Author Topic: Scorpion: A Stock Showcase (Read 11496 times)

Scorpion · « **Reply #20 on:** November 18, 2010, 11:01:22 AM »

I thought that piercing damages the chasis more and concussion damages other components more?

NFX · « **Reply #21 on:** November 18, 2010, 11:02:11 AM »

'Tis what I thought, but that was apparently disproved in Click's RA2 Mythbusters topic.

Somebody · « **Reply #22 on:** November 18, 2010, 07:12:34 PM »

The mace's collision mesh protects the extenders better than irons.

Naryar · « **Reply #23 on:** November 19, 2010, 04:09:43 AM »

Concussion deals more damage to components, so is better against higher-piercing but lower-concussion components.

Scorpion · « **Reply #24 on:** November 23, 2010, 03:42:49 PM »

Well this is the bot that's caused me soo much pain recently, absolution:

Now, it's still not quite done, I'd like to tweak a few things still, but I probably will have to wait another day to do that and I want to show you guys it now

Yep, there's 24 maces and 24 razors on 4 HPZ's on absolution. It hasn't havoked in the 3 matches it's played and in testing, and it's quite stable (I'm gonna tweak the weapons a little bit more though to make it completely stable, it turns to one side ATM)

Ofcourse, there are weaknesses. Namely plastic armour and normal tek drive.
However, it managed to beat clockwork hydra, malestrom and karnage in SC3 without these weaknesses being exploited.

Somebody · « **Reply #25 on:** November 23, 2010, 03:47:17 PM »

You're missing a mace in the bottom right.

G.K. · « **Reply #26 on:** November 23, 2010, 03:49:31 PM »

Rotate the extenders so all weapons hit at same time.

NFX · « **Reply #27 on:** November 23, 2010, 03:50:53 PM »

Looks quite impressive, in my view. Not too sure about the way the weapons are attached, though.

Naryar · « **Reply #28 on:** November 23, 2010, 03:59:04 PM »

why bother with 2 extenders when you can have 1

Scorpion · « **Reply #29 on:** November 23, 2010, 04:04:46 PM »

Quote from: Somebody on November 23, 2010, 03:47:17 PM

You're missing a mace in the bottom right.

Ah, I didn't see that, i'll try and get another one on the finished thing...

Quote from: NFX on November 23, 2010, 03:50:53 PM

Looks quite impressive, in my view. Not too sure about the way the weapons are attached, though.

Well the original idea about the weapons (when this was just going to have 24 weapons on it) was a kind of double layer thing, razorz are out and out attack and the maces are there for more endurance and aggressive protection.
I don't know if they actually do work like that, but I liked the idea anyway

If you're saying that I should stick them on each AP on one extender though, I'll gladly do that

Scorpion · « **Reply #30 on:** December 01, 2010, 04:57:49 AM »

Well, i'm gonna drop the improved absolution here now:

And it's up to DSA now!
Don't know what to do with the extra weight left over though, and no, the blacks just won't stack there so I can't downgrade to plastic to get another battery in.
Anyway, i'm very pleased with it, it's not really got any stability problems and it comfortably beats everything i've tried it against in starcore 3

Pwnator · « **Reply #31 on:** December 01, 2010, 05:03:18 AM »

That's because SCv3 is SCv3. :P

Test your HSes in II AI. I usually test most of my bots in II AI (unless I'm testing wedges, which I usually do in SCv4). XD

Scorpion · « **Reply #32 on:** December 01, 2010, 05:48:42 AM »

Aah, alright, i'll download that when I get home(I'm on somebody elses omputer ATM).

Scorpion · « **Reply #33 on:** December 02, 2010, 03:34:31 PM »

Here ya go, just tested against the nastiest looking II HS, and what a fun match to watch

Scorpion · « **Reply #34 on:** February 19, 2011, 06:05:31 PM »

Well, how ironic, it seems that despite my best tries, the only thing i can make that doesn't glitch to oblivion in stock is....sigh...popups.
So here we go then (although i'll admit, stock popups are FAR more fun than DSL popups)
Don't Tread On Me:

Probably not the most efficient setup (with 2 wedges and 2 ddt's).
4 razorz on each ddt BTW, underkill perhaps, but hey, it's surprisingly wedgey, and can k.o fast (2 hits a lot) so meh.

ianh05 · « **Reply #35 on:** February 19, 2011, 06:08:15 PM »

try tilting the ramplates inwards at the top to provide the DDT's with some protection.

Scorpion · « **Reply #36 on:** February 19, 2011, 06:10:06 PM »

oh yeah, good idea thanks, consider it done.

Pwnator · « **Reply #37 on:** February 19, 2011, 07:58:57 PM »

Quote from: Scorpion on February 19, 2011, 06:05:31 PM

stock popups are FAR more fun than DSL popups

Preach, bro. :P

Redbird drive's kinda underkill, though.

Scorpion · « **Reply #38 on:** February 20, 2011, 05:19:15 AM »

Well i realised i had plastic armour on there, so with the drive upgraded to normal z-tec with shinies, i can only get one ramplate on to keep the DSA.
Which is better, one ramplate and DSA, or two ramplates and plastic?

Vertigo · « **Reply #39 on:** February 20, 2011, 05:21:19 AM »

The best MW popup appears to be the psc popup.

DSA
2 Supervolts
2 Weapon DDTS
1 Wedge DDT
HPZ with Rubbers