05-24-2009, 04:21 PM
So I mentioned awhile back that if I was intrigued by the PACT rules and was curious as to what I'd use. I wanted to try my hand at making some stuff. Below are the three bots that I think I could see myself using. Mind you, these are very rough and not at all playtested in pvp.
At first I tried to exploit what I was felt was the metagame you guys employed, as well as exploiting loopholes I saw in the rules themselves. After awhile I got tired of that, since I've always been notoriously bad at making cheeseball designs for me to use. My particular playstyle, I think, is just a bit too quirky to exploit a lot of the "top tier" elements of LR fully. Thus I scrapped the idea and tried something different.
I tried to stick to things I knew already and just fix things up to fit the rules better. I also tried to diversify the robots based on showing off different aspects of my own game instead of attacking the metagame directly. I felt that my best bet at winning would be to stick to what I know instead of trying to re-invent myself on the fly. This is particularly true because I haven't played competitively in several years. Taking all that into consideration, I felt giving myself as good a chance as possible while still being able to showcase some skills would be the best way to do things. Thus, I made/revised these three robots:
Jiraiya pk
eye3 0/6/3/1/0
ul 0/2/6/2/0
xs 0/4/6/0/0
a2 3/0/6/0/1
gull 0/0/4/6
volute
g91 0/10/0
ananda 0/0/10
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rm
73mv
GLL
mini-k
hp
wraith
wraith
screens, lock time, lockbox, turning, e. pow, radar, cooling
It seems like a fairly safe opener for me, and it left a good amount of parts open for me to use. The next two are more counter-bot oriented.
Go Clippers!
queen
eos
macaque
boar2
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f73h
fudoh
r92
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jiren
98g
98g
rs
69h
screens, ecm pulse, lockbox, turning, radar, cooling
I took my friend Azad's tank and made some minor modifications. It's a good tank and another fairly safe choice, particularly against slower stuff.
Dood (not named yet)
s2 0/4/3/3/0
u4 0/4/0/6/0
fl 0/0/6/4/0
dingo2 0/6/2/2/0
v2 0/0/0/10
limpet
lotus 0/10/0
ragora 0/4/6
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rm2
ra
harpy
rl
r3
screens, generator, ecm pulse, lockbox, turning, cooling
Fairly simple bot, with an emphasis on movement and poking. Spam off orbits early, then poke and look for mistakes to come in and punish on.
I think I'm within the rules...but I haven't looked recently so if I am not, please let me know. I would have liked to use gaea on the last bot but I didn't find any particular setups I felt comfortable with. I also think that last set could use OB, but again...nothing felt right. I'd mess with'em a little more but I think getting input on the designs would make more sense at this point. Besides, like I mentioned earlier I don't really have anyone to playtest with anymore, haha.
At first I tried to exploit what I was felt was the metagame you guys employed, as well as exploiting loopholes I saw in the rules themselves. After awhile I got tired of that, since I've always been notoriously bad at making cheeseball designs for me to use. My particular playstyle, I think, is just a bit too quirky to exploit a lot of the "top tier" elements of LR fully. Thus I scrapped the idea and tried something different.
I tried to stick to things I knew already and just fix things up to fit the rules better. I also tried to diversify the robots based on showing off different aspects of my own game instead of attacking the metagame directly. I felt that my best bet at winning would be to stick to what I know instead of trying to re-invent myself on the fly. This is particularly true because I haven't played competitively in several years. Taking all that into consideration, I felt giving myself as good a chance as possible while still being able to showcase some skills would be the best way to do things. Thus, I made/revised these three robots:
Jiraiya pk
eye3 0/6/3/1/0
ul 0/2/6/2/0
xs 0/4/6/0/0
a2 3/0/6/0/1
gull 0/0/4/6
volute
g91 0/10/0
ananda 0/0/10
-
rm
73mv
GLL
mini-k
hp
wraith
wraith
screens, lock time, lockbox, turning, e. pow, radar, cooling
It seems like a fairly safe opener for me, and it left a good amount of parts open for me to use. The next two are more counter-bot oriented.
Go Clippers!
queen
eos
macaque
boar2
-
f73h
fudoh
r92
-
jiren
98g
98g
rs
69h
screens, ecm pulse, lockbox, turning, radar, cooling
I took my friend Azad's tank and made some minor modifications. It's a good tank and another fairly safe choice, particularly against slower stuff.
Dood (not named yet)
s2 0/4/3/3/0
u4 0/4/0/6/0
fl 0/0/6/4/0
dingo2 0/6/2/2/0
v2 0/0/0/10
limpet
lotus 0/10/0
ragora 0/4/6
-
rm2
ra
harpy
rl
r3
screens, generator, ecm pulse, lockbox, turning, cooling
Fairly simple bot, with an emphasis on movement and poking. Spam off orbits early, then poke and look for mistakes to come in and punish on.
I think I'm within the rules...but I haven't looked recently so if I am not, please let me know. I would have liked to use gaea on the last bot but I didn't find any particular setups I felt comfortable with. I also think that last set could use OB, but again...nothing felt right. I'd mess with'em a little more but I think getting input on the designs would make more sense at this point. Besides, like I mentioned earlier I don't really have anyone to playtest with anymore, haha.
