Author Topic: Paranoia's Stock Showcase (Read 12507 times)

Paranoia · « **on:** June 03, 2013, 11:31:41 AM »

Let's try this again, shall we?

Meet the Aperture Rotary Defense Drone, a Horizontal Spinner with two Tribars powered by HP Z-Teks, each having six Razors; that's 100% more razor, per razor. The tri-bars are angled; a mistake which turned out to be a benefit not a detriment, as this allowed the bot to dispatch Pop-Ups much more easily, and also the majority of wedge-shaped bots. The only problem present in the bot seems to be the lack of power, the bot only running on a Nifty due to a lack of space. This is my first attempt at a ~~servo-loaded~~ snapper loaded and EFFE glitch robot, and I would like the input of the community in order to improve it.

Badnik96 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 03, 2013, 11:34:09 AM »

Oh hey, I remember you. Welcome back dude.

The bot isn't bad, it reminds me of one of my old bots. I'd rotate the weapon extenders 90 degrees downward so they both hit at once.

AlexGRFan97 · « **Reply #2 on:** June 03, 2013, 11:47:37 AM »

Ah, good, we could do with some more builders, especially Stock ones.

090901 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 03, 2013, 11:49:30 AM »

You only need 1 snapper for the weapons. With that weight saved you can trade razors for maces.

Paranoia · « **Reply #4 on:** June 03, 2013, 11:54:28 AM »

The Aperture Science Combat and Reconnaissance Support Drone, armed with two Irons and a RAM Drive. My first Stock Antweight, so post away.

Paranoia · « **Reply #5 on:** June 03, 2013, 11:57:01 AM »

Quote from: 090901 on June 03, 2013, 11:49:30 AM

You only need 1 snapper for the weapons. With that weight saved you can trade razors for maces.

I might attempt to attach the such to one-snapper. However there may possibly be the issue of positioning the Snow-Plow.

Jonzu95 · « **Reply #6 on:** June 03, 2013, 11:57:30 AM »

It saddens me that you were only 1 day late from CA3. I like that bot.

ianh05 · « **Reply #7 on:** June 03, 2013, 07:21:58 PM »

Yay stock! Yay AW's!

(that wasn't sarcasm BTW)

That AW is certainly a bit different in it's setup, is it DSA or plastic? how many pinks? if it has 2 you can turn it into a wammer by turn the baseplate anchor around and angling it up.

Paranoia · « **Reply #8 on:** June 03, 2013, 09:01:49 PM »

Quote from: ianh05 on June 03, 2013, 07:21:58 PM

Yay stock! Yay AW's! (that wasn't sarcasm BTW)

That AW is certainly a bit different in it's setup, is it DSA or plastic? how many pinks? if it has 2 you can turn it into a wammer by turn the baseplate anchor around and angling it up.

I believe it uses Plastic and uses 1 Pink, so it may not be able to be utilized as a Wammer.

Paranoia · « **Reply #9 on:** June 04, 2013, 07:28:25 AM »

Meet the Aperture Area Denial and Close-Combat Drone. The Bot is powered by one Supervolt and driven by two HP Z-Teks mounted on a Snapper II, which also has a wedge attached to the same mount. It utilizes a tilted Razor rack to attack opponents and from the testing it is an incredibly fast bot. I may possibly consider entering the bot in Tusslers 3 depending on the reception it gets, post away.

Mystic2000 · « **Reply #10 on:** June 04, 2013, 12:55:40 PM »

IMO irons would me better than razors, also some slight empty space and finally protect the sides of the extenders of the ramming rack

090901 · « **Reply #11 on:** June 04, 2013, 02:15:16 PM »

It's lacking weapons, you don't needs a supervolt for 2 hpz (a nifty or 2 pinks would be fine). Don't even bother snappering the drive, you would save more weight by just putting the hpzs on baseplate anchors. Also you chassis at the moment is huge, you can cut it down by a lot and save a bunch of weight then which you can put towards weapons.

Sylandro · « **Reply #12 on:** June 04, 2013, 02:21:20 PM »

Portal-themed bots? I think i like you, paranoia.

Paranoia · « **Reply #13 on:** June 05, 2013, 03:08:02 AM »

I attempted to take all the advice given to me, and this is the result. I'd be more than happy to take any more criticism in order to improve this bot.

090901 · « **Reply #14 on:** June 05, 2013, 06:35:00 AM »

Instead of having 2 rows of ramming weapons, just set up your spikes like this on one BA.

Venko · « **Reply #15 on:** June 05, 2013, 07:03:53 AM »

Welcome back.
Just a small advice :
Crop your pics to the 3D bot view only, this huge .png-s may loading forever on a slow net. And show the info such as : the armour type, the weight, the batteries - as a text in the post.

Paranoia · « **Reply #16 on:** June 05, 2013, 07:41:26 AM »

Quote from: 090901 on June 05, 2013, 06:35:00 AM

Instead of having 2 rows of ramming weapons, just set up your spikes like this on one BA.
(Image removed from quote.)

Thanks for that, it drastically improved the bot's performance in terms of damage.

Paranoia · « **Reply #17 on:** June 05, 2013, 07:49:26 AM »

This was truly the most stupidly fun bot to play around with and make, the emphasis on "stupidly" is probably evidenced by the god-awful splash, which literally took only one and a half minutes to make. Also fully runs on air.

Naryar · « **Reply #18 on:** June 05, 2013, 03:16:35 PM »

Oh, a piston drive bot ? You don't see much of these.

Mecha · « **Reply #19 on:** June 05, 2013, 03:22:48 PM »

It's.....unique? :P