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« on: August 11, 2009, 06:41:39 AM »
I've had Robot Arena 2 for a while now, and I've kinda gotten the hang of it, but I decided to join the site to see if I could pick up any tips from people. This is one of my newer robots, Altitude, weighing in at 552.8. The front wedge does flip up, and the spikes can be lifted over the top of the robot for a variety of uses.




If there's any improvements I can make, please tell me. =)
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« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2009, 06:50:06 AM »
Welcome to the forums, dude. :D

It's pretty nice for a newcomer. But here are some more tips:

First of all, you're gonna need 2 supervolts to power the bot (remove the pinks). Also, you don't need the rear spikes. Always have your weapons face the opponent (sans horizontal spinners). You can back this up with a strong drive (which you already have) and wedges (which you also have) help a lot.

However, we encourage building to the weight limit so it should either be no more than 398.9kg for a MW (the HW should have 4WD HP-Ztek drive). Also, the servos give it a nice touch but a strong bot can take out the extenders before the razors would do substantial damage. Put them on a Snapper instead and have them arc from the back to the front. We call those popups.
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« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2009, 07:04:49 AM »
Ok so here are a few tips that pwnator never said.
check the beetlebros site for the electricity needed.
replace the snapper2's for DDT,s.
And last of all, get the combo ai components and madiaba's smartzones.
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« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2009, 07:14:50 AM »
Good call on the batt consumption and the combo pack. However, you don't really need DDT wedges. But yeah, razors on a DDT would be nice. Remove the middle snapper to gain the weight.

Also, you might need to rebuild the chassis a bit to attain the desired performance. :D

[Edit] Wow. I actually forgot to tell this. >.<

NFX, visit some of the showcases here. These will give you tons of ideas. :D
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« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2009, 07:22:47 AM »
But he could use the DDT wedges for flipping.
By the way, NFX,check pop-up ahead for a basic pop-up.
its in my stock showcase.
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« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2009, 07:44:29 AM »
this site as mentioned above http://beetlebros.gametechmods.com/ra2techs.htm is your key to stock building it is full of usefull things to try out to improve your skills.

also DSA armour is the best thing yet...

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Double-strength aluminum armor. This is a handy little glitch that gives you armor as light as aluminum, but stronger than steel.

To get it, simply don't apply any armor to your bot. Ignore the Armor menu. The armor the game gives your bot by default is just like aluminum, but it is twice as strong and it isn't shiny (the tell-tale sign of DS Al is to paint your bot black and rotate it around - it won't light up).


also dont forget you have 800kg of weight at your disposal so use as much as possible :-D

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« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2009, 09:48:22 AM »
You have no idea how much you can learn here. Take a look through clickbeetle's, mine, infiniteinertia's or pyscolones showcases. Roboshark and scrap daddy too. You will be amazed.
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« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2009, 09:57:48 AM »
Welcome to the forums, dude. It's pretty nice for a newcomer. But here are some more tips:

First of all, you're gonna need 2 supervolts to power the bot (remove the pinks). Also, you don't need the rear spikes. Always have your weapons face the opponent (sans horizontal spinners). You can back this up with a strong drive (which you already have) and wedges (which you also have) help a lot.

However, we encourage building to the weight limit so it should either be no more than 398.9kg for a MW (the HW should have 4WD HP-Ztek drive). Also, the servos give it a nice touch but a strong bot can take out the extenders before the razors would do substantial damage. Put them on a Snapper instead and have them arc from the back to the front. We call those popups.

Good call on the batt consumption and the combo pack. However, you don't really need DDT wedges. But yeah, razors on a DDT would be nice. Remove the middle snapper to gain the weight. Also, you might need to rebuild the chassis a bit to attain the desired performance. NFX, visit some of the showcases here. These will give you tons of ideas.

this site as mentioned above http://beetlebros.gametechmods.com/ra2techs.htm is your key to stock building it is full of usefull things to try out to improve your skills.

Double-strength aluminum armor. This is a handy little glitch that gives you armor as light as aluminum, but stronger than steel.

To get it, simply don't apply any armor to your bot. Ignore the Armor menu. The armor the game gives your bot by default is just like aluminum, but it is twice as strong and it isn't shiny (the tell-tale sign of DS Al is to paint your bot black and rotate it around - it won't light up).

You don't need two blacks. You have no idea how much you can learn here. Take a look through clickbeetle's, mine, infinitegenitilia's or pyscolones showcases. Roboshark and scrap daddy too. You will be amazed.

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« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2009, 10:53:27 AM »
ooops, thought it was a MW. you do need two blacks. my bad.
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« Reply #9 on: August 11, 2009, 11:00:36 AM »
Dont look through System32's showcase, he is no where on par with the other builders he mentioned.

But welcome.

For the weapons, dont use servos. Use something that will pack a punch like burst motors.
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« Reply #10 on: August 11, 2009, 11:09:34 AM »
actually, I just copypasted What Sage Pwn Joe and LRA2 said.

Really, It's all the same damn thing. Sheesh.
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« Reply #11 on: August 11, 2009, 11:13:09 AM »
Thanks for the comments, everybody. I've tried improving the original design, I've lost the servo arm, and I've dropped it down to a MW now.

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« Reply #12 on: August 11, 2009, 11:30:29 AM »
learn to stack bats and then put the popup part on it

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« Reply #13 on: August 11, 2009, 11:32:38 AM »
Ohh, Scotland I see.

Watch out you englanders, We'll be taking over soon.
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« Reply #14 on: August 11, 2009, 11:43:54 AM »
I did stack two Supervolt Bats in the original Altitude, Duck, but I couldn't get them to stack in the second version, so I just left them like that. =)
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« Reply #15 on: August 11, 2009, 12:30:59 PM »
Hi.
I built that big robot on that TV show that time


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« Reply #16 on: August 11, 2009, 12:44:09 PM »
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Hey dude. :-D

Another bot, this time I tried something a bit different with it. What you see is what you get here, no stacking of components, I still can't get the Supervolts to overlap each other. > < But the DSA is on this bot. =D


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« Reply #17 on: August 11, 2009, 12:50:17 PM »
The new Altitude isn't half bad. Try to build to the middleweight weight limit (398.9). And are you using DSA?
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« Reply #18 on: August 11, 2009, 01:00:56 PM »
Cyclone isn't bad at all.

You would be fine with one black though. Shrink the chassis and maybe you will have enough weight to add a wedge on a snapper.

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« Reply #19 on: August 11, 2009, 01:13:49 PM »
I am using DSA here, yeah. I read the Beetlebros. thing, and it's helped me improve a bunch over what I was already doing, I think.
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