Drake DSL

[drakemike22]

first attempt at dsl i dont know if i really like this bot or not

[KOS]

Looks cool, i'm not a pro at DSL, so i will let the DSL guys fill you in.

[rnifnuf]

I see that you are taking a shot at DSL building. The first thing that you should know about DSL building is that it is nothing like Stock building. The two games have two completely different building standards. In DSL, the bot has to be physically possible, although not always realistic. I immediately see some glaring problems with your bot. You're new, so it's alright as long as these things get fixed. The issues I found were:

• In DSL, burst motor wedges aren't that great. There are two components under the extenders tab called the "Skirt Hinge" and "Metal Hinge", which were designed for wedges. Replace the JX bursts with metal hinges with either titanium skirts or small wedges. This will also fix the problem with the MOE blades intersecting the burst motors.
• MOE blades aren't the best of weapons. Instead, use solid 100cm discs (the dark grey octagons) with either razor tips, beater bars or sledgehammers (except for the 25kg ones, they suck).
• Get rid of the spike strips. They are rather pointless in this situation.
• Generally, multi-extenders are more desirable than baseplate anchors. ME's are lighter, smaller, and can partially occlude the chassis.
• For spinners, use one ant battery per spin motor. Much like in Stock, all spin motors drain the same amount of power and can be fully powered by one ant battery (the small orange ones). Contrary to the pink batteries from Stock, which are useless past the Lightweight class, ants are the battery used in spinners, rammers, and, on occasion, popups. In this case, you need three or four ants.
• The drive is fine as it is, but if you really want to upgrade it, use the left/right NPC motors with Hypnodisc wheels.

What armor are you using and are the NPC-T64's normal or fast? Also, name your DSL showcase something different from your Stock showcase to avoid confusion (and possibly delay). Even "Drake Garage DSL" is acceptable. Finally, read the tutorials and showcases from more experienced members. GTM Moderator Naryar has an excellent insight on DSL building. Do these things, and you will be great, I'm sure of it.

[cephalopod]

rnifnuf pretty much covered it all - 1 thing worth noting though is VS really don't need a wedge if you can manage it - losing the wedge will mean more opponents will hit the blades (because it's never 100% sure to go under anything with a wedge, but no wedge = lots of hits).

[Davidyamy]

too good to be the first attempt