• lime!@feddit.nu
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    if you want to see this in action, obwalden overlord vs warhead is a good match.

    • Th4tGuyII@fedia.io
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      Exactly this. Overlord’s primary weapons and defense were held on by relatively thin and delicate arms that Warhead just broke almost instantly with the first bite.

      A simple and sturdy design is hard to beat.

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      What were they thinking? That real robot battles look like those in cartoons?

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        they went for entertainment value. the higher you get in the bracket the more samey the fights tend to get. optimizing for performance alone would make for a boring show.