Author Topic: The DSL Super Efficient Designs of The Ounce (Read 109952 times)

The Ounce · « **Reply #80 on:** July 02, 2009, 03:43:48 PM »

I'm pretty sure that it has enough battery supply to swing that much weapon mass, so I'm not too worried.

The Ounce · « **Reply #81 on:** July 03, 2009, 03:18:38 PM »

I really don't want to showcase this bot. Sage and Naryar, you have permission to kill me. Still, here's one of my best HWs, Crosswind:

Techno Destructo wheels on drive E-teks
8 ant batteries
4 70kg hammerheads
5mm titanium

Strengths:

Heavily armored
Durable weaponry
Remains fairly stable even after losing a weapon head

Weaknesses:

Pinball ripoff
Doesn't spin as fast as some SnS
Gets launched over walls easily
Underpowered by about 10 amps

It does well but ultimately loses in arenas with low walls. It's quite resistant to wedges for a SnS. It can thus beat all of the DSL HWs (with Pon2n being an exception, for obvious reasons), but I'm pretty sure its performance against other bots will change when the Nar AI pack comes out. It's still an excellent bot and I love driving it.

System32 · « **Reply #82 on:** July 03, 2009, 03:41:46 PM »

That top armour isn't needed for an SNS for a start, but since you have such a slow drive, I'll just ignore it.

And The motors in RA2 are kinda weird, the can function at half the power as long as there ain't any Burst motors. If anything, your bot is overpowered.

Sage · « **Reply #83 on:** July 03, 2009, 05:10:43 PM »

There's no reason to kill you. It's not a Pinball rip off because it uses 2 drive motors, not 4, and has 4 hammers instead of 2.

Its well built, small chassis, and looks good.

Plus, Pinball was a rip off of something else, just much much better :P

The Ounce · « **Reply #84 on:** July 03, 2009, 05:21:58 PM »

I actually don't know what the current version of Pinball looks like. I just know that this bot was inspired by Pinball.

Sage · « **Reply #85 on:** July 03, 2009, 05:39:40 PM »

Pwnator · « **Reply #86 on:** July 03, 2009, 05:46:01 PM »

Whoa. I haven't seen that before. :O

Oh, and Ounce, as said, the bot is overpowered. SnS can still do serious damage even with less than half of the theoretical battery output.

But it's still cleanly built. I like. :D

The Ounce · « **Reply #87 on:** July 03, 2009, 11:31:00 PM »

I could get rid of a couple of those batteries, but I wouldn't know what to do with the remaining weight.

And Sage, thanks for clearing that up. I just felt that this bot was really unoriginal.

Naryar · « **Reply #88 on:** July 04, 2009, 12:01:56 AM »

me thinks it would be better with faster speed and less armor.

and yeah for this 4 ants is enough. sit and spinners can be underpowered as

, they still work fine.

The Ounce · « **Reply #89 on:** July 04, 2009, 01:31:54 AM »

Snooping as usual I see Naryar?

Well here you go anyway: the new Crosswind. The inside was left pretty much the same, the outside however...

Improvements:

4 Vlads on 4 drive E-teks
4 60kg sledgehammers
Flipper segments and DSL bars for armor

Spins faster and just as stable as the first one, but it's much less durable. It can also fight better in arenas with low walls because of the decreased weapon diameter. Though the top and bottom are pretty vulnerable if reached. I also feel more like a ripoff artist because S32 entered something exactly like it in CC2.

Doomkiller · « **Reply #90 on:** July 04, 2009, 01:39:38 AM »

Quote from: The Ounce;48556

I also feel more like a ripoff artist because S32 entered something exactly like it in CC2.

except S32's a SHW. Nice looking however and probably very damaging. Very airtight chassis too

R0B0SH4RK · « **Reply #91 on:** July 04, 2009, 01:42:17 AM »

I preferred the last one. Personally, I like 3 drive motors and 3 weapons. It's a nice balance (Naryar totally ripped it off from me for his GUMBA entry :P).

Don't worry about originality at this point. That will simply come with experience. Basically all of the current top builders started off cloning too. Get all of your techniques down pat, and creativity will come.

The Ounce · « **Reply #92 on:** July 04, 2009, 02:09:37 AM »

Quote from: Pwnator;48505

Whoa. I haven't seen that before. :O

???

Pwnator · « **Reply #93 on:** July 04, 2009, 02:17:42 AM »

Pinball 2, I mean. XD

And don't worry about cloning bots. R0B0's right. All of the best builders here cloned the best bots of their respective eras. And when you're good enough, you'll eventually develop your own style. :D

The Ounce · « **Reply #94 on:** July 06, 2009, 05:00:43 PM »

Stiletto is back with a new weapon setup:

It can't really beat Lock Nut anymore because the backup weapon is weaker than the first version, but it now has better frontal defense. Overall, it's just as good as the first version of Stiletto 2.0.

For those who have viewed my Stock showcase, you'll know what this is:

Yup, it's a DSL version

TWM3R motors with Hypnos
6 ant batteries
4 razors on a Mag Snapper
3mm plastic

It's fast and has decent defense, but the wedge isn't that effective. it's also underpowered by about 10 amps. At least the weapon's good.

Reier · « **Reply #95 on:** July 06, 2009, 05:01:59 PM »

<3<3<3<3 the popup.

Naryar · « **Reply #96 on:** July 06, 2009, 05:10:31 PM »

^^qft.

Quote from: R0B0SH4RK;48558

(Naryar totally ripped it off from me for his GUMBA entry :P).

Cataclysm is much better than your crappy white tribar design SnS anyways.

System32 · « **Reply #97 on:** July 06, 2009, 05:23:22 PM »

2 SnS? I love you.

Crosswind 2: Lighten those extenders for a better drive if you can manage it. You should use the end extenders for a slighly longer reach and thus a better attack. Also, Secret Nazi SnS FTW.

Naryar · « **Reply #98 on:** July 06, 2009, 05:47:39 PM »

And i forgot... Ounce, please send me a team for NAR AI. You have much more than the skills required.

The Ounce · « **Reply #99 on:** July 08, 2009, 04:33:32 PM »

Question: What has seen 7 complete revisions and countless sub-revisions and has not seen a decent one until today?
Answer: Pulsar v7.0:

2 Vlads on NPC fasts
4 ant batteries and 2 battlepacks
2 70kg hammerheads and 2 60kg sledgehammers
5mm titanium

It's now much more stable, but the external armor is weak as well as the stabilizers, but it's better than just leaving the chassis unprotected.