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Old 03-07-2007, 11:44 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default The best Bots?

This is sorta bred from a thread I just started in the strategy forum, "T2, the tech that time forgot." It got me thinking about seige bots in general.

Now, Cybran & UEF Seige bots have shields (I think, I'm sure UEF do), yet Aeon don't. Trouble is, since we see almost no UEF vs Aeon replays (everybody plays Aeon, *snore*) it's hard to tell. The unit stats page on this site gave me the following info.

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land Unit #UEL0303
          Titan
          Siege Assault Bot
 
    *
 
      Class:
          Indirect Fire
 
Stats
    Max Health:
    1000
    Max Speed:
    2.9
 
Resources
    Build Cost Energy: 1000
    Build Cost Mass: 1000
    Energy Consumption: -
 
Weapons           Damage     Max radius/range     Refire rate     Firing Randomness
Heavy Plasma Cannon     x1      50     32                       2           -
Death Nuke                   x1       200            1            1        -
Tactical Warhead        x1         5000       75                 5            -
Nuclear Warhead        x1         10000     1024                5           -
Death Nuke                  x1        200           1                     1        -
 
Full Desctiprion
    This Siege Assault Bot fires homing rockets out of it's head! 
    It also has some type of energy based weapons firing from the arms.
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    *
 
      land Unit #URL0303
          Loyalist
          Siege Assault Bot
 
    *
 
      Class:
          Indirect Fire
 
Stats
    Max Health:
    1000
    Max Speed:
    3
    Footprint X:
    -
    Footprint Y:
    -
 
Resources
    Build Cost Energy: 1000
    Build Cost Mass: 1000
    Energy Consumption: -
 
Weapons           Damage     Max radius/range     Refire rate     Firing Randomness
Disintegrator Pulse Laser     x1     50     32     3     -
Heavy Electron Bolter     x1     5     32     3     -
EMP     x1     1     1.5     0.5     -
Heavy Microwave Laser     x1     200     22     1     -
Nanite Torpedo     x1     75     32     0.5     -
 
Full Desctiprion
    This Siege Assault Bot charges up it's gun and fires 3
    consecutive projectiles that fly in a direct path trajectory. 
   Also has an ECM laser.
Right, depending on what "refire rate" actually means (is it the time inbetween firing, or some kind of measurement of speed?), the main weapon of the Cybran/UEF Seige bot is remarkably similar in stats, aside from a difference in 'refire rate'. The UEF Seige Bot's other weapons aren't listed, so I can't tell how they rate with the Cybran. It'd be nice to try a straight 1v1, Cybran Seige bot vs UEF.

The stats give no info about shields (or the lack of) and seem to have grossly underestimated HP values (an awful lot of units appear to have '1000' hp). Interestingly, the Aeon Seige Bot isn't listed at all.

This isn't a dig at the unit stats page, the feature is well thought out and very helpful, it just doesn't answer the question. So, I put it to you, who has the best Bots?

Last edited by cyprian.pl : 03-08-2007 at 10:36 AM.
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