2 on:** December 12, 2009, 06:13:07 PM »

And learn eFFeing.

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #3 on:** December 12, 2009, 09:20:07 PM »

For horizontal spinners, never attach your weapon motors directly to the baseplate (exception: Mad's ArrowHead). It is much more space- and weight-efficient to stack your weapon motors with burst motors.

Then you can start playing around with using extenders to stack multiple weapons on the tribar ends and stuff like that.

40757 · « **Reply #4 on:** December 12, 2009, 09:24:09 PM »

An exception to the baseplate thing Click said: attaching a Z-Tek to a lightweight.

JoeBlo · « **Reply #5 on:** December 12, 2009, 09:34:49 PM »

you have the right idea with the burst motors just not the right way of executing it

use the burst motors to overlap other things, so you can shrink your chassis,

then point the burst arm towards the base plate (with the arc adjusting) then atach an extender, motor and the weapon or wheel then move the arc again to have the motor inside the battery

remember realism rules dont apply in stock

G.K. · « **Reply #6 on:** December 13, 2009, 01:58:23 AM »

Thanks for all the help guys.

@Reier: I was using eFFeing, should I be attaching more than one mace to a tribar point?

Naryar · « **Reply #7 on:** December 13, 2009, 01:59:45 AM »

Quote from: Clickbeetle on December 12, 2009, 09:20:07 PM

For horizontal spinners, never attach your weapon motors directly to the baseplate (exception: Mad's ArrowHead).

I would disagree with that, mostly because motors are invulnerable when attached to the baseplate.

Sage · « **Reply #8 on:** December 13, 2009, 01:45:23 PM »

Quote from: Naryar on December 13, 2009, 01:59:45 AM

Quote from: Clickbeetle on December 12, 2009, 09:20:07 PM
For horizontal spinners, never attach your weapon motors directly to the baseplate (exception: Mad's ArrowHead).

I would disagree with that, mostly because motors are invulnerable when attached to the baseplate.

No, they are INSIDE the baseplate, unlike DSL where you can just put motors sticking out every which way and have them be invincible armor. I mean, you need like 1 iota of space to attach a NPC fast, and a piglet can go halfway out of the baseplate.

Reier · « **Reply #9 on:** December 13, 2009, 02:32:24 PM »

I found this quote I can use for blackmail on the RA2 Refuge....:D
You and Infy saying the DSL mod was the best, infy saying he was "addicted". :D

Sage · « **Reply #10 on:** December 13, 2009, 06:25:57 PM »

Oh, well that's a really good quote. Although that was before everyone ruined it. Naryar.

G.K. · « **Reply #11 on:** December 18, 2009, 01:48:21 AM »

I'll update the VS at some point. Here is my popup:

18 razors (I think) on 2 ddt's:

Sage · « **Reply #12 on:** December 18, 2009, 04:18:28 PM »

Wedge is too steep. Use Shinies or Rubbers for wheels. That's a lot of razors for 2 DDTs. Needs more battery power I think. 4wd would be better. DSA? Use 1 Black instead of 2 Reds.

G.K. · « **Reply #13 on:** December 19, 2009, 02:12:40 AM »

There's a black in there too. It is DSA. How exactly is the wedge too steep? They are DDT wedges.

40757 · « **Reply #14 on:** December 19, 2009, 02:23:53 AM »

Chassis wedge T_T

G.K. · « **Reply #15 on:** December 19, 2009, 02:46:37 AM »

Sorry? I don't understand you.

Pwnator · « **Reply #16 on:** December 19, 2009, 02:50:38 AM »

Right now your chassis wedge looks something like this:

It needs to be somewhere as shallow as this:

PitA has a steep wedge, meaning that it will be tough for bots to slide up and take damage. R4 has a shallow wedge, which is why opponents easily slide up and get 1HKO'd. :D

G.K. · « **Reply #17 on:** December 19, 2009, 02:56:08 AM »

Ah okay.

Reier · « **Reply #18 on:** December 19, 2009, 10:41:12 AM »

THE FEUD IS RESTARTING! RUN BEFORE NARY AND R0B0 GET YA!

G.K. · « **Reply #19 on:** December 19, 2009, 11:01:38 AM »

Me or Pwn?