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I think I could control a Roomba by screaming and waving my arms at it better than these robots can be controlled with a mouse.
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Congratulations! You just won the Mechanical Samadhi Badge and 30 points!
At the very beginning, tell shield to follow the dragon, then manually move sword around, keeping him in range to keep firing, but not close enough so that the dragon shoots him. It may take a couple tries but you'll eventually get it.
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I beat Challenge 4 using charrrlie's strategy, it takes some practice though. Set Shield to follow Sword, then move Sword in a big circle around Dragon, who will have to chase. You want to make sure that the angle between Dragon-Shield-Sword is about 120 degrees, this will guide where you go next with Sword. Shield won't wander as much because you keep moving away from it. Dragon will take damage whenever both Shield and Sword are in attack range because all your shots will go past Shield at this angle.
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How the f**k is that a sword if its fireing? When it gets close to dragon it turns away, wtf??
Why it isnt like hammerhead to attack at melee range if its "Sword"?
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whatever happened to the guns like i don't know wat it called but it looked like a face and it killed enemys in one hit because it attack like 999,999,999 times a minute
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Lots of potential, but definitely room for improvement too:
-- Let me have more than five chassis at the same time
-- Ability to store "configurations"
-- When I mount/dismount stuff, keep the chassis selected
-- Sort the inventory (and preferably, stack it as well (so, item name and number available, not show the item lots of times))
-- Mount/dismount through drag-n-drop would be awesome
++ Note: so far only interface enhancements, here are actual improvements:
-- New tactic: "try to stay just in range" (when fighting opponent with shorter range weapon than you do)
-- Multiple guns on one chassis
-- Ability to obtain info about opponents (before and/or during the match)
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Damn, that shield really moves like a FRIED AI in the 4th challange. its pure luck that challange. He just shoot my sword, and the shield go on and on 2 minutes without getting killed... other than this nice game.
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So the retarded AI and the inability to set behavior patterns other than those that cause failure makes the challenges entirely too stupid and hard based only on lack of resources.
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Power to the 6odd thousand people who were lucky enough to finish Challenges 2 and 4. I'm not going to waste my time on this AI anymore.
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Why on hell robots equipped with a long range weapon immediately run towards the enemy until it's so close it may get pregnant from it?
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I do think that you should have at least one bot set to the arrows or WASD keys. But I also think that you guys should stop knocking the AI as this is the best robot AI I have ever seen in a flash game. If you had a real robot with this good of AI you would be thrilled(or at least I would)
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like said before: 1) really hard to control, 2) even if you manage to click the bot, just after issuing movement, it moves away by itself, 3) bots hit whatever they want, not what i want (again - control!), 4) really poor inventory management (mount/sell too close, to change plating, i have to dismount weapon, etc.). summing up: now: 2/5, after changes - possible 4 or 5
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Shield makes me want to punch a baby in the esophagus... seriously, why is wander even in this game?Why not have a stay standby or something?... groan... baby in the esophagus
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I'm fine with not being able to directly control the robots, but if only there were better/more consistent AI settings to give them. Could resolve some frustration.
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And one could then argue that at end. All you need is one damage and one healer. And pray that your healer isn't retarded.
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Here's the strategy I used to beat 4: Set shield to "follow" dragon. Move sword up to start, then back down. This makes dragon try to go above shield and keeps you from damage from the get-go. After that, shield will be too close to dragon for dragon to target it (it won't target if it's too close, either will you). So back away and move as far away as you can from dragon. Eventually dragon will come off the wall , and hopefully shield's retarded AI will make it take long enough to leave it in range (usually does, about 7 outta 10 times). While both are matching speeds, pull up alongside them and shoot dragon. As dragon approaches a wall, back off. The wall will cause the gap between shield and dragon to close, eventually removing shield as dragon's target. Wait for dragon to come off the wall with shield in tow (and being the target), pull up alongside, and after about 3 strafing runs you should have it. Good luck, and + if it works for you.
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"Distraction" would actually be fair if the "Dragon" didn't have a weapon with a minimum range of halfway across the map. Maintaining the balance of OUTSIDE the minimum range and INSIDE the maximum range while at the same time being CLOSER to the Dragon than the sword while of course the sword is still INSIDE the maximum range so it can shoot leaves about a ten-pixel margin of error where the dragon will actually shoot at your shield and you can shoot back, and the balance is upset as soon as any of the tanks make any sudden, unpredictable movements, which happens approximately ALWAYS percent of the time. Please, just give the dumb dragon a machine gun so we can set the shield to follow it and just control the sword.
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One could argue that two healers is OP. But one could also argue that controlling the bots is a pain in the ass. So it's fair.
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The regular levels are fine because I only have to win once to get gear which makes my bots superior (ergo their incompetence doesn't put me at a disadvantage). The challenges, however, are absolutely ludicrous. I've never seen so many bots run STRAIGHT for the corner, or even seemingly avoiding the opponent. /sigh
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Pretty Cool. I like it for the most part. 4/5 But it is a little limited by its own scope. I would request some re balancing but if every match weren't a hair difference between the winner and loser it would lose some luster overall. A wider selection of weapons/components would be cool to.
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Very simple tweak to the control system that I think would make the game a whole lot easier to play without ruining it: if the player clicks on an open area of the arena, ALL his bots are directed to move there. If he clicks on an enemy bot, ALL of his bots are directed to follow it as a target. Leave the click-drag mechanism for cases where all-or-nothing isn't as effective.