TheRoyalBadger's Stock Showcase

[Badger]

CB is ontop of the battery, and Hi5er is correct. Could probably widen the chassis a little or do something to implement the improvements above but I like the feel that the bot has as is.

[09090901]

only thing i would do is put the snapper wedges on anchors so you can lower the chassis height and make it a little wider.

looks pretty decent for a popup

[Badger]

This thing has good wedges. Not NWB tier but close.





This one, however, does not.

[botomatic1000]

that's a menacing looking juggler (I think that's the term) you got there

[Badger]

Ye the first one is a juggler

[Hi5er]

Have you tried not stacking the discs on your juggler on the snapper?

I found mounting them on a baseplate makes the bot more stable, which led to better wedges. The weapons obviously move slower, but if you're underneath the enemy, it doesn't matter how fast they go, either way you'll grind them up.

[Fracture]

i like the juggler, you can probably shorten the wedges and move the brackets up+wider+back. i also don't think full maces on the disc faces are the best, they would be doing more balancing than grinding

[09090901]

Been working on a bot just like that hs for awhile. IMO it needs to be thicker.

[RedAce]

Who is this "TheRoyalBadger" dude.  Sounds like a more narcissistic version of Badger.

Anyway, nice juggler, but I feel the claws might hinder due to the normals.  Impressed with the good wedges on it as well.  What did you slip the game for that to happen?

[botomatic1000]

Who is this "TheRoyalBadger" dude.  Sounds like a more narcissistic version of Badger.

Lol

[Badger]

Who is this "TheRoyalBadger" dude.  Sounds like a more narcissistic version of Badger.

Anyway, nice juggler, but I feel the claws might hinder due to the normals.  Impressed with the good wedges on it as well.  What did you slip the game for that to happen?

Drive attached to baseplate and rubber wheels

[090901]

it's a waste of weight to use 2 extenders to attach weapons like that on the HS, plus it makes them a lot more fragile and more likely to fall off.

[Badger]

it's a waste of weight to use 2 extenders to attach weapons like that on the HS, plus it makes them a lot more fragile and more likely to fall off.

Yes it's inefficient, but how else am I gonna get the weapons on. Don't feel like removing a weapon motor and putting 3 maces per tribar. I actually chose maces over irons to better protect the extenders. In the (single) test fight vs another HS almost all of the extenders were there by the time all the maces had fallen off.

[R01]

it's a waste of weight to use 2 extenders to attach weapons like that on the HS, plus it makes them a lot more fragile and more likely to fall off.

Yes it's inefficient, but how else am I gonna get the weapons on. Don't feel like removing a weapon motor and putting 3 maces per tribar. I actually chose maces over irons to better protect the extenders. In the (single) test fight vs another HS almost all of the extenders were there by the time all the maces had fallen off.

Think he might mean how you can rotate them sideways(in the direction that the HS spins) and put 3 maces on that way?

Like this:

MEX
  MM

EX is extender and M is mace.

Who is this "TheRoyalBadger" dude.  Sounds like a more narcissistic version of Badger.

Anyway, nice juggler, but I feel the claws might hinder due to the normals.  Impressed with the good wedges on it as well.  What did you slip the game for that to happen?

Heh, thought about that as well when I first read this thread.
Also you should see the wedges on one of my(yet unreleased) bots, they're surprisingly very effective.

[Badger]

Bear claws are crap when they're not on HS.

[R01]

Normals causing trouble?
Also what about switching to plastic and upgrading to HP drive?

[Badger]

Not sure that the switch to plastic for HP drive would be worth, especially considering I'd have to make the chassis larger. The problem with it ATM is the normals combined with the fact that it gets raped by HS, I think.

[Hi5er]

Not sure that the switch to plastic for HP drive would be worth, especially considering I'd have to make the chassis larger. The problem with it ATM is the normals combined with the fact that it gets raped by HS, I think.

Surely by using a weapon without normals it would actually start causing damage back to the HS's, second, I find having faster, harder drive to get under a HS is often beneficial because if you're under them they can't hit you.

[R01]

Not sure that the switch to plastic for HP drive would be worth, especially considering I'd have to make the chassis larger. The problem with it ATM is the normals combined with the fact that it gets raped by HS, I think.

Thought that HP's would still fit in there even if I knew that they have a bigger collision box. Upon closer view I see that you made this chassis without the grid?

[Badger]

Yup, you can't make decent stock bots using only the grid.