Author Topic: Eh, my showcase (Read 5150 times)

Ice the frosty cat · « **on:** October 31, 2008, 03:48:56 AM »

Finally made a showcase; my robots aren't all that great which has put me off making one, but I might as well.

This is Frazzle 2, a remake of one of my first spinners.
Pros: It can still spin upsidedown
Cons: Its weapon breaks to easily and doesn't cause enough damage
Anyone know what I should replace them with?

H@zm47 · « **Reply #1 on:** October 31, 2008, 06:11:09 AM »

You've got weight left over and there are some way better weapons that you could have used (hammers are best).
What are the front wheels for?
If you don't need them, remove them. That will allow you to reduce the chassis size and add better batts (orange). That will give you even more weight to utilise.

EDIT: You should swap the generic tribar for a whyachi one. It's stronger

man manu · « **Reply #2 on:** October 31, 2008, 06:18:08 AM »

i swear the drive you're using is a weapon motor? put in some smaller drives then take off the front two wheels. After that you should be able to put in orange batts (as h@zm47 said) for the weapons see if you can put one of the dsl hamers on. heavier the better

Ice the frosty cat · « **Reply #3 on:** October 31, 2008, 06:57:29 AM »

Yeah, those are weapon motors. I was trying to make a spinner with decent mobility (most of my HS' are quite sluggish)
The extra wheels are for balance sake, but I guess I don't really need them.
Thanks for the advice, I'll give it a good workover after lunch

Naryar · « **Reply #4 on:** October 31, 2008, 07:43:53 AM »

Use drive E-teks.

Ice the frosty cat · « **Reply #5 on:** October 31, 2008, 08:05:10 AM »

Ok, I was having problems getting the weight up, so I downgraded the armour and removed a battery or two made it into my first decent Middleweight.

man manu · « **Reply #6 on:** October 31, 2008, 11:03:18 AM »

piglets dont work for drive

Urjak · « **Reply #7 on:** October 31, 2008, 11:06:57 AM »

Very true, and the chassis could be MUCH MUCH smaller.

70 CUDA · « **Reply #8 on:** October 31, 2008, 02:19:44 PM »

i know you have probly heard this 1000000 times but Urjak is right try to make the chassis to fit your bots internals not fit your internals in your chassis. this gives you better wight management ergo you have more wight for your wep and drive systems. i myself go thrugh about 6 to 10 vers for each bot before i post it. its not that i have to, i just fix all the problems i can each, unfortunatly i always make new problems each ver. lol. the reason i do this is so when i post it i will get more in depth fixes. the more you do this the better you will get.

Somebody · « **Reply #9 on:** November 01, 2008, 06:23:45 AM »

I hate it when you fix a problem like not enough weapons or you shrink the chassis and the bot becomes a black hole of suckiness forever.

Ice the frosty cat · « **Reply #10 on:** November 04, 2008, 01:30:15 PM »

Here's Cyber-swish

Generic design, but meh =/

Strengths: Speedy for a VS and can Oota robots occasionally
Weaknesses: Balance bars break easily

somestrangeguy · « **Reply #11 on:** November 04, 2008, 01:32:48 PM »

Otherwise good, but the other disc goes trough the weapon motor.

Reier · « **Reply #12 on:** November 04, 2008, 01:33:54 PM »

Maybe a wee bit over-powered...
Cool paintjob.

Naryar · « **Reply #13 on:** November 04, 2008, 01:56:33 PM »

Way better than your previous bots; although there are many things you can do to gain weight-removing all these ant batts, a better chassis, better extender work rather than these angled connectors.

70 CUDA · « **Reply #14 on:** November 04, 2008, 01:56:53 PM »

use a muti-extender instead of the base anchor and then attc. steel extender off the side ap. this will make you front bars stornger.

Ice the frosty cat · « **Reply #15 on:** November 04, 2008, 02:13:31 PM »

Thanks for the criticism guys ^_^
I've got another robot to showcase as well
Dolphin 4

The idea for this came about when I noticed how often robots went straight over robots, giving them a perfect chance to attack from the rear. Dolphin 4 combats this problem with two Vlad spikes which drill into robots while stopping them from flying over, with the large discs grinding away as well. The spikes also act as a srimech, by ramming spike-first into the wall, but in arenas where it's possible to be Oota'd, it can often throw itself out in the process

Naryar · « **Reply #16 on:** November 04, 2008, 02:16:34 PM »

The name really fits the bot, eh ??

Ice the frosty cat · « **Reply #17 on:** November 04, 2008, 02:19:55 PM »

Quote from: Naryar;20115

The name really fits the bot, eh ??

Ehehehe

philetbabe · « **Reply #18 on:** November 04, 2008, 03:06:56 PM »

again, realistic rules does not apply, anyway, there's a good idea behind this bot.

Somebody · « **Reply #19 on:** November 04, 2008, 04:44:46 PM »

Cyber-Swish weapons=FAIL. Get more durable weapons.