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« on: June 05, 2010, 05:49:11 PM »
Take a new picture whenever you make major changes. It's hard to give good advice when all we have is a mental image.
 Here's what I've got so far, currently working around Steel 5, and considering moving the Ants around so I can keep my wheels internalized.
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« on: June 05, 2010, 05:37:11 PM »
Ok, a couple different plans going on. First, I tinkered with weight, and found that I could actually upgrade to the 6-engine. I basically had to tear out the entire inside to get it to fit, but I did, and there's a LOT of kinetic energy getting involved now.
Gonna try rebuilding it as a square to keep the engines inside the armor. One sec.
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« on: June 05, 2010, 04:52:03 PM »
Ok, I've taken the suggestions, stripped out a lot of battery weight, put in some NPC fasts, and am tinkering with armor thickness.
The difference was immediately obvious. I've gone from plodding along, almost completely unable to turn except how my blade wants me to, to being fast AND strong. Like, really fast. I crashed into the test room's wall when I first hit the throttle.
Edit: A new problem has presented itself. With my lighter body (I'm currently at about 700 kg right now, and that's with 5mm steel) and high speed, the weight of my weapons is actually proving to be a bit of a liability. If I make a turn too fast, especially if I'm speeding up, I get flung right around. I could downgrade to lighter hammers, but that'd also mean weaker ones, and I have enough problems with the things coming off as it is. Advice?
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« on: June 05, 2010, 04:40:44 PM »
I mean the weapon DSL bars. They're tougher than regular steel extenders and deal some damage.
Oh, those! I'll be honest, I was so caught up in not being too much like Tornado Mec that I completely forgot those had attach points.
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« on: June 05, 2010, 04:36:28 PM »
@JH: What is the armor?
10mm Titanium. NPC Fasts are the most commonly used drive motors, and for good reason. They rock. Use the left/right versions and for some reason you can even mount them half-outside the chassis. They weight double a piglet (40kg) but 2 fasts are easily better than 4 piglets in my opinion, especially with the right wheels (the grippest small wheels are Hypnos, otherwise you'll be going up to the big wheels like Techno Destructos)
This is useful information. Thank you! This is why I asked you guys, I'd have to learn all this on my own, and I'm terrible at that. @Nary: Yup. Definitely needs a better drive. And if you mean the DSL Tribar, I've tried that. Usually just resulted in me spinning upside down, wishing I had a SRIMech. (Hence, the spike on top)
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« on: June 05, 2010, 04:27:43 PM »
I'll be honest, the drive train really needs help, just about anything with four wheels can push me wherever they want me to go, and there's rarely much I can do about it. Snow Job has humiliated me, for crap's sake. I just have a lot of trouble fitting Magmotors into a symmetrical frame.
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« on: June 05, 2010, 04:06:09 PM »
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen! Been a couple of days since I first started playing RA2 now, and I've been experimenting with designs, playing, and reading the wiki a good bit. Think I feel confident enough to throw my hat in and say hecko. So, without further ado, the first bot that I've let see the light of day, Kinetitronic! KinetitronicHeavyweight  Type: Horizontal Spinner Chassis: 10mm Titanium Propulsion: Piglet Brushless Motor x4 Power: PN Battlepack x6, Ant Battery x2 Weaponry: DSL Hammer #1 x2, attached to 100cm steel extenders, and spun by a Tornado Mer Gearbox. Pros- Powerful weaponry
- Durable construction
- Pretty snazzy lookin'
Cons- Poor control
- Weak drive train
Definitely need to fix up the drive train.
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