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[Girlinhat]

TBH, if my wheels get shot off, generally half of the bot has been dissolved by mass plasma fire.  I'm not sure more mounting points will help with that situation.  Unless treads cost way less CPU than wheels, in which case, I'll be able to up-armor accordingly.

Treads seem like the armored version of wheels.  Slower, heavier, and more armored!

[Neonivek]

TBH, if my wheels get shot off, generally half of the bot has been dissolved by mass plasma fire.  I'm not sure more mounting points will help with that situation.  Unless treads cost way less CPU than wheels, in which case, I'll be able to up-armor accordingly.

Treads seem like the armored version of wheels.  Slower, heavier, and more armored!

But whether or not that is useful depends on the Tier.

[Rez]

If they don't slide like wheels, I'll use them for my gauss platforms for sure.

ed: My original point was more that my wheels are almost never the weakpoint on my bots, not that they needed more HP to survive.

[Girlinhat]

I imagine that treads would hug the ground tightly and not slide at all... not confirmed, but would REALLY hope so.

[Cheedows]

I imagine that treads would hug the ground tightly and not slide at all... not confirmed, but would REALLY hope so.

Oh man if they make the vehicle hug the ground to prevent flipping I'd be up for that.

[Girlinhat]

I imagine that treads would hug the ground tightly and not slide at all... not confirmed, but would REALLY hope so.

Oh man if they make the vehicle hug the ground to prevent flipping I'd be up for that.

That's what legs are for.  Treads look to be more massive, heavy version of wheels.  A real military tank's choice.  Wheels are for buggies and little things, treads are for tanks!

[blazing glory]

I imagine that treads would hug the ground tightly and not slide at all... not confirmed, but would REALLY hope so.

Oh man if they make the vehicle hug the ground to prevent flipping I'd be up for that.

That's what legs are for.  Treads look to be more massive, heavy version of wheels.  A real military tank's choice.  Wheels are for buggies and little things, treads are for tanks!

All we'd need for tanks now is cannons, too bad they would be have to be overpowered to offset the size and firing angles.

[TolyK]

I imagine that treads would hug the ground tightly and not slide at all... not confirmed, but would REALLY hope so.

Oh man if they make the vehicle hug the ground to prevent flipping I'd be up for that.

That's what legs are for.  Treads look to be more massive, heavy version of wheels.  A real military tank's choice.  Wheels are for buggies and little things, treads are for tanks!

All we'd need for tanks now is cannons, too bad they would be have to be overpowered to offset the size and firing angles.

*cough*overteiredsinglegun*cough*

[Rex_Nex]

I want to see treads. You put them down as individual blocks, and the texture connects together like glass, railings, etc. do in minecraft.

-Armor pool shared by the entire tread, equal to the combined armor of every connected tread block. Makes for a sort of psuedo-shield because it can cover your entire side.
-Allows the ability to turn in place
-Better traction/climbing than wheels, enough to go up steeper hills and inclines, but nothing like Walkers.
-Slowest form of movement, slightly slower than wheels, but by far the least agile.
-Most durable when spread across a lengthy side of your hull, but the entire tread is destroyed at once instead of just one of the wheels.

Having real tanks (and halftracks, should you combine them with wheels) would be pretty fun.

Called it! Hurrah, glad to see them coming.

[crazysheep]

Many people have been after tank treads in one form or another, actually :p

[Rex_Nex]

Of course, I'm not one of those weird people that think their random suggestion on another unrelated website actually made it into the game on their own volition. Still glad to see it, though!

[crazysheep]

Spoiler: update tiem (click to show/hide)

[Aklyon]

Why is the melee weapon T8+.
That is dumb.

The rest of the update sounds interesting though.

[TolyK]

I imagine I'll reload this game up again (after like a two-week break?) just to get into T8 and have some fun runnin'-'n-slicin'.

[Girlinhat]

Time to build a massive tank platform!