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521
« on: June 28, 2010, 06:20:08 PM »
In this case, yes. Having a wide weapon stance like this (necessary in order to beat RPP and other larger bots) leaves the front wide open, and the only way to completely protect it is with that armor, since there are no weapons light enough and can cover as much area.
522
« on: June 28, 2010, 05:22:15 PM »
Presenting Pulsar XDB:  5mm titanium, NPC Fasts, 3 halfsheets, and everything else is visible. Finally dealt with that Dual Perm nonsense, so the weapons are better, and of course it's more stable. and two updates:   I changed the armor on Epicycle to 5mm plastic to lengthen the weapon bars, but now it has much less armor. ReFraction now has wider weapon racks and more external armor (in exchange for 5mm plastic though), and now has a greater chance against RPP.
523
« on: June 28, 2010, 05:53:47 AM »
Shorten the chassis, and if I were you, I would exchange some pistons for more weapons, and get rid of the Y-connectors.
524
« on: June 27, 2010, 10:22:09 PM »
Just AIed and tested my MW 4Z-Tek 12 iron HS, and it's better than I thought it was: 
525
« on: June 26, 2010, 11:15:00 PM »
Ounce's sawbot looks like a better candidate for a Gammaraze rebuild. :D
That was the intention, but yours probably has the better wedge. Looks good. Though I usually prefer plastic 5 + external armor over titanium 5. Actually I been dropping my armor to as low as titanium 1 even for HW and focus the weight on static external armors.
I would add top armor on this if I could, but any kind will ruin the invertibility except for 2 skirts on a ME, which doesn't really protect it well.
526
« on: June 26, 2010, 06:42:45 PM »
Requiem v2 ?
Bingo! Also I never noticed that SHW before. Yours does look more vulnerable though.
527
« on: June 26, 2010, 05:44:46 PM »
A SHW from one of my v2.4 teams, Epicycle:  9 ants, 5mm titanium, 360kgs of sledgehammers on 3 medium Perm 132s, one halfsheet, steel and plastic skirt protecting the bottom. Yes it can run both ways up, but I had to use an extra flipper segment in the setup to make it so. Very good at sweeping away opponents, as expected from HS/SnS hybrids, but for some reason, it loses its weapons easily against wedge-less VSs. I'm probably going to fix that by shortening the Perms, lengthening the bars holding the hammers, and using the perpendicular AP on the hammers to attach them. Hopefully the weapon bars will be more protected then.
 1mm titanium, 3 ants. Slower drive unfortunately, but at least it doesn't havok.
And this...  5mm titanium, 2 halfsheets on the bottom, 8 100cm sawblades on 4 Perm 80s, 8 ants, and NPC fasts. Typical sawbot, but I don't know about the wedges.
528
« on: June 26, 2010, 04:45:58 PM »
You must make a HW popup. A true popup will not be accepted.
I'd rather it stays a regular popup.
Starting to dislike true popups as well are we? Well, I had my entry built yesterday, but I'm having AIing problems. I tried giving it THZ.py, but it won't swing its hammer when the opponent's in the smartzone. I thought I had AIed it wrong until I noticed the recent posts in the BTTB 1 thread. If I did everything right then the problem is most likely that the hammer is too heavy. I'll see if I can work out the problems and then I'll send it to you G.K..
529
« on: June 26, 2010, 06:05:05 AM »
The drive is fine, but seeing how it has a wedge...
530
« on: June 26, 2010, 04:24:17 AM »
It looks like you're overweight by a few hectograms (or whatever one tenth of a kilogram is). Might I suggest shrinking the chassis enough to get you at the weight limit?
531
« on: June 26, 2010, 03:10:38 AM »
I would use a U-shaped chassis, and as for the "tipping over" problem, you could easily solve this by attaching sideways-pointing skirts somewhere, the flippers, on multis, or maybe even a baseplate halfsheet if you have the weight.
532
« on: June 25, 2010, 04:02:35 PM »
Thank god I don't have to put a wedge on my bot, but if we're competing in an open arena, then I'm going to get owned by the flipper if it's good enough.
533
« on: June 25, 2010, 12:28:07 AM »
The small Perm 132 has always weighed 90 kgs for me.
534
« on: June 24, 2010, 08:14:59 PM »
It depends on which size Perm he's using.
535
« on: June 24, 2010, 05:21:24 PM »
Abstract Golem:  5mm plastic, normal wheelchair motors, 6 ants, 6 razors, and 2 large beater bars. Originally it didn't have a Flying Guillotine-esque setup, but the old one (using heavy snowplows and plastic extenders) was too low and too heavy for my liking, so it was changed to this. The two plastic skirts are to help it move when it's inverted. I built it specifically to take on popups. The strategy is to stand above its opponent without moving and drive its hammers into its opponent's sides, but the way it is AIed now (with BountyHunter.py) it doesn't execute that strategy well. I most likely need a custom python for this, but I don't know jack sh!t about writing them.
536
« on: June 24, 2010, 05:04:56 AM »
My team very much sucks, but I couldn't come up with any outstanding combination. I'm not expecting to fare well.
537
« on: June 23, 2010, 09:42:42 AM »
Guess who's back?  Basically everything is visible, except for the DSA and a bit of the 60 cm wedge (which is only decent, but can still get under a few bots). The chassis wedge is rather shallow so it can take on quite a few HSs. I had 4 kilos left so I added ballast extenders to the wedge (I didn't want to lengthen the wedge because I thought it would cause issues with reach).
538
« on: June 23, 2010, 03:51:24 AM »
Oh hey Dex!
539
« on: June 23, 2010, 12:19:09 AM »
Happy birthday 40757!
540
« on: June 22, 2010, 05:16:33 PM »
I didn't realize that last time I posted here, it had been one year since I started this showcase. Happy late anniversary I guess. Whatever, anyway:  Infinitude, 5mm titanium, NPC fasts, 4 ants, 30 large beater bars and 54 irons. External armor consists of 2 baseplate half-sheets, 2 40cm angled titanium skirts and straight steel skirts, 30x80 DSL bar and a 30cm side panel. It can take on most NAR AI SHWs, and yes it can get stuck on its front, but I haven't found a way to fix this yet. I didn't realize until after I finished that it's kinda like a DSL SHW Dark July. lol
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