Author Topic: cephalopod ~ dsl stuff (Read 154190 times)

russian roulette · « **Reply #200 on:** September 01, 2009, 08:50:07 AM »

Piglets are good for beetleweights and antweights, Doomaster.
Craaig, use a magmotor for the spinner. My LW for BBeans 6 will be showcased soon and you'll see what I'm talking about.

Naryar · « **Reply #201 on:** September 01, 2009, 08:51:05 AM »

Well Etek = overkill, but they do have 5000 HP unlike Mags and Perm 80's...

Anyways remove one ant batt, put a blue CB and get at least a Perm 80 on that.

roboman2444 · « **Reply #202 on:** September 01, 2009, 08:51:06 AM »

a mag and use the weight to upgrade the wheels/Armour

123savethewhales · « **Reply #203 on:** September 01, 2009, 08:56:14 AM »

It's ok, E Tek got 5000 HP, it can afford to be exposed on LW.

Tornado tooth isn't bad. Since the weapon right now cost 36.6 kg, try using a small disk and put on 4 small DS tooth (30 kg) or 4 razor tooth (38 kg) and see if you like any of them better.

Perhaps you can also take out an Ant battery for something else. 3 should be enough to last you through the round. Perhaps the extra 6 pounds allows you to place your wheels with vlad wheels.

Edit: Lol Naryar beats me in saying it.

Naryar · « **Reply #204 on:** September 01, 2009, 09:00:16 AM »

A short DSL bar will be more useful than a disc since they are lighter and do damage.

But you are right on the Vlad wheels

123savethewhales · « **Reply #205 on:** September 01, 2009, 09:05:00 AM »

Quote from: Naryar;63478

A short DSL bar will be more useful than a disc since they are lighter and do damage.

But you are right on the Vlad wheels

But it will also prove to be the weak point, considering the weapons got 6k combine HP and that DSL bar has 1800. It runs a risk of breaking off prematurely. So prehaps it's worth trying DSL disk with 4x DS light tooth or razor tips. It deals more damage and you can almost be sure that 3200 HP - 4000 HP worth of weapons will break off before that disk.

Naryar · « **Reply #206 on:** September 01, 2009, 09:11:12 AM »

True. But the problem is that the weapons will break faster - and you know what an unsymmetric weapon means on a VS...

roboman2444 · « **Reply #207 on:** September 01, 2009, 09:20:28 AM »

vi-ii-i-i-i-b-r-at-e

123savethewhales · « **Reply #208 on:** September 01, 2009, 09:26:22 AM »

Well, 5 kg or 7 kg breaking off shouldn't cost that much rocking. I don't know have to try to see how it turns out. Tornado/DSL might turn out better after all.

Or prehaps hex plate/tornado can also be tried. Hex (master) is small, comes with 2000 HP, and should receive less damage than a DSL bar.

roboman2444 · « **Reply #209 on:** September 01, 2009, 09:28:04 AM »

you could try a pre built wep like baklash disk or sumtim

cephalopod · « **Reply #210 on:** September 01, 2009, 03:52:16 PM »

Okay, this is my opinion on what's goin' on.

I prefer having the bar to the disc, the disc seems heavier and is a waste of the weight and damage potential from the bar.
Also, there hasn't been many fights where the weapons have been pulled off - the motors strong and I chose the tornado spikes partly BECAUSE of the hp.
I don't like using prebuilt discs, feels like cheating (unless it's chewblades/sawblades).
Wheels will be worked on, an ant batt will be taken out, and I'll have a look at getting a Perm 80 on there.

cephalopod · « **Reply #211 on:** September 20, 2009, 02:35:52 PM »

Okay, I need to know which of these would be better (with the drive and armour) :)
And yes, I know, I used a pre-built disc... and I said I don't like them... but they're convenient :P

russian roulette · « **Reply #212 on:** September 20, 2009, 02:39:26 PM »

Astro by far but if that faces HS it is toast.

cephalopod · « **Reply #213 on:** September 20, 2009, 02:41:49 PM »

Quote from: russian roulette;67497

Astro by far but if that faces HS it is toast.

That's where we hope, a lot. :P

russian roulette · « **Reply #214 on:** September 20, 2009, 02:48:59 PM »

Is that for bbeans 6.

cephalopod · « **Reply #215 on:** September 20, 2009, 02:51:30 PM »

Maybe. Not sure yet. Why do you ask? :P

Naryar · « **Reply #216 on:** September 20, 2009, 02:58:38 PM »

It has great looks, but is the rear razor really useful here?

cephalopod · « **Reply #217 on:** September 20, 2009, 03:01:19 PM »

Quote from: Naryar;67507

It has great looks, but is the rear razor really useful here?

Eh, guess not. If I took that off, I could put Vlad wheels on, which could work.
I put it there just to increase protection from side attacks, but yeah, I see what you mean.

EDIT: It already has Vlad's. Fail.

EDIT 2: I took the razor off, and I had enough weight to bump the armour up to Steel 5, taking the weight to 245.5. The extra weight on the back seems to have improved stability and I think it's improved the bot. Yay.

Jonzu95 · « **Reply #218 on:** September 22, 2009, 05:21:03 AM »

That's great bot because the motor is ''armored''

cephalopod · « **Reply #219 on:** October 27, 2009, 12:24:20 PM »

It's been through many evolutions, but Shini's HW counterpart is finished... I think :D
(NPC fast drive - you can't see them >.<)