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Even with two jammers, there's a brief moment between them triggering where you're visible on radar. I've used that to dash out and snipe a stealth plasma tank that thought he was safe on a rock formation. So does anyone else build decoy cockpits? For one of my bots I built two glass domes exactly the size to fit a pilot seat. For my current bot, I have the seat in a little nest of tier-appropriate armor blocks, and a glass dome behind that that only holds my radar. Unfortunately this isn't very useful when I run face-first into plasma. 
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Androc posted:As a new player to this game, there's a lot of stuff that's really cool- the whole building system, the way bots get destroyed in pieces and all that. But, for real, gently caress whoever rolls into T1 or T2 games with rail cannons or whatever else that are literally impossible to unlock at that tier. Is this kind of thing going to be an issue all the way up to T10? Because it's making me seriously reconsider playing this game all by itself. Target acquired.
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Jan 30, 2015 00:12
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Androc posted:As a new player to this game, there's a lot of stuff that's really cool- the whole building system, the way bots get destroyed in pieces and all that. But, for real, gently caress whoever rolls into T1 or T2 games with rail cannons or whatever else that are literally impossible to unlock at that tier. Is this kind of thing going to be an issue all the way up to T10? Because it's making me seriously reconsider playing this game all by itself. Although I imagine one-railgun helium defense bots are a lot more annoying than when I was in T1 and 2 thanks to the railgun buffs and SMG sniping nerfs.
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Jan 30, 2015 00:34
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You know what sucks? Going up against a team 1/3 made up of plasma bombers, when none of your smgs or railguns know how to aim. e: Christ the people who play this game are even more cowardly than in WoT. Gotta save on repair costs, I guess! Steelion fucked around with this message at 00:52 on Jan 30, 2015 |
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Jan 30, 2015 00:44
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Repairs have a cost?  e: Androc posted:As a new player to this game, there's a lot of stuff that's really cool- the whole building system, the way bots get destroyed in pieces and all that. But, for real, gently caress whoever rolls into T1 or T2 games with rail cannons or whatever else that are literally impossible to unlock at that tier. Is this kind of thing going to be an issue all the way up to T10? Because it's making me seriously reconsider playing this game all by itself. It's a different story once you get up to T3 and tiny medic bots start showing up. I love those guys.
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Jan 30, 2015 01:05
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Some people may not agree, but I think overtiering shouldn't be allowed at t1/t2. It gives a pretty bad first impression, and probably drives people away because they get wrecked and there's not a lot they can do about it that early on.
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Jan 30, 2015 01:24
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Dareon posted:Repairs have a cost? 
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Jan 30, 2015 01:26
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Sailor Dave posted:Some people may not agree, but I think overtiering shouldn't be allowed at t1/t2. It gives a pretty bad first impression, and probably drives people away because they get wrecked and there's not a lot they can do about it that early on. Honestly though, if you drop a plasma or railgun on your bot in T1, your going to die to one or two shots from an SMG. I get that newbies are still learning the game, but the level of skill is far lower than CoD players, which is saying something.
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Jan 30, 2015 01:35
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The problem arises when you have a) a tiny rail-bot hovering near the ceiling, b) players with godawful situational awareness, and c) no sense of controlled, accurate fire. Then you're lucky if any of them even realize the thing's there before they get blown apart, and luckier still if they can hit it spraying full-auto SMG fire skyward before they get blown apart. e: when I was going through T1/T2, the only time I ever saw one of the rail microbots get destroyed was when I did it myself. Steelion fucked around with this message at 04:10 on Jan 30, 2015 |
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Jan 30, 2015 04:07
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I dunno, you get killed by the floating speck in the sky a few times and you learn to look up now and then, or at least I did. They're gone entirely past the first few tiers because of this.
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I saw one in a T4 fight. It had three radar dishes on it, which I have to assume is the only way to get a gunchair to T4, and I couldn't help thinking "What's this fuckstick playing at? You can't kill anything of substance with a single railgun, especially if you're bobbling all over the place."
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Dareon posted:I saw one in a T4 fight. It had three radar dishes on it, which I have to assume is the only way to get a gunchair to T4, and I couldn't help thinking "What's this fuckstick playing at? You can't kill anything of substance with a single railgun, especially if you're bobbling all over the place." Well, technically if you're really good and you can see your enemies pilot seat (Which is normal at lower levels.) Sniping the blocks around it from the air will usually pop the block the pilot is on as well. This goes for later tiers with spider builds that are up high. Thor-Stryker fucked around with this message at 05:23 on Jan 30, 2015 |
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Jan 30, 2015 05:20
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This is my bot. It has many guns. If you destroy some of my guns, there are many more to replace them. I named it I HAVE MANY GUNS. It has served me well ever since I built it. The update makes it turn on a loving dime now, so it's even better. You cannot best my zig zag technique with your railguns, for they are slow to aim. You cannot hit it with your plasma, for it is slow in travel. I destroy all, for I have many guns. 
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Jan 30, 2015 05:54
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I like how all of them are staggered, so each one can fire reliably.
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Izzus posted:This is my bot. It has many guns. If you destroy some of my guns, there are many more to replace them. I named it I HAVE MANY GUNS. It has served me well ever since I built it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgsD48sdnpI Serpentine!!!
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Jan 30, 2015 07:28
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Started playing last night and got to tier 2 where I'm getting my poo poo pushed in more often than not, but this is pretty fun so far.
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Jan 30, 2015 20:08
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Chard posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgsD48sdnpI Oh drat I wanted to watch that once but completely forgot about it.
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I jumped in for a little bit to get the MEGA megaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh crap, or, at least get them on the tech tree, ran around healing for a bit, was as fun as ever. Then tried my rail walker, got some kills with a badly fitted set of 4 t9 rails, I'll wait until steam has finished downloading is other junk, then get back on for more action, its good to be back.
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Jan 31, 2015 00:05
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FINALLY hit 100 mega SMG kills. That was excruciating. I really hope I get all my megas skinned as a reward and not just one, even if I won't be using them much.Izzus posted:Oh drat I wanted to watch that once but completely forgot about it. Generation Kill is amazing and you should watch it today.
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Decided to try this out to blow off steam after aggravating myself playing WoT. My early on plan is just to have a box with as many SMGs as I can fit on it, this is good idea, yes?
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Axetrain posted:Decided to try this out to blow off steam after aggravating myself playing WoT. My early on plan is just to have a box with as many SMGs as I can fit on it, this is good idea, yes? Just as long as you alternate SMG placement, otherwise they will shoot each other in the back and your DPS will go down.
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Six SMGs will give you the max available DPS. Extras past that don't reduce your DPS they just cannot increase your fire speed past that point. If they're on the opposite side of your robot and do not having a firing solution on the target they will waste shots as the firing pattern cycles through all available weapons regardless of ability to target something. They do offer redundant weaponry to keep your DPS available as you sustain damage though so there's good and bad parts about going past six weapons, and most people will have more than six you just need to orient them properly on your bot.
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So I looked at this and thought Why the hell not?     So yeah, while combat effectiveness is dubious the fact that I now own a functional Qwaar-jet is seriously rad.
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Forgive me, for I do not know what I do: Gimped myself from the outset while building my first vehicle by selling cubes instead of deleting them from the model. Now I have no useful parts with which to build. How the gently caress do I remedy this idiocy, is there a way to reset my registration, or must I re-register?
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Level 1 parts cost no money.
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No wheels on guns in my inventory, or purchasable in the cube depot.. e: Ah well, even in practice it was pretty laggy on my crappy laptop, so I uninstalled it. Another time, maybe. Mechanical Pencil fucked around with this message at 08:36 on Feb 1, 2015 |
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You can still earn cash by spotting enemies religiously and sneaking around to get captures. It would be a bit of a slog but you could recover within a few rounds. Hero bonuses have helped a lot with the grind too, we didn't used to get those.
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Might be difficult with nothing but a brick of whites and a pilot seat, but it sounds like he just wasn't noticing the Movement and Hardware tabs in the cube shop and possibly the garage.
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How common and disruptive is cheating in this game? Do the devs seem competent in dealing with it?
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I am not good at planes. 
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Mechanical Pencil posted:Forgive me, for I do not know what I do: As mentioned, all T1 pieces are free. Can you not see the other categories in the cube depot? White armour blocks, SMG and wheels are already unlocked.
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He sold them. So all he could build now would be a block vehicle with a chair, and do some spotting.
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Nition posted:He sold them. So all he could build now would be a block vehicle with a chair, and do some spotting. They're free.
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So for players who accidentally sold all their poo poo, you can buy: Light Chassis Cube (No other light chassis pieces.) FRONT mounted SMG (Not Top-Mounted) T1 Steering Wheels And the Pilot Chassis. That will allow you to build a robot to just under T2 that can grind away all the tech-points you need to advance. Once you've unlocked all the t1 tech points, just add more blocks and guns to get halfway through t2, everyone else will still be running t1-t2 armor that is easily shot off by the starter guns.
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Unless you're a T10 jerk building a T1 murdercar that's actually surprisingly fragile if I play dumb.
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Had some money in my steam wallet so I grabbed a month of premium. This has been a lot of fun so far, and yes, most of the players are horrible. Since it is similar to WoT, but you have so much more speed, everyone just drives full speed without ever stopping. Makes it super easy to ambush people by hiding around corners and rocks. There are so many spots on the maps to do this. In tier 2 I'm usually getting 3-5 kills (10 v 10 for those new to the thread / game). I'll post my T2 robot soon. How does the tier unlocking work? I haven't quite figured that out yet. Is it based on the blocks / equipment on my robot? I have all T3 guns and T3 armor in the front / sides of my bot, but the insides are all still T1 blocks I think. Do I need to upgrade that stuff and the wheels to T3 as well? I'm at work now or I'd play with it more. I just noticed the Tier bar on the bottom last night before logging off.
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The tier bar at the bottom that you mentioned is really the only way of seeing how close you are to "leveling up", as far as I know. If your guts are still a lower tier then you should focus on replacing those first. According to this wiki page you should be able to unlock Hover Blades at T2 and some of the more robo-rank-heavy parts at T3 (radar jammers, plasma, and shields). Try building a flier? They've improved a ton with the most recent patches so even a few blades should be stable. Just keep cramming the highest tier stuff you can fit under your CPU limit and you'll be in the next tier pretty quickly.
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It does get to the point where you're just gluing random poo poo to your bot in a mostly-futile attempt to nudge the bar that last pixel into the next tier.  My T5 bot has 8 railguns and some random armor cruft on it, and it's kind of a crapshoot which six guns will charge up and be able to fire. I actually got the last pixel by replacing two of my windshield blocks with armor.
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For a joke I built a kamikaze bot, actually won the last two rounds in a row, 2 kills each round. I did not think it would work, though aiming it is hard.
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