Author Topic: Clickbeetle's DSL bots (Read 85562 times)

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #120 on:** October 01, 2009, 11:10:28 PM »

Quote from: Doomkiller;70025

But what wedge did u use for allomancer, eg skirt hinge or Metal hinge?

It's a metal hinge with 2 flipper segments.

And I'd love to use grippier wheels, but Taz wheels are the smallest ones that will still let it be invertible (which is critical for self righting).

Doomkiller · « **Reply #121 on:** October 01, 2009, 11:11:42 PM »

Quote from: Clickbeetle;70040

It's a metal hinge with 2 flipper segments.

Then it should be definetly very wedgy

May be a bit weak on the hitpoint side though

123savethewhales · « **Reply #122 on:** October 01, 2009, 11:15:48 PM »

I like the way Kheper turn out. It's one of those rare cases where a bot without wedge (excluding sns/shell spin) is actually good at the competitive level. Although my guess is that it will have problems with VS.

Also, what is this crash cube 3 you guys are talking about?

Doomkiller · « **Reply #123 on:** October 01, 2009, 11:17:38 PM »

Quote from: 123savethewhales;70042

Also, what is this crash cube 3 you guys are talking about?

Clash Cubes 3, 3rd in the series of tournaments JoeBlo is hosting, where u are restricted to use a cube chassis

123savethewhales · « **Reply #124 on:** October 01, 2009, 11:24:25 PM »

I can't find any topic on it on "contest and tournament", any ideas about the specific rules and where to sign up?

Doomkiller · « **Reply #125 on:** October 01, 2009, 11:25:37 PM »

Quote from: 123savethewhales;70044

I can't find any topic on it on "contest and tournament", any ideas about the specific rules and where to sign up?

Hasnt actaully been released yet, for joeblo is currently doing KOK XD
He just said that it will be DSL MW for CC3

JoeBlo · « **Reply #126 on:** October 01, 2009, 11:26:40 PM »

previous Clash Cubes matches can be seen through the link in my sig

123savethewhales · « **Reply #127 on:** October 01, 2009, 11:41:16 PM »

Oh okay thanks. I will try to make something that looks nice (though probably not combat effective).

JoeBlo · « **Reply #128 on:** October 02, 2009, 12:05:41 AM »

people are just building ideas right now, the tournament hasn't officially been announced, I just said it would be DSL MW and have posted a few teasers

Naryar · « **Reply #129 on:** October 02, 2009, 01:48:47 AM »

Nice work getting a clamping VS to be actually efficient...

...But I take that as a challenge.

Virus Bomb · « **Reply #130 on:** October 02, 2009, 04:50:07 PM »

I love Kheper.

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #131 on:** October 31, 2009, 12:14:27 AM »

Another Dark Pounder style bot! In case I haven't made it abundantly obvious already, I love this design.

Those who are agoraphobic may want to look away now.

3mm Ti, NPC fasts, 3 ant batteries + 1 battlepack. Yeah there's a bunch of empty space, but what can I do. I need the wedge in the front. And I like the way it looks.

Improvements over Darkling 1: bigger weapon motor, faster drive, 20kg more weapon weight, and better wedge. I still can't make good wedges in DSL, but Darkling 2's wedge is at least MUCH better than Darkling 1. It can get under nearly any bot in the Nar AI, just not consistently. It only rarely gets under bots like Hope No More, but it can do it.

Originally, I had metal hinge wedges but those were actually worse than axle mounts. I think it's because of the gyro effect of the weapon--the axle wedges stay on the ground even when Darkling 2 turns too sharply and lifts up.

And of course, its specialty is delivering huge hits and throwing bots OOTA. I've even seen it hit over 10000 on occasion.

Sage · « **Reply #132 on:** October 31, 2009, 12:21:41 AM »

I'm not sure I like the skinny wedges (as in not wide). I also never liked those hammers.

However, it is a kick-ass bot and insanely creative with the armor and looks. Nice.

TriTon · « **Reply #133 on:** October 31, 2009, 01:37:44 AM »

Hypno wheels are kind of small for that thing, try vlad or tornado wheels.

Pwnator · « **Reply #134 on:** October 31, 2009, 01:44:33 AM »

Hypnos are way better than Vlads/Tornados due to grip and low ground clearance. They can stay. However, I'm kinda worried about its battery life.

Urjak · « **Reply #135 on:** October 31, 2009, 02:38:46 AM »

Why do I have that eerie feeling two of those robots getting destroyed are mine....

Great looking bot though Click!

Naryar · « **Reply #136 on:** October 31, 2009, 06:13:01 AM »

I wish I was as good at you at VS:-(

For the looks part, I am seeing the 4 stabilizers and 2 wedges being the 6 legs and the 2 Ti skirts being the 2 raised elytras of a beetle....

...As well as Pwn's battery power issue. I'd get 6 ants on this.

And Urjak, your Weapon Array isn't getting destroyed, just punted OOTA. The fight would be a whole different thing if both bots fought in the Combat Arena... HUH CLICK ? HUH ???

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #137 on:** November 20, 2009, 10:27:34 PM »

Quote from: Naryar;75923

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For the looks part, I am seeing the 4 stabilizers and 2 wedges being the 6 legs and the 2 Ti skirts being the 2 raised elytras of a beetle....

You are very observant.

Late reply, but battery power is a non-issue on Darkling... remember that each motor only draws 10 amps no matter how big, and Darkling only has 3, so it's actually overpowered.

Battery power also isn't an issue on this bot.

4 NPC fasts with hypno wheels, 6mag for the weapon, 5 ant batts, 1mm Ti armor.

A bot I've been meaning to build for a long time but never got around to. A fast HW shell spinner with a wedge, like my MW Megawhirl V.

Pros:
-Good wedge. Can consistently get under maybe 50% of the NAR AI, and can sometimes get under the rest.
-Powerful and durable. If it loses, it's usually by points or because it gets gut-ripped.
-Gut-ripping ability. Can wedge under bots and hit their bottoms with the full force of a 6mag-powered shell.
-Self-righteous most of the time, as long as the half hex plate on top stays on.

Cons:
-Can't match other shell spinners weapon-for-weapon.
-Bots get flung off the shell when they're on top of it, so popups get many chances to try and get under before they lose their wheels.
-The bot is hard to drive.

Overall I'm happy with it though. It's different to say the least. Who ever heard of a shell spinner with drive, wedge, and armor on par with a popup?

Virus Bomb · « **Reply #138 on:** November 20, 2009, 10:29:38 PM »

I love this bot.

trumpetguy · « **Reply #139 on:** November 20, 2009, 10:32:19 PM »

Definently should enter S32's creative bot tourney thing.