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[crazysheep]

Yeah I think there's a code for new players which give you GC on starting out.

What's your highest tier atm? ŰberTech points are less worthwhile the higher up the tiers you are, as you can only get 11 ŰberTech points with that 100 GC, and most cubes require more than 11 tech points to pick up. (1 Tech point of any tier + 9 GC = 1 ŰberTech point; also
Über Points and Tech Points cannot be mixed when purchasing technology).

Walker legs let you go pretty much everywhere, but have the massive drawback of being hard to protect effectively.
You can definitely have multiple rail guns, but rails suffer from having the longest reload period in the game. Reloading before firing all your rails reduces this. Rails also require you to have a very patient playstyle, and have very particular quirks which take a while to get used to.
Plasma is currently a grenade launcher which tends to favour hit and fade tactics. If you're curious about damage models for plasma, I've explained some of them in my previous posts. (also plasma is OP)
Electroplates are essentially regenerating shields. They are better against burst damage because you can hide and let the shield regen, but not as good against sustained fire which can break the electroplate once the blue shield is down.

EDIT: The one thing that I'd recommend getting with the starting GC is better armour cubes (which you can actually afford with that 100 GC )

[DreamThorn]

I should totally post a picture of my Dwarfbread class SMG tank.  And it will benefit from better armour blocks, so I guess that's the way to go.

A plasma walker with electroplates sounds like fun.  I'll consider it.

The Dwarfbread is a block of armour shaped like a loaf of bread, and with all the guns on the one side (except I have three on top) for a total of 9 SMGs.  Having the guns on the side rather than the front allows me to dodge much better while shooting.  Covering the wheels with armour have made it a bit unstable, but I have a rectifier and know how to drive carefully, so that's okay.  This design is only viable because tier 1 straight SMGs are free, so I might make a different plan when I tier up.

This game is like LEGO; building is more than half the fun.

[crazysheep]

Oh, I forgot to add: plasma launchers require quite a bit of foresight to use against flying bots - they're currently the only weapon with a projectile that has travel time and isn't hitscan.

[DreamThorn]

That's what I like most about the plasma.

B.t.w. can the hover and/or the legs go sideways?

[crazysheep]

No strafing with hovers yet. I haven't fully tested legs, but so far I think they function like hovers and cannot strafe either. I'll try strafing with legs and let you know.

[LoSboccacc]

oh and if you want to experiment with plasma remember that they get loads more damage when shoot from afar.

I swear there is plenty of people which still charges in with plasma at t10 (and then complain smg is op on the forum)

if you play plasma, stay behind the line and rain hot plasma death, don't go close combat and spit lil plasma hugs.

[crazysheep]

Or make a bomber which rains hot plasma death from everywhere at once.

NB: this is the number one source of rage on the robo forums, aka "plasma bomber OP nerf pls"

[LoSboccacc]

now that I can climb hills, my hate for plasma bombers is significantly reduced.


you should see how fast they land when I jump on them XD

[crazysheep]

Since I started hovering, I don't fear plasma bombers

Now I just need to armour up and deal with gunbeds.

[Rose]

What about interceptor dirigibles?

[LoSboccacc]

armoring is the hard part of hovers

you'll need to balance weight and crumpling zones, as well as resiliency and redundancy of blades - a spinning hover is quite useless in combat


interceptor dirigibles are quite slow because helium, but will take more damage before falling. most of the time you see instead thrusters sticks. those are nasty things, but recently nerfed.

[Rose]

For some reason, my interceptor dirigible is at least faster than a ground tank.

[MikaTheCrazy]

I've now managed to start properly pushing my SMG tank into tier 5, and have now unlocked t6 SMGs. A full refit is going to take forever, considering how much they cost.

[crazysheep]

I think I've got the weight distribution working, now I need to work on crumple zones/ablative armour bits. Might need to armour up my hardpoints a bit too.

Dirigibles would probably rank pretty high on my "what to kill once I see it if I can see it" list, simply because of their potential suppression ability. Although a dirigible is not going to be as well armoured as a ground tank (1 He tank is equivalent to 10 or so armour blocks).

[TolyK]

Well, you'd be shooting me out of the sky a lot, except that I like to hide behind hills and poptart out from behind them.

Reminds me of MechWarrior...