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Post by Wolf51-50 » Sat Jul 30, 2016 10:20 pm

As seen in the Submission Center, I created Flip City Remix, a decorated rear and front hinged flipper. I corrected the main weakness that I had in Brain Damage, which was being careful with where I put the corners. Despite having decent flippers on each side, will 9 armor be enough to take on some of the spinners? (I'm not looking for a spinner killer, but I want it to last in the next tournament) If not, what else could I do?
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Post by Badnik96 » Sat Jul 30, 2016 11:46 pm

The edges of your wedges still have 90-degree angles. What I would do is round them off. Take a look at Pandemonium in Pressure Drop to see what I mean. The flippers get a +4 armor bonus, so if you remove the corners that should be solid enough for spinner protection.

I have to say I do like the theme of your robot as well. Lots of personality. c:
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Post by Venice Queen » Sat Jul 30, 2016 11:51 pm

The armor bonus is +2 for non-spinner weapons over 5 power
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Post by GF93 » Sun Sep 04, 2016 9:15 pm

Just to revive this (Since I like the idea a lot), I was wondering what I could potentially do to improve my old SHW hammerbot Uridium, if that's alright. Same stats and picture as its last appearance-

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Speed- 5
Traction- 4
Torque- 1
Weapon- 13 (Interchangeable Axe/Hammer)
Armour- 7
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Post by Venice Queen » Sun Sep 04, 2016 9:33 pm

less weapon power - axes get corner damage always, so they should be able to have 2 less power than your average spinner and still work just fine. and with 11 weapon power, you could have 6spd/5tra/1tor, or 5spd/5tra/2tor, both of which are far better balanced drivetrain set-ups than what you have now. you might also benefit from an armor bonus to the front if you can get away with it
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Post by GF93 » Sun Sep 04, 2016 10:01 pm

Thanks, that's a pretty good start. On top of perhaps altering the shape a bit, I'm thinking of these for potential stats-

Speed- 5
Traction- 4
Torque- 2 (Acceleration and pushing are always good to have) +1
Weapon- 10 (Always corner damage, so hopefully this should be enough of a cutback for the drive/armour points whilst still being sufficient for causing good damage) -3
Armour- 9 (This'll resist spinners better and work in conjunction with the acceleration for better ability to actively attack them) +2
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