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[Mephansteras]

It just hovers. Sky Castle sounded better than Hover Castle.

[GrizzlyAdamz]

"Mephansteras' Moving Castle"

[crazysheep]

Mobile tower defense bot, more like :p

[GentlemanRaptor]

What's a good starter design? I don't want to roll around in an upgraded version of the starting guntruck...

[miauw62]

A good starter design is a gunbed.
So yeah, most things you build will look a bit like the starting guntruck. At least until you get hoverblades and stuff like that

[Neonivek]

A good starter design is a gunbed.
So yeah, most things you build will look a bit like the starting guntruck. At least until you get hoverblades and stuff like that

Robocraft is a game about Turtles.

[LoSboccacc]

Until tier 10

[Neonivek]

Until tier 10

Basically.

[TolyK]

Hey, I've been using nonstandard designs and doing fairly well (on hiatus since about a week, but still). You just need to learn how to operate your bot effectively.

Ex: "Help Me I'm Insane" is the name of my Speedy Gonzales run-by-and-hit bot (only engines and flippers). If I manage to not slow down enough, I can manage to do quite a bit of damage before actually getting hit.

So it's also a lot in how you play your bots.

[alexandertnt]

My Glass-Cannon-y railgun vehicle is basically the exact opposite of a turtule (it blows up if you sneeze on it) but I do quite well, I just have to make sure I hit them first (all that time playing Quake III helped ).

[Neonivek]

My Glass-Cannon-y railgun vehicle is basically the exact opposite of a turtule (it blows up if you sneeze on it) but I do quite well, I just have to make sure I hit them first (all that time playing Quake III helped ).

Especially since your rail gun, so you don't have to run into machine gun fire.

[Mattk50]

Initially i was having some fun, but when i got to teir 2 the amount of teir 4 weapons started to wear on my nerves and by teir 3 i raged out as costs started to skyrocket.

Also the weapon balance and mechanics are pretty terrible. You have the close range sprayer that can be bursted for accuracy, then a weapon that functions as both arty and a close range nuke, and then a sniper. where's the rest of the weapons only the smg even makes sense gameplay wise

[Mephansteras]

Eh, I find all three weapon types to be good in different situations. And I have a lot of fun with different non-standard vehicle designs. My Frigate design is still very effective even at Tier 6, and it's rather unusual compared to most T6 designs I see.

[crazysheep]

But but you've pretty much pointed out that each weapon has its niche, Mattk :S

And while cube costs skyrocket, if you're not doing damage and earning RP from matches, I think that might be the root of the problem, as RP earned per match also increases with your bot's tier.

As for the issue of T4 weps in T2 matches: T4 bots increase bot ranking by a lot, so those bots will typically be short on armour, making them glass cannons. While I like to think of these bots as actually making people coming into T2 sit up and think about a strategy other than "CHARGE AND STUFF", I know from experience that it's not fun to get oneshotted by something you don't know is coming.

Some people have suggested that the old tech tree should be brought back to account for these glass cannons, but I'm not sure if that'll be effective. Then again, if we don't try, we won't know :3

[Neonivek]

Ehh everything is a "glass cannon" in the early tiers... Especially since it takes very little damage to disable a ship (ESPECIALLY wheeled vehicles... and I think Airplanes, because they are all blimps, also avoid instant disability)

One of the greatest things about high tier gameplay from what I hear, is that things like wheels can actually take a hit... Which is a huge advantage.