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by GF93 » Sat Feb 15, 2014 1:50 pm
<blockquote class='quote_blockquote'><dl><dt>Mystic2000</dt><dd>Feb 15 2014, 09:49 AM</dd></dl><div>Hello there guys, say hello to the new recruit of Team Obscure straight from the garage: WarWolf
WarWolf is a MW robot that is using a flipper panel similar that the ones from GreenWar, this one however is powerful enough to let the bot do a nice frontflip and land nicely on it's wheels, it won't happen 100% of the time thought, that amazing powerr comes with a price, in that case it's quite low armor and traction, yet he still managed to keed decent speed and torque, it is quite wedgy too, yet he doesn't really like spinners, espicially undercutters, as the tend to damage the wedge, ruining it.[/quote]Hello! So I see you like front-hinged Flippers. :cool:
Design looks to be pretty solid as well, but I can give you a few pointers on the stats-
1) For a Front-Hinged Flipper, a power level of around 3-5 should be sufficient. If it's higher already, you could drop it a little so that you can have points for other things, like the Armour and Traction.
2) Even with only a few spinners about, Armour is a very good thing to have. It'll help protect you from things besides your opponent's weaponry, such as hazards and having your machine's internal parts shaken loose by hard impacts from things like Rammers.
3) It's nice to see you've got the Speed and Torque down already, but at the same time, Traction is also a very important factor. Contrary to popular belief, it doesn't just dictate how well you stick to the ground- though that is a big part as well, since it allows you to better recover from big hits by things like Spinners. It also allows you to have better acceleration and control over your machine, so you'll be able to better bring the Flipper into use.
Traction is always something I've considered to be very important when making robots. One proverb that I always work to is Power is nothing without control.
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It might also be a good idea to think of a way you can protect yourself from Spinners if they do affect the chances of the design as much as said. Something like Shadow Zone Forever's rear scoop or Dreadnought Mk2's angled rear Wedge might work well for helping to deflect them.
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