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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #120 on: July 24, 2016, 12:44:38 AM »
Workin' on a bot for BattleWens.  Wanted to kinda combine Metal Crusher and Clash Century (from Pot Luck 2).  Came up with this:



I had some extra weight left over so I went ahead and gave it a Blacksmith hammer:



It's really friggin slow, and lives or dies on its wedges (like all RA2 bots).

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #121 on: July 24, 2016, 02:39:56 AM »
the lack of drive is going to kill you. badly.

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #122 on: July 24, 2016, 10:50:53 AM »
the lack of drive is going to kill you. badly.

what do

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #123 on: July 24, 2016, 11:31:27 AM »
the lack of drive is going to kill you. badly.

what do
Don't think it will be a problem against Wen's bot, DSL seems to have a slow drive in general?
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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #124 on: July 24, 2016, 11:47:11 AM »
I mean, even though the drive is painfully slow, I'd imagine that the decent wheel base would allow it to turn on the spot relatively quickly. Since AI turns to face the opponent and then drives forward you'll probably be okay, you only need to point your front at them with a bot like that anyway, not chase them down. Likely gonna get shoved around all day tho, won't be able to pin much outside of the weapons drawing them inwards.

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #125 on: July 25, 2016, 01:46:46 AM »
the lack of drive is going to kill you. badly.

what do

honestly ? remove the flamethrower. as cool as it is it's going to be in effect only 1/5ths of the time.

or just set it up on the front so it's a static flamer. then you can use a lighter burst.

Pretty sure you should also use weapons without normals on that, but.

If you are fighting against Wen then it may win but... you really need npcf drive.

I have no idea how it is so heavy too... and remove that rear spike, it ain't doing you any favors. if you want it as a rear stabilizers use a polycarbonate skirt.

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #126 on: July 25, 2016, 01:54:26 AM »
the lack of drive is going to kill you. badly.

what do

honestly ? remove the flamethrower. as cool as it is it's going to be in effect only 1/5ths of the time.

or just set it up on the front so it's a static flamer. then you can use a lighter burst.

Pretty sure you should also use weapons without normals on that, but.

If you are fighting against Wen then it may win but... you really need npcf drive.

I have no idea how it is so heavy too... and remove that rear spike, it ain't doing you any favors. if you want it as a rear stabilizers use a polycarbonate skirt.

Honestly the flamethrower should be static but ehhh who cares.

I thought razors didn't have normals?

I'm not fighting Wen with it, it's for his tournament.

The rear spike is because Clash Century had a rear knife as a stabilizer.  Much like the flamethrower, it's useless but I kinda like it.

eeehhh i'll probably upgrade it sometime

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #127 on: July 25, 2016, 11:02:29 AM »
razors have no normals but spikestrips have

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #128 on: July 29, 2016, 12:15:50 AM »

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #129 on: July 29, 2016, 04:40:00 AM »
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I liked the original one better(mostly because I'm not much of a fan seeing AI parts on all bots) but this one is probably more effective. Is the flamethrower firing all the time?
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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #130 on: September 14, 2016, 10:27:27 AM »
Some stuff, hopefully for Rob's thing:


Undercutter.  Has magmotor drive and double-magmotor for the spinner.


Bet you can't guess which robot from Battlebots this is based on!
Has Perm-128 for the bar and magmotor drive I think.  Had to use CF to get the motor axle to intersect the front plates like that.

And for the main attraction:

BTH has had a number of minor improvements since 2nd Chance.  I downgraded the back armor (since it never got hit anyway) to get some more weight.  I added another air tank so hopefully the flamethrower can last all 3 minutes, and kinda improved the front wedge?  Controversially, I've also CF'ed the flamethrower inside the hammer, to make it more similar to the real Blacksmith.

Any suggestions before I send them off?

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #131 on: September 14, 2016, 10:32:04 AM »
Holy sh**!


Happy to see another undercutter

Really liking the upgraded Hammer, and nah, not controversial. Just game limitations  ;)

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #132 on: September 18, 2016, 02:29:29 PM »

Remember who hit it first with the flaming hammer design.

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #133 on: September 26, 2016, 09:39:57 AM »
Behold... the greatest robot ever!


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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #134 on: September 26, 2016, 09:53:18 AM »


Wonder if a smaller version using actual wheels would work better.
also lol at most toxic guy around calling others out on this sh**
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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #135 on: September 26, 2016, 01:15:31 PM »
hey badger thats a white pride meme dont use it

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #136 on: September 26, 2016, 06:40:57 PM »
A few updates later, and:



Version on the left is CW for GTM Robot Wars, version on the right is HW for Sword of Glory.

It's not exactly the most maneuverable robot.  I have extenders all over the wheels because they seem to provide a bit of traction, but they also make starting up from not moving more difficult.  I donno.

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #137 on: September 27, 2016, 09:42:08 AM »
That's pretty damn cool.

Its a shame the discs aren't that durable, otherwise it would've been a right killer robot. :P

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #138 on: January 31, 2017, 05:23:31 PM »
So, I told Demon that if he entered ironyforge, I'd enter his tournament.  Should have known better than to make a deal with a Demon.

So I built this.  Meet, Red 259!  I mean, Hornbob Fury!


Ant wheels for two reasons:
1. Flush with ground.
2. They fit totally inside the chassis.

It probably has armor, I forget which.

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Re: Thrackerzod is bad at DSL
« Reply #139 on: January 31, 2017, 05:58:53 PM »
Cool build, but I'd have used a different disc so it didn't look like a total clone.