Author Topic: Sage's Showcase (Read 193366 times)

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #160 on:** January 02, 2009, 08:38:34 PM »

Wedges aren't as much of a necessity on LW's as on the other classes. I think Silent Death is one case where you would be much better off with no wedge. Instead, use the weight for front armor so you can take on HS's better. Even just a few frontal ramming spikes would work wonders for both stability and defense.

And how did you arrange the extenders on the spinners so they're perfectly balanced? I can't figure it out...

Tiny Trinity looks great. No suggestions for that one. Are there any LW's it can't beat?

Zirikki · « **Reply #161 on:** January 02, 2009, 10:26:26 PM »

I think those are reskinned t-extenders.

Sage · « **Reply #162 on:** January 02, 2009, 11:51:05 PM »

Quote from: Clickbeetle;26052

Wedges aren't as much of a necessity on LW's as on the other classes. I think Silent Death is one case where you would be much better off with no wedge. Instead, use the weight for front armor so you can take on HS's better. Even just a few frontal ramming spikes would work wonders for both stability and defense.

And how did you arrange the extenders on the spinners so they're perfectly balanced? I can't figure it out...

Tiny Trinity looks great. No suggestions for that one. Are there any LW's it can't beat?

#1- good idea. the wedge sucks anyway.

#2- i reskinned the T connectors so they are black.

#3- yes, there are. Drone from SCv4 tears it apart because even tiny trinity cant spin up that fast. And tempus fugit gives it troubles from time to time.

infiniteinertia · « **Reply #163 on:** January 04, 2009, 12:46:22 PM »

Switch pole spikes to pointy tips. IMO, i like pointy tips on all of my trinity spinners. My LW TSnS sports 8 or 9 of them i think...but its a Blade Runner type TSnS.

DuckRA2 · « **Reply #164 on:** January 09, 2009, 06:50:12 PM »

are those the longest pistons you could get? or not enough max sphere

Sage · « **Reply #165 on:** January 09, 2009, 09:06:07 PM »

Quote from: DuckRA2;26419

are those the longest pistons you could get? or not enough max sphere

they are the second longest. The longest ones were too much for the game to handle and would piston glitch, making my bot disappear the moment it hits the ground.

Sage · « **Reply #166 on:** January 14, 2009, 09:48:42 PM »

I was inspired by Click's Frag Beetle 2. I believe it is improved a bit though. Better trapping design, longer wedge, one more black battery, smaller chassis. The only bad things are: not invertible (couldn't without destroying the trapping feature), one less mace per swinging arm (although, that means mine swings faster.)

It beats neglected waterbug and rapid pit bull easily enough (not AI though, dunno if that would change anything.) And can beat HS decently. A picture of it beating Ultimatum in my splash (top right) The one picture that's covered up (beneath the lower left picture of my bot) is a battleshot vs Spin Doctor.

The maces are normal, just cooler looking.

The name is pronounced 'Vice.' That may make more sense to you. A vice is actually a bad habit. Vise is a heavy duty clamp.

My Feb BOTM.

Scrap Daddy · « **Reply #167 on:** January 15, 2009, 08:38:45 AM »

amazing bot.

Sage · « **Reply #168 on:** January 15, 2009, 07:25:03 PM »

check out this video of it owning neglected waterbug.

R0B0SH4RK · « **Reply #169 on:** January 16, 2009, 01:01:22 AM »

Very nice indeed. With each new design guys like you and Click produce, I start to think more and more that the BBEANS 5 champ will not be an HS.

Somebody · « **Reply #170 on:** January 16, 2009, 06:39:31 PM »

^^ditto^^

infiniteinertia · « **Reply #171 on:** January 17, 2009, 11:39:07 AM »

Very Nice Sagey, thank god you can finally skin nicely :].

I was unsure about that wedge setup, until I saw the video. Very Nice indeed.

king mager · « **Reply #172 on:** January 17, 2009, 12:07:48 PM »

how do you get all those maces on there? i tried but it didnt quite work...

Zirikki · « **Reply #173 on:** January 17, 2009, 03:56:20 PM »

Quote from: king mager;26903

how do you get all those maces on there? i tried but it didnt quite work...

Use the eFFe glitch. You can read about it here.

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #174 on:** January 19, 2009, 12:49:47 PM »

Awesome bot. It's definitely better than your other horizontal hammer made out of Fatal Encounter's chassis. Might be better than my Frag Beetle too.

Let's see...

Things Frag Beetle has over Vise:
-Invertible
-More spikes in front
-Curved claws designed to wrap around bots and hit the sides
-Better extender protection on the back of the claws
-2 more maces
-Some wheel protection

Things Vise has over Frag Beetle:
-Longer wedge
-More battery
-Faster claws
-Arguably better trapping ability
-In-line maces might do more damage
-Chrome maces look cooler than red ones

Which one is better? Probably depends on what bot you're fighting. Vise might edge out Frag Beetle purely by virtue of its wedge... but I think Frag Beetle is close behind, if so.

Starcore · « **Reply #175 on:** February 05, 2009, 01:07:03 AM »

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3 blacks. DSA. 16 kgs i don't know what to do with.

4 pictures of it beating Ultimatum. one of Maelstrom, one of SHW- Locutus of Borg. (this is SCv4 Beta)

This looks like a good candidate for replacing Jabberwock. The other I looked at was Slaying Mantis but not sure if Clickbeetle wants to submit that one.

Would you like to submit this one or any others for selective enhancement of the Starcore V4 pack?

I know you and others have done lots of great work in the last year.

Starcore

kill343gs · « **Reply #176 on:** February 05, 2009, 01:44:07 PM »

Slaying Mantis is nice but it doesn't seem very jabberwock-ish. FD looks like a better candidate.

Sage · « **Reply #177 on:** February 05, 2009, 03:16:49 PM »

Quote from: Starcore;28199

This looks like a good candidate for replacing Jabberwock. The other I looked at was Slaying Mantis but not sure if Clickbeetle wants to submit that one.

Would you like to submit this one or any others for selective enhancement of the Starcore V4 pack?

I know you and others have done lots of great work in the last year.

Starcore

yea ok. ever since my failed jabberwock attempt a while back most of my new bots have been hammers, so im getting a lot better at them.

As for final destination, i have a few things i want to tweak to make it just a little better against HS. (adding a center plow, making the wedges closer together) and maybe one more razor each on the arms. i dunno know. ill send this version in and then see if the tweaks make it any better.

Somebody · « **Reply #178 on:** February 05, 2009, 04:17:15 PM »

Stacking the blacks could probably save you some weight.

Reier · « **Reply #179 on:** February 05, 2009, 04:43:01 PM »

I think he has 3 in there. 1 by itself, 2 stacked.