Domanating's Showcase of nonsense

[Mr. AS]

i think he was just building it [popup] for rule of cool (like his other bots) and not max efficiency

[Gauche Suede]

New bot designed to be insane.

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This bot had a previous version, which i soon upgraded to the current one

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The biggest motor of the game powers the entire structure. 4 TWM3 weapon motors turn independently 4 simple bars while other 4 spin bars with dsl hammers 2 on each end. These all spin in an apparently mad way but to avoid unbalancing the bot, 4 spin in 1 direction and the other 4 in the opposite. To make matters worse, besides the hex plate protection and razor tips it has 16 flamethrowers. I was not able to reduce the weight to 1200kg because then it wouldn't be a mad bot as i planned it to be.

Btw, armor is titanium 5mm and that weird pole in the center of the structure is not ornamental but it helps the bot to upright itself if it gets flipped.

>Hard hitter
>Lots and lots of weapons for multiple targets
>fast and very agile
>tough armor
>repels opponents weapons with ease

>If wedgy bots successfully pass the inferno, they can easily flip and damage the chassis if they have the right weapon for it.
>Too much torque spins the chassis as well and disables its ability to move decently.
>Sometimes it tends to be a bit jumpy at higher speeds compromising the chassis for wedgy bots.

put the razors&flamethrowers on flails(to increase fire length,damage, and overall coolness) and you're done.

[090901]

put the razors&flamethrowers on flails(to increase fire length,damage, and overall coolness) and you're done.

Havok bomb incoming.

[Naryar]

By all that is manly, that is incredible !

Is this guy the new joeblo, excepted far more awesome ?

[Gauche Suede]

put the razors&flamethrowers on flails(to increase fire length,damage, and overall coolness) and you're done.

Havok bomb incoming.

eh?  FSSes doesn't always havok when one of their flails gets ripped off.(plus, it'll be really cool when the flames from the flamethrower flail in the wind)

[Pwnator]

put the razors&flamethrowers on flails(to increase fire length,damage, and overall coolness) and you're done.

Havok bomb incoming.

eh?  FSSes doesn't always havok when one of their flails gets ripped off.(plus, it'll be really cool when the flames from the flamethrower flail in the wind)

>obviously has never built a FSS before

[Gauche Suede]

put the razors&flamethrowers on flails(to increase fire length,damage, and overall coolness) and you're done.

Havok bomb incoming.

eh?  FSSes doesn't always havok when one of their flails gets ripped off.(plus, it'll be really cool when the flames from the flamethrower flail in the wind)

>obviously has never built a FSS before

mine

[Pwnator]

Yours spins far too slowly to give a flail any drastic effect when it breaks off, unless it gets hit hard by something else.

Have you even tested your bot extensively?

[Naryar]

Gauche, I honestly think Domanating does NOT need your advice, nor does he need any from us anyway, since he is doing extremely well without any advice anyways.

Besides, adding flails will make it even more of a havok bomb that it is already, and probably lag the game to death. You have built a standard FSS, and not some crazy stuff like this.

[JoeBlo]

Is this guy the new joeblo, excepted far more awesome ?

One and only, accept no substitutes :P


on the other hand.. I think this thread has inspired me to finally build again...

eh?  FSSes doesn't always havok when one of their flails gets ripped off.(plus, it'll be really cool when the flames from the flamethrower flail in the wind)

They sure as do if your suggesting putting flamethrowers on them.. in fact just a touch can cause a havok, fail flamers are much safer (but still havoky) on SnS robots

[Domanating]

i think he was just building it [popup] for rule of cool (like his other bots) and not max efficiency

That is correct. I know i exaggerated in the description. The "popup" bot as you say it isn't that tough but it is able to withstand a lot of damage and remain intact. It wasn't made to survive every type of opponent, it has obvious limitations. When i post bots that aren't made to fight i clearly state that in the description ("Energy core" is one example). In this case it is reasonably effective in battle so it's my fault for overpowering it in the description.   


I don't have much experience with flails but i think there is no harm in giving ideas. I see that pretty much everyone is against flails in this case but it's just an opinion.

[Badnik96]

so much awesomeness here :D

[Clickbeetle]

bump
 
First of all I just saw the famous crocodile bot (I missed it before because my internet was slow) and I must throw in the obligatory "that bot is the RA2 equivalent of Mechadon" comment.
 
Second of all, I'm bumping because I have an idea why your prototype works better than all your other attempts at walkers.  It may be because it has wheels for feet.
 
Walkers are so difficult to build in RA2 mainly because nothing has very much friction.  Feet tend to slide across the floor without moving the bot, as I'm sure you've discovered.  But wheels actually do have some friction.  You can see this if you build a piston-propelled bot and then put a wheel on it; it moves much slower with the wheel and doesn't slide like it's on ice so much.
 
So if you put wheels on the feet of some of your other walkers, they might start working better. 

[Naryar]

Second of all, I'm bumping because I have an idea why your prototype works better than all your other attempts at walkers.  It may be because it has wheels for feet.
 
Walkers are so difficult to build in RA2 mainly because nothing has very much friction.  Feet tend to slide across the floor without moving the bot, as I'm sure you've discovered.  But wheels actually do have some friction.  You can see this if you build a piston-propelled bot and then put a wheel on it; it moves much slower with the wheel and doesn't slide like it's on ice so much.
 
So if you put wheels on the feet of some of your other walkers, they might start working better. 

Of course it is this !

[Domanating]

Hi all! I'm back, but not for long. My disappearances will be a usual thing so don't bother.
I hope everyone enjoyed the summer holidays!

since my last post I've been away from RA2 until today when i had a bot idea that was stuck into my head. shortly after another mad bot idea came along.

But before posting my bots, Clickbeetle, Yes i did deduce that using wheels as feet would make it easier for walkers to walk. However I tried without them in other bots just because it seemed ugly, that's all  . As an insect lover i tend to build long and skinny bots and i tried making spike like feet just to make more skinny and disturbing looking walker bots. But i had no success doing it precisely because of the lack of friction as you mentioned.









Originally built for the rule of cool, this bot has proven to excel in combat. Instead of competing against other wedge bots for top wedginess, this one will gladly climb on to the other bots dealing a lot of damage with its 4 medium2 pistons and razor spikes. Surprisingly the very design of the bot makes it very efficient against most spinner bots. A thing that i didn't count on.

>Very fast and stable even with the weird wheel configuration;
>Plentiful and powerful armament;
>The chassis is relatively safe from damage;
>By turning a weakness into a strong point it is able to deal with a lot of different bots;
>Able to upright itself if flipped by using the left or right pistons independently, the momentum of the firing pistons is enough to upright to bot back on its wheels.

>Poorly protected wheels;
>Very long bot with slow turning.







And now a merciless monster made in a very short time mostly for fun actually. Quite a simple design in my opinion but TOO DAMN POWERFUL! If This thing is able to out wedge the opponent into the killing area it's hardly believable that it will survive. However it isn't that efficient.

>Powerful as ! Amazing killing power!
>Fast;
>Good wedginess.

>Even with 6 wheels and nice motors it has slow turning;
>Very large wide and clumsy bot makes it hard to get the opponents if they get behind;
>Very ineffective against popup bots because of their combined speed and super wedginess. (6 different popup bots were used and all were replayed at least one time, Benediction lost all battles against them)

[Philippa]

Heeeee's baaaaaaaaack...

Both pretty cool looking bots you have there, does Hell Gazer tip easily? And does it have a srimech?

[Mr. AS]

i bet the razer claw hammer completely rapes shell spinners ?

and yeah, hammer bots dont tend to have god-teir wedges since they have all that weight up there making it topheavy

[Domanating]

Both pretty cool looking bots you have there, does Hell Gazer tip easily? And does it have a srimech?

For the 1st question, actually no. It's very stable and the wheel configuration allows a slower controlled turning that won't flip it over. It is well balanced even for a long bot. I might dare to say that it's perfect. A little more speed would make it tip over easily on turning. A little bit slower would ruin it's average agility.
For the 2nd question, yes it has. I already mentioned in the description. But i didn't know that the gadget was called srimech. However it's not by using burst motors as usual but by using the pistons' power to upright it. i'll try to remember that word for future bots.

i bet the razer claw hammer completely rapes shell spinners ?

Yup and it does it so nicely

[Mecha]

Benediction is probably my new favorite DSL bot. :D

[Domanating]

Here's another design. I tried to make a bike that could be battle effective. But unfortunately it will only be here for looks. It has powerful weapons and it's very fast but even with a fully working rotating front "wheel" it has no agility whatsoever. It takes a lot of time to turn, which in turn removes all of its effectiveness. It can take out some bots but not enough for me to consider it good for battle.