Shield's dumpster

[Sylandro]

I like the looks of The Wall.

[Shield]

Gave Hurricane an update to celebrate my first ever tournament win.





And, built a new bot.





Was a bit worried that the motors weren't powerful enough.

My fears were for naught after seeing Crash chuck Big Metal Friend right out of the arena in 20 seconds.





The same applied to Velociraptor.





Probably going to enter Storm into BB7 and Crash Landing into any tournament that doesn't have an enclosed arena.

[Mystic2000]

Wide ramplates sucks, replace them with DSL bars

[Shield]

Wide ramplates sucks, replace them with DSL bars

Imma just wait for the older forum members' opinion before I make any changes.

[Naryar]

but actually mystic's advice is good.

also, sloppy extender work. Make it better and cleaner.

You also can remove half the batteries on your VS.

[Shield]

but actually mystic's advice is good.

also, sloppy extender work. Make it better and cleaner.

You also can remove half the batteries on your VS.

Alrighty, DSL bars it is.

And regarding extender work, exactly how can I improve?

[Naryar]

Improving extender work in simple in theory, and quite simple in practice with some experience. Here's the theory
-Make it so you use less weight on your extender work (so you can use it on more helpful stuff, like weapons)
-This WITHOUT sacrificing extender HP, unless the extender is in a position where HP doesn't matter

Now apply this to your bot. I will give you one example : you can attach your armor or other extenders without the angled connectors by just using a round extender's attachment points. You will save 20kg on your bot by doing so, and remove four small weakpoints.

For the rest of what you need to make your extender work better... well, figure it out yourself. Else you will not grow as a builder.

[Shield]

Improving extender work in simple in theory, and quite simple in practice with some experience. Here's the theory
-Make it so you use less weight on your extender work (so you can use it on more helpful stuff, like weapons)
-This WITHOUT sacrificing extender HP, unless the extender is in a position where HP doesn't matter

Now apply this to your bot. I will give you one example : you can attach your armor or other extenders without the angled connectors by just using a round extender's attachment points. You will save 20kg on your bot by doing so, and remove four small weakpoints.

For the rest of what you need to make your extender work better... well, figure it out yourself. Else you will not grow as a builder.

The weapons can't be any heavier or the disc won't have enough speed.

And also regarding wedges, I need to make better wedges. Tips?

[Naryar]

The weapons can't be any heavier or the disc won't have enough speed.

And also regarding wedges, I need to make better wedges. Tips?

Then you quite obviously need to invest more kg's in a better motor.

It has far too much armor for a VS in general, anyways, and your armor is unefficient. Best armor you can get in DSL2 is heavy plows and small metallic skirts.

[Shield]

The weapons can't be any heavier or the disc won't have enough speed.

And also regarding wedges, I need to make better wedges. Tips?

Then you quite obviously need to invest more kg's in a better motor.

It has far too much armor for a VS in general, anyways, and your armor is unefficient. Best armor you can get in DSL2 is heavy plows and small metallic skirts.

K.

Wedges? Crash can get under Backyard Shredder and that's it, it cant get under Second Sentinal and Shebeast.

[090901]

Only use the middle attachment point if you are going to use skirt hinges if you want better wedges.

[Shield]

Only use the middle attachment point if you are going to use skirt hinges if you want better wedges.

What's the best extender to use for wedges? DSL axles? Regular hinges?

[Naryar]

Wedges you can make with skirt hinges, metal hinges, axles, or burst motors.

Use either skirts or small wedges.

[090901]

Only use the middle attachment point if you are going to use skirt hinges if you want better wedges.

What's the best extender to use for wedges? DSL axles? Regular hinges?

Skirt hinges and metal hinges are the best ones.

[AlexGRFan97]

IMHO, the best thing for getting under your opponent are small wedges connected to a burst motor (flipper in other words). Take a look at Virus Bomb's Taurus for example, that thing gets underneath DSC's Dreadhog from Realism AI 9 times out of 10, and that robot was LOW, with a capital L.

[090901]

IMHO, the best thing for getting under your opponent are small wedges connected to a burst motor (flipper in other words). Take a look at Virus Bomb's Taurus for example, that thing gets underneath DSC's Dreadhog from Realism AI 9 times out of 10, and that robot was LOW, with a capital L.

He was asking what extender would work the best 

[Mr. AS]

Only use the middle attachment point if you are going to use skirt hinges if you want better wedges.

What's the best extender to use for wedges? DSL axles? Regular hinges?

metal hinge + titainum halfsheet (the one in extras) + small wedge. works (almost) every time.

[AlexGRFan97]

He was asking what extender would work the best 

Well, in that case they were connected to DSL Bars.

[Shield]

Updated Storm. Removed side armor, gave it better weapons. Now it looks like Mako.



And also, is this IRL?

[Naryar]

Much better.

Yes, that is IRL.