A brief history and showcase of Team Amphib and the Newt series

[botomatic1000]

I did lol.

[botomatic1000]

God I remembered how fragile Soda's weaponry is.

[Naryar]

basically, DSL-S is DSL's competitive scene. there are things in it that wouldn't work in real life such as popups, jugglers, far more wedges, weapon spam, using RA2's quirks to be more combat efficient.

IRL is building replica bots from real life, or something that looks like a real life bot. we have a stricter realistic rule than in DSL-S, weapon spam is forbidden and bots are supposed to be cool looking first. a bunch of bot types are forbidden, and there are some rules such as setting up motor/axle supports for spinners, where in DSL-S you can have an axle floating in space and nobody will give a damn.

but for now, don't bother too much about that. your building style will come to you naturally and first, before bothering about that, you need to build bots.

as for your last bot,

-that's unrealistic due to the semi-stacked batteries.
-you do not need two drums, i feel. one drum with heavier weapons on it will work, freeing weight for something else.
-unsure how your razor rammer rack works with the vertical spinner. better set it so it can work in tandem with the spinner. (We call bots that have different weapon systems "hybrids"
-the razors on the wheels are probably not necessary.
-use a WP836E instead of 4 ant batteries. or a WP836E and 1 ant if you feel a WP836E is not enough batteries.

[botomatic1000]

Another DSL project (from 2.1) Fire Spitting Salmon (no actual flamethrowers) it has a sheet of titanium on top of it for extra protection. Its armoured from all sides and is incredibly low.

[botomatic1000]

I really wish I could build something professional looking but im god awful at it especially the whole small body mass batteries and effective weaponry parts  of the build.

[FOTEPX]

Hey, that one isn't half bad! I think you might be able to transition it over to DSL 2.2 as well.

[Naryar]

that one's pretty decent looks-wise.

[LiNcK]

I think all your bots look pretty nice. They all have this IRL look rather than the standard weapon-spam "technically possible IRL" look DSL has going on.

In terms of making more effective bots, I think you should consider scaling down your chassis to fit exactly the amount of components you want to have in there. This might take a couple of tries and be annoying due to having to stop using snap to grid in certain places but I personally think its worth it. I derive satisfaction from efficient use of space like that so I'm always willing to remake my chassis 10 times to get it juuust right.

You should also consider making the bots symmetrical. This helps in both space efficiency (if 1 side is the best possible in terms of space management, why not make the other the same?) but also looks. For example, on your latest bot you seem to have 2 red packs on one side but then 1 ant and 1 pack on the other. Why not make both sides 2 red packs to have more power right? You can even fit even bigger batteries like Naryar said since you have a ton of space. Combine this with making your chassis smaller and you can have a very good-looking and efficient bot!

Lastly, you should also take a look at the stats of the items you use. For example you might be able to put wheels with better grip on your bots which is always better, maybe half sheets are better side armor than those bars you used, etc. I don't particularly know the stats by heart so IDK whether you've made the best choice in terms of performance or not, but stats is always something to consider.

I'm far from a good builder but from what I've gathered if you want to be the best builder possible you should always be looking for ways to reduce weight in order to have that extra weight to add more weapons or armor in the right places. You should always be looking to make your chassis the smallest possible, looking at what components you use, and looking at where they are located to determine what to use. For example, if an extender will never be hit use polycarbonate instead of steel to save that weight. Similarly, and this applies to your last bot, its unlikely someone will be coming from the back so it might be better to remove it from there and place the weight from the spike and axes where most of the action will be.

I wonder when I'll ever make a comment that isn't a couple of paragraphs long. How do you people do it?!

[botomatic1000]

Thanks for all the positive feedback.

[botomatic1000]

BlendHead my first middleweight for 2.2.

[Witherana]

BlendHead my first middleweight for 2.2.
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what happends when it gets flipped?

[botomatic1000]

invertible.

[Witherana]

invertible.

doesn't the saw hit the floor?

[botomatic1000]

Nope the wheels are high enough so that it does not hit the floor with the saw :)

[botomatic1000]

I want to m ake an axe next what motors best for a light-middleweight any ideas?

[LiNcK]

SilmBody Motors (LW) or TWM3Rs (LW/MW) would work. I suggest you check our this guide by Naryar to help you pick and choose items. Its for DSL 2.1 but I'm guessing most things still apply. The only vastly different thing that I know of in 2.2 is that ants aren't the best anymore in it, other batteries are bette rif you have the space for them.

[botomatic1000]

Tango'd an axe for the Soda squad (the same team as Soda).

[botomatic1000]

Sehnsucht is a work in progress its quick but other than that has a lot to complete (its from 2.1).

[Badger]

Beaters are pretty bad weapons for axes.

In 2.1 batteries work differently, you should only use ants, and use 1 per spin motor. Also, if the weapon rack on the rammer is scraping along the ground when the bot is upside-down, the weapons touching the ground will do no damage and your front wheels will be doing nothing.

[botomatic1000]

Its crap I know both of them are but they work ok.