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[GrizzlyAdamz]

I'm flying with a tier two flyer.
Rail guns are the bane of my existence. I'm not even sure how they one shot me, but they do.

Pretty much what baneling said. Plus the #1 priority for railguns is getting the highest tier possible, so it can go through several blocks in one shot. I try to get 1 or 2 tiers above what I'm playing in, but I only have 3 guns.

In the meanwhile, holy crap you get tech points faster now. One victory saw me earn 15!
Am I imagining things or did you only get like, 4 or 5 before?

[Sergarr]

I'm flying with a tier two flyer.
Rail guns are the bane of my existence. I'm not even sure how they one shot me, but they do.

Pretty much what baneling said. Plus the #1 priority for railguns is getting the highest tier possible, so it can go through several blocks in one shot. I try to get 1 or 2 tiers above what I'm playing in, but I only have 3 guns.

In the meanwhile, holy crap you get tech points faster now. One victory saw me earn 15!
Am I imagining things or did you only get like, 4 or 5 before?

I remember getting 6-7 on a good round, so yeah.

[TheDarkStar]

I just started playing this again. Luckily, I can still log in, so I get to play with a tier 10 (well, tier 9 for now for the tier 9 TP). 

[LoSboccacc]

We are running a t10 platoon right now if you want in

Will end shortly however (we're gmt)

[Mephansteras]

Haven't done much with the electroplates yet, since they mostly became available while I was doing Comic-Con stuff. They look interesting, but don't seem to help all that much for the CPU cost. Not sure if I'll add many to most of my designs.

I'll have to show off my Frigate. It's up to T5 and still my most effective design so far. Kinda surprising for something that I threw together early on as a 'fun' design.

[Sergarr]

My most effective design consisted of making a half-pyramid and mounting all the guns on the slope.

It was surprisingly effective. Granted, that was before mortars...

[TolyK]

Attempting to use my newly-level-6 "pepelatz" to gather money to build a PlanetSide-based Scythe, but I need some help. Is it possible to use hover blades to get up high? I've bought two tier 6 ones so far for what is projected to be a level 4 or 5 craft, or will I have to use engines and wings? That would ruin the design though...

Also, do mortars charge at different times for different ranks?

[Aklyon]

If you want height, you want wings. And thrusters.

[Mephansteras]

Attempting to use my newly-level-6 "pepelatz" to gather money to build a PlanetSide-based Scythe, but I need some help. Is it possible to use hover blades to get up high? I've bought two tier 6 ones so far for what is projected to be a level 4 or 5 craft, or will I have to use engines and wings? That would ruin the design though...

Also, do mortars charge at different times for different ranks?

As far as I can tell, all weapons recharge at the same rate for their type regardless of rank. At least, I haven't noticed any difference as I've been upgrading the guns on my robots.

[Mephansteras]

Spoiler: The Frigate Mk III (click to show/hide)

It's a tough ship. I can lose large chunks and still be pretty functional, and the guns on it dish out a lot of damage. The hover sliding is a bit annoying, though, since it messes up my aim if I spin while I'm zoomed in. Still, it's my best robot unless I'm fighting a bunch of fliers. The mortar just isn't that great against them.

[Girlinhat]

To prevent sliding, add drag.  Either raw mass (black weight blocks weigh the same as T10 armor) or helium.  This makes your ship 'more sluggish' and less prone to sliding or gliding.  It won't go as fast, but you end up with more precise control.

Also considering what you're using, you might look into electroplates.  Take the lower sides of your ship in, so the cross-section is a T shape, and put the hover blades underneath the small overhang.  Then attach electroplates so that they'll cover the hover blades and shield them, maybe not entirely, but at least some.  You probably don't even want 100% coverage.  People want to aim for your sensitive parts, so they're more likely to ignore armor and instead try to shoot through electroplates to get at your hover blades or weapons.

[Mephansteras]

Yeah, I've been thinking about doing that once I gain a few more levels. Right now the ship is about maxed out.

[Girlinhat]

White blocks are free, yes?  You can experiment trying to build frameworks and see how it'd look full sized.

[Aklyon]

He probably meant in cpu.

[Mesa]

So today I've noticed that Robocraft is on Early Access now. Interesting.
I haven't played it in months though, and as such chances are my designs are completely outdated (I think I've stopped playing before the new weapons were added ie. when only laser cannons existed).

So yeah, how much did I miss?