Author Topic: Droids from Dagobah (Read 19958 times)

SKBT · « **Reply #80 on:** April 16, 2010, 08:26:31 PM »

For sloth I think it is too reliant on wedges for the weapon to work (Edit:)all the time. I would lower the weapon height. Also JD was refering to the magmotor LX.

yoda9726 · « **Reply #81 on:** April 16, 2010, 08:56:59 PM »

Quote from: Jack Daniels on April 16, 2010, 08:15:20 PM

All those piglets are a huge combination of McDon-.. I mean, weight.

There is a motor (I forget the name and I am too lazy to boot up DSL right now, sloth sin FTW!) But, anyways, the motor can be choosen with a longer shaft and you can attach two sawblades on it. I think this will save you a bit of weight to play around with other options.

Much better, thanks. forgot all about those. I'm getting very senile it seems. Didn't wanna go with perms, i think they're overkill for saws, but i wanted a full row of saws. Got the same effect with 3 less motors now. Blades are even spaced approximately the same this way too.

Quote from: Shish-kabot on April 16, 2010, 08:26:31 PM

For sloth I think it is too reliant on wedges for the weapon to work. I would lower the weapon height. Also JD was refering to the magmotor LX.

extremely reliant on the wedge. That was the entire point though. get under them, and sit there letting the saws work their magic...It's slothful in the way it fights as well as the way it was built.

Reier · « **Reply #82 on:** April 17, 2010, 12:00:23 AM »

@JD: Yeah but the longer axle ones are drive motors, thus slower and reduce damage unfortunately. :/

Naryar · « **Reply #83 on:** April 17, 2010, 03:27:02 AM »

Perm 80's ?

123savethewhales · « **Reply #84 on:** April 17, 2010, 03:31:24 AM »

piglets are fine.

Jack Daniels · « **Reply #85 on:** April 17, 2010, 02:19:33 PM »

Quote from: Reier on April 17, 2010, 12:00:23 AM

@JD: Yeah but the longer axle ones are drive motors, thus slower and reduce damage unfortunately. :/

Slower than a Piglet? I would think that the speed difference would be worth the saved weight because now he can probably construct some rails/arms that guide the bot to keep it on the saws.

@123STW: Really? But, there are sooooo many of them on the bot. :P Meh, nevermind... I wont argue. 123stw is for more superior than I.

123savethewhales · « **Reply #86 on:** April 19, 2010, 04:08:47 AM »

Perm 80L vs Piglet

A Perm 80L (just long enough for 60cm saw to not cut into it), is 49kg, or 55.5kg with batteries. This means 27.75kg of motor per saw.
A Perm 80L offers superior spin speed and torque.
A Perm 80L has 400 HP.

A Piglet is 20kg, or 26.5 with batteries (which == motor per saw).
A Piglet has 8000 HP.

Conclusion
Piglets are better for external use. Perm 80s are better for internal use. On NAR AI 2.2 however, Perm 80s are better for both.

Yoda can probably build a version with 3x perm 80 inside the chassis. But then, it won't be sloth anymore.

yoda9726 · « **Reply #87 on:** April 19, 2010, 04:50:18 AM »

I actually like Sloth better now with the (name eludes me, the discussed drive motors). sure, the damage is slower, but that fits the theme even more. And i did at one point have 3 perms in there. next, i think i'm gonna work on the arms to keep the other bot up there. But i'll probably put that off till later.

And yes, in case you guys couldn't tell, i'm more than willing to sacrifice power to fit a theme. One of my quirks.

Naryar · « **Reply #88 on:** April 19, 2010, 05:10:49 AM »

Sloth should be a med-offense, low-speed, high-defense bot IMO.

Kinda like the BBEANS5 bot that spammed 50+ irons.

yoda9726 · « **Reply #89 on:** May 20, 2010, 08:08:51 AM »

Finally got out of my "don't feel like making a splash" mood. So, time for the next sin.

Gluttony: the over-indulgence and over-consumption of anything to the point of waste.

Armor is Titanium 5. 64 teeth on 8 discs. Was tempted to put Overkill wheels on it. I've always said anything worth killing is worth overkilling. But, they didn't work out too well, so back to technos i went. Also, the weapon motors rotate in opposite directions. seems to help prevent it from doing somersaults. Not much throwing power for a VS, but that's okay with me.

G.K. · « **Reply #90 on:** May 20, 2010, 03:00:20 PM »

Sheesh, that looks powerful.

Badnik96 · « **Reply #91 on:** May 20, 2010, 03:57:24 PM »

Sick. You should enter that in RIP 2.

yoda9726 · « **Reply #92 on:** May 20, 2010, 09:05:15 PM »

Quote from: Badnik96 on May 20, 2010, 03:57:24 PM

Sick. You should enter that in RIP 2.

I'm thinking about it. Gonna play around with a few other ideas first though.

Naryar · « **Reply #93 on:** May 21, 2010, 05:19:55 AM »

Like Joy Ride is good :P (It's a cool design, but fails on one wheel. Don't know why)

Also it looks quite good, but why Gluttony ? Because it "eats" bots away with "teeth" ?

yoda9726 · « **Reply #94 on:** May 21, 2010, 06:02:03 AM »

Quote from: Naryar on May 21, 2010, 05:19:55 AM

Like Joy Ride is good :P (It's a cool design, but fails on one wheel. Don't know why)

Also it looks quite good, but why Gluttony ? Because it "eats" bots away with "teeth" ?

lol. Yeah, Joy Ride is much better in the looks department than anything else.

As to why Gluttony, the 'eating' thing is part of it, tends to be more grinderish than a normal VS. Also, if any of the sins should be represented by a SHW, it's Gluttony. Annnd..."over indulgence or over consumption TO THE POINT OF WASTE". There are a few things here on the bot that could've easily been made more effeciently, therefore it's wasteful. I was extremely tempted to make it a very underweight UHW by a 1 or 2 kgs, but decided against it. Thinking about it now, i probably should've overloaded the batteries, or used less efficient ones. meh.

yoda9726 · « **Reply #95 on:** July 15, 2010, 01:11:09 AM »

Been awhile, it has. A new sin, it is time for.

Presenting Wrath: may be described as inordinate and uncontrolled feelings of hatred and anger.

Inspired by Christ of the Abyss, I wanted a pseudo-shell spinner without using an actual shell. I like the fact that it's more of a dome of weapons than the standard 'short cylinder' of the usual shell spinners.

Efficient? Not a chance.
Effective? Kinda.
Could be better? Definately
Fun to build and cool to watch, Hell Yes.

Titanium 5, if my addled brain recalls correctly. 4 ants, hypno wheels on npc fasts.

Why Wrath? Something about the design screams a rage-fueled attack to me.

yoda9726 · « **Reply #96 on:** July 16, 2010, 07:16:33 AM »

DP.

Twas playing around with the hovercraft engine, and this happened. Don't know if this has been seen before. I thought it was interesting, albeit useless since it only seems to work in the bot lab.

Maybe one of you can figure something out with it.

123savethewhales · « **Reply #97 on:** July 16, 2010, 08:30:53 AM »

what happens if you actually put batteries/control boards in?

Condor33 · « **Reply #98 on:** July 16, 2010, 08:37:29 AM »

I think that happens because the hovercraft engine gets confused and thinks your spinner is the ground, and starts spazzing out trying to hover away from something attached to it. It's like dangling a carrot in front of a horse. Neither work in real life.

Pwnator · « **Reply #99 on:** July 16, 2010, 08:41:36 AM »

I think the hovercraft engine always wants to stay away from components that are under it (in this case, there always will be components under it). This must be why the engine's begging to be glitched out. XD