ROBOCRAFT

[KOS]

My first tier 1 bot :D - Based of a BTR-90

[Kossokei]

I can see plasma cannon fliers being honestly overpowered if the enemy team doesn't have a laser flier.

But then again, it's a welcome change from all the gunbeds...

Kinda reminds you of the shelling power of a Basilisk, doesn't it?

This'll bring about some fun. It's a bit boring with just the lasers.

[123savethewhales]

I can see plasma cannon fliers being honestly overpowered if the enemy team doesn't have a laser flier.

But then again, it's a welcome change from all the gunbeds...

As if Laser Fliers aren't OP enough at higher Tier.

Hey let's just cover a black rectangle with Laser L5s and Thrusters L5s.  Honestly it doesn't take plasma for wheels/hoverpads to be useless, with hovercrafts being the worst by far.

If anything plasma will make virtually no difference because Flying Laser Rectangles will still dominate this game.

[Domanating]

It's funny because the devs made this new gun to nerf flyers by only allowing it to be placed on top of the bot. They might have failed to realize that with the help of ballast cubes you can make an inverted flyer and have the gun pointing down.

If anything plasma will make virtually no difference because Flying Laser Rectangles will still dominate this game.

Plasmas have insane range compared to lasers, so with a bit of target practice you can take them out and stay safely way out of range of their lasers. Plasma flyers on the other hand, is what concerns me.

[martymidget]

Greenpeace would be proud



Greeenin up. Shame about the terrible wheels and most of the terrible guns. Will replace once fully greened.

[KOS]

Looks really cool

[123savethewhales]

It's funny because the devs made this new gun to nerf flyers by only allowing it to be placed on top of the bot. They might have failed to realize that with the help of ballast cubes you can make an inverted flyer and have the gun pointing down.

If anything plasma will make virtually no difference because Flying Laser Rectangles will still dominate this game.

Plasmas have insane range compared to lasers, so with a bit of target practice you can take them out and stay safely way out of range of their lasers. Plasma flyers on the other hand, is what concerns me.

Look, flyer controls range, they don't need "insane" range to kill a gunbed, they just need..... 2 more meters, like say if they use front mount instead of top mount.

This design for example already slaughter gunbed



And you know what?  They are unplayable because of flying laser rectangles everywhere.  It will be the same for plasma flyers, or plasma anything.  If you have lasers to shoot back they have to back off and dive back in.  If you are plasma they just focus fire on you, and you can't outrun a thruster covered flying black rectangle for obvious reasons.

[Domanating]

It's funny because the devs made this new gun to nerf flyers by only allowing it to be placed on top of the bot. They might have failed to realize that with the help of ballast cubes you can make an inverted flyer and have the gun pointing down.

If anything plasma will make virtually no difference because Flying Laser Rectangles will still dominate this game.

Plasmas have insane range compared to lasers, so with a bit of target practice you can take them out and stay safely way out of range of their lasers. Plasma flyers on the other hand, is what concerns me.

Look, flyer controls range, they don't need "insane" range to kill a gunbed, they just need..... 2 more meters, like say if they use front mount instead of top mount.

I know that. I think you misread my last post. It's not the flyers that need insane range but the ground units that have plasmas have a huge range advantage compared to laser flyers. So they can shoot them out from a distance with a bit of aiming practice.

Of course if you are picked as their target you'll have a hard time aiming the plasma guns or fail completely but you still have your teammates backing up. There will always be one player that will be serve as bait while the others try shooting the flyer down. Everyone wants to get of rid of them so someone will surely back you up.
You can be a plasma and be picked first by the flyer but what are the odds of having just one plasma in your team?

The real issue is having plasma flyers. Those stay way out of the lasers range, plasma ground units will have a near impossible task to shoot them down and the flyer will safely bombard us to pieces.

[Kossokei]

It's funny because the devs made this new gun to nerf flyers by only allowing it to be placed on top of the bot. They might have failed to realize that with the help of ballast cubes you can make an inverted flyer and have the gun pointing down.

If anything plasma will make virtually no difference because Flying Laser Rectangles will still dominate this game.

Plasmas have insane range compared to lasers, so with a bit of target practice you can take them out and stay safely way out of range of their lasers. Plasma flyers on the other hand, is what concerns me.

Look, flyer controls range, they don't need "insane" range to kill a gunbed, they just need..... 2 more meters, like say if they use front mount instead of top mount.

I know that. I think you misread my last post. It's not the flyers that need insane range but the ground units that have plasmas have a huge range advantage compared to laser flyers. So they can shoot them out from a distance with a bit of aiming practice.

Of course if you are picked as their target you'll have a hard time aiming the plasma guns or fail completely but you still have your teammates backing up. There will always be one player that will be serve as bait while the others try shooting the flyer down. Everyone wants to get of rid of them so someone will surely back you up.
You can be a plasma and be picked first by the flyer but what are the odds of having just one plasma in your team?

The real issue is having plasma flyers. Those stay way out of the lasers range, plasma ground units will have a near impossible task to shoot them down and the flyer will safely bombard us to pieces.

Do remember that a laser is instantaneous and a plasma cannon is not, and can be dodged with more ease as the range increases.

This goes both ways.

[Domanating]

It's funny because the devs made this new gun to nerf flyers by only allowing it to be placed on top of the bot. They might have failed to realize that with the help of ballast cubes you can make an inverted flyer and have the gun pointing down.

If anything plasma will make virtually no difference because Flying Laser Rectangles will still dominate this game.

Plasmas have insane range compared to lasers, so with a bit of target practice you can take them out and stay safely way out of range of their lasers. Plasma flyers on the other hand, is what concerns me.

Look, flyer controls range, they don't need "insane" range to kill a gunbed, they just need..... 2 more meters, like say if they use front mount instead of top mount.

I know that. I think you misread my last post. It's not the flyers that need insane range but the ground units that have plasmas have a huge range advantage compared to laser flyers. So they can shoot them out from a distance with a bit of aiming practice.

Of course if you are picked as their target you'll have a hard time aiming the plasma guns or fail completely but you still have your teammates backing up. There will always be one player that will be serve as bait while the others try shooting the flyer down. Everyone wants to get of rid of them so someone will surely back you up.
You can be a plasma and be picked first by the flyer but what are the odds of having just one plasma in your team?

The real issue is having plasma flyers. Those stay way out of the lasers range, plasma ground units will have a near impossible task to shoot them down and the flyer will safely bombard us to pieces.

Do remember that a laser is instantaneous and a plasma cannon is not, and can be dodged with more ease as the range increases.

This goes both ways.

True, buuuuuut flyers need to stay relatively still to aim properly. I know it from personal experience.

[Mr. AS]

Apparently the cannons will be able to be shot halfway across the map from the base.

dayum son

[Naryar]

op plasma pls nerf

[123savethewhales]

The real issue is having plasma flyers. Those stay way out of the lasers range, plasma ground units will have a near impossible task to shoot them down and the flyer will safely bombard us to pieces.

The real issue is, just flyers.  Plasma or not they own the game, and the only reason they don't flood the game is because they are hard to build.

Actually hitting enemy flyers with plasma is..... you know that thing goes at an arc and not strait.  How exactly do you hit a moving target at Thruster L5s Speed?

[Naryar]

Hey, of course flyers are op, after all they have a third dimension to move and far more tactical things. But then again they are just hard to build and drive.

Also, you can Stuka the gunpods and hovercrafts. After all planes beat tanks right ?

[Domanating]

The real issue is, just flyers.  Plasma or not they own the game, and the only reason they don't flood the game is because they are hard to build.

If you can't fight them, join them.

Actually hitting enemy flyers with plasma is..... you know that thing goes at an arc and not strait.  How exactly do you hit a moving target at Thruster L5s Speed?

Practice, predicting the enemies position in the next few seconds. I can't really be sure about this until I get the plasmas. But seeing the video makes it look feasible.

Also, you can Stuka the gunpods and hovercrafts. After all planes beat tanks right ?

These tanks can point the guns vertically so they have better chance of survival than the poor real ones.

[123savethewhales]

The real issue is, just flyers.  Plasma or not they own the game, and the only reason they don't flood the game is because they are hard to build.

If you can't fight them, join them.

When I got enough RP to cover my bot in thruster L5s, I will.

Hey, of course flyers are op, after all they have a third dimension to move and far more tactical things. But then again they are just hard to build and drive.

Also, you can Stuka the gunpods and hovercrafts. After all planes beat tanks right ?

Hovercraft is basically sh** tier, and is even worst against air than tanks.

[KOS]

Tier 2 Popup in Robocraft :D 2 L3 Top Cannons and 1 L2

[Mr. AS]

does it work...?

[123savethewhales]

One thing you should know about collision, all prism/tetra are treated as cubes during combat.

[Naryar]

aaaah plasma cannons can't wait to try aaah