Urjaks Old and Masterful Showcase

[Urjak]

Just drive with drums off, then with drums on.  It all depends on how many motors you have on at the time.  It will be slow when all 4 motors are on at a time.

You're right, with the motors on the 3 battery version is a bit slower than the 4 battery version. However, with the wheels changed to shinies, it goes about as fast if not a tad slower than vlads with 3 batteries. As such I am not sure if there is much benefit.

[Squirrel_Monkey]

Could you get 4 ants + rubbers?

[123savethewhales]

Just drive with drums off, then with drums on.  It all depends on how many motors you have on at the time.  It will be slow when all 4 motors are on at a time.

You're right, with the motors on the 3 battery version is a bit slower than the 4 battery version. However, with the wheels changed to shinies, it goes about as fast if not a tad slower than vlads with 3 batteries. As such I am not sure if there is much benefit.

Well your weapons will be at full speed.

Could you get 4 ants + rubbers?

Unless we talking NAR AI it will only have 1 grip.

[Squirrel_Monkey]

Yeah but HP are better, I thought these bots were defence>offence.

[Urjak]

Alright, I decided to go four the 4 battery and shinies setup. Testing will be completed soon.

[Urjak]

I have finally built my Potluck entry (SnS), and I am quite happy with how it turned out. It can consistently do this:



Hope No More^

And this:



Rotation-Powered Pulsar^

There is only one bot I have tested against that can (rather cheaply) consistently beat it in NAR AI (and boy how I now hate that bot), but I do worry about that arena...

[123savethewhales]

Humm, I didn't think SnS would be able to beat either my double heavy plow popup or fatrat.  I mean they can even take on SHW flail SnS last I check, and I can't conceive a HW having more sweeping power than the SHW Quasar 1.7.  Unless of course you went the de-weapon route instead.

[Urjak]

Humm, I didn't think SnS would be able to beat either my double heavy plow popup or fatrat

Woops. Forgot to say this is Nar AI. I don't think there is an SnS around that could take out Fatrat or your wide popup.

[123savethewhales]

Well Antenna can do it sometimes.  Even if you can't sweep, de-weapon still works.  It just needs to be armored enough.

[Urjak]

It just needs to be armored enough.

Well that rules out my bot. :P

[Urjak]

Hello everybody! Seeing as everyone else is posting their BB 2 ideas, I might as well post mine:





Its name is Widow (hence the paint job). The weapon is powered by a Perm 132 and the drive is NPC Normals. Armor is 3mm Plastic.

What do you guys think? Any comments would be appreciated. :D

[ty4er]

Needs better drive
But it looks kewl

[Squirrel_Monkey]

A shorter wedge would be more IRL-ish.

[123savethewhales]

Hollow out the center to make it more realistic.

[Urjak]

@Ty4er: The drive with NPCs and small ants is just right for a balance between between stability and speed.

@S_M: Honestly, those long wedges are the only think that can keep this bot stable.

@123STW:



^That better?

[Squirrel_Monkey]

@S_M: Honestly, those long wedges are the only think that can keep this bot stable.

Excuses, excuses. :P

[Urjak]

@S_M: Honestly, those long wedges are the only think that can keep this bot stable.

Excuses, excuses. :P

Reasonable excuses my Saimiri friend. :P

[Squirrel_Monkey]

@S_M: Honestly, those long wedges are the only think that can keep this bot stable.

Excuses, excuses. :P

Reasonable excuses my Saimiri friend. :P

What gives you the right to use my formal name?
People do many things to make bots "perform better" with direct loss of IRL-ness. That is my slight issue with it.

[G.K.]

SM if anything I think the bot would look less like something someone would build in real life with shorter wedges.

[Squirrel_Monkey]

SM if anything I think the bot would look less like something someone would build in real life with shorter wedges.

Find me a IRL VS with long wedges.