New Robot Ideas to Complete Factions

I'd like to see automatic hits with grapple.

If you look at it's health, you will see that this robot can be taken out by any DB build in the entire game, with 12,000 damage to spare. It'll only have 2k health left after being hit by two Fury Trident volleys.

Maybe a reduction of the speed, from 32 kph to 27 kph, will do.

Firstly - great naming suggestions, I like that pretty much. Please add Jesus as the next FFA bot, with, say, healing ability =)

In general I think idea of proposing new bots is awesome, it helps understanding the balance of the game. Which bot could be added and why.
But you need to think out of the box here, proposing bots that not replacing old ones, and not just shuffling the deck, but providing new experience.
For example, Butch is not just "squishy 4-hardpoint Fury", it has it's quickdraw ability, which is fun.
Same with Jesse, it is, virtually, a cross between a Patton and a Stalker; it is as nimble and small-framed as Stalker, but armed like a Patton. But again, quickdraw is making it fun; you can mount 2 pin\2 magnum and don't worry how you can fire only Pins or only Magnums.
At the same time, it is impossible to fire all four Magnums, and impossible to fire single Aphid every 3 seconds, because you need to Quickdraw;
Thus bot is not making Patton\Stalker obsolete.

And Doc with it's superior firepower is not able to achieve greater DPS than, say, DB. And while Doc is as fast as Galahad - Doc is very squishy. And can't cornershoot properly. Even Boa has it's merits in comparison to Doc;
Have said that I think Goliath need something unique, that would make it not just "slower Golem with additional gun", but something people would like to make a test run for.
For example, Carnage has in-built Ancile, BritBots pre-equipped with ECU; make this bot come with pre-equipped Zenit (or Nashorn) that cannot be removed, plus two medium and one light slots. It won't be OP and would be fun to try it out.
Same goes for David

Now you actual suggestions and questions that I have:
1) General note - Not sure what HP\speed do you mean. Is it stock values or lvl12 values? If lvl12 then Goliath won't be very good due to small speed and almost no durability. I think it would be nicer to get more speed, or you might end up with slightly different Natasha.
2) David - With Heavy\Medium slots it would be highly OP bot, especially with high speed. I'd say "Second Carnage", again making them pretty similar.
3) Really cool idea of additional weapon for stationary bot, but if you think about it for a moment - it is mini-Rhino, again there is no "wow-factor" here.
4) Great idea about grappling hook! Now we talking. Real out-of-the-box thinking! However it might be undervalued like Raijin climbing ability. Too complex to use in a short, fast-paced game.
5) If I would think of new abilities - I would think of something like making new heavy bot, where you can put small bot inside. So you basically walk in your heavy to a Yama center, pouring death, then eject into a Stalker and go capping beacons. Not very usable, though )) Or make new bot who can do EMP wave, that fiddles with enemy control; say, "left" is now inverted to "right", and vice versa for some time.
6) Good idea about damage boost, not sure if it's doable on small mobile game. But worth a shot.

So in general - the direction is good! Have you participated in a "new robot design" contest recently?

I like the Grapple idea. Strap myself to the back end of an Ancilot and hitch a ride, lol. The ryujin is an interesting concept. It's like a reverse rhino.

I was thinking the same thing! Now, can you guess why I specifically decided to give the Ryujin the Turret ability?

I like this one... but 4 lights not 3... with 2 extra coming out when your in bastion mode... 

The reality is you could get away with giving it a shield too (it is parking give it some extra time/life but unlike its big brother put them on the sides, so flankers have a hard time... 

Actually it is an idea you can play with, shield in front 2 wepons, shield on side 4 weapons (the reverse of a rhino) and it can keep moving while activated.... 

Well, Jesus was actually a Jewish preacher; and David\Golath theme is not a Folklore (and Golem is), so we might be safe here.
But possibly we might make Heavy bot named Moses, with special ability +20 damage and +10 speed for every bot following him through Canyon or Springfield's desert :-D

On spider bot, you see:
To move he disables third weapon.
Rhino:
To move FAST he disables two weapons.

Basically both of them must be still (to some extent) to unleash it's firepower. I am trying to re-create original thinking of the devs;
Light bot with just 2 hardpoints would be vastly outperformed by any of the light bots (even the dreaded Gepard). You might think of bots not in space, but in real map; and every real map has some kind of cover, more or less. So, all lights are fast-moving, well-equipped, and you got yourself relatively slow bot with just two weapons?
You might think again, and at least provide him with kind of defense, while he's on the move. So he can move safely, then stop and fight.... And this gives us Rhino model.

Sorry I was confusing in my post because I started wandering. If you have 3 weapons out and only bring out the 4th in bastion it is a 33% increase in damage. By just dropping more slots that are only available when parked you get the same net effect without having to invent something!

Then I got to thinking that if you went 2/4 it would be more interesting.... but at that point its a pretty dangerous bot damage wise so you a target, the shield would be nice. The interesting thing about the brit bots is that the shield on the side is still a damage sink.... what if you had the shields on the front and 2 weapons vs the shields on the side and 4...

That becomes a bot that is interesting, because when double teamed he has an advantage. If his opponents split he can give full firepower to one and shield himself from the flanker, if they stay together, less firepower for more defense. 

That is interesting, but it's (or atleast should be) beyond light bot capabilities.

And there's nothing wrong with inventing something new.

Well, here's a few ideas...

Excalibur - heavy - Armor-piercing short-range Cannon. Fires four-shot rapid-fire clip, five-second reload, range 0-500m. Damage 2300 at base L1, reaching 7,218 per shell at max L12. High-density projectiles will penetrate physical shields and Ancile shielding, dealing 50% reduced damage after passing through either type of shield. Deals 100% damage to physical shields while piercing through; however depletes Ancile shields at only 25% power. High-accuracy, tracks targets rapidly similar to Zeus at ranges between 150-500m. Tracking less effective at ranges less than 150m. Cost: 10k WSP

Why Excalibur isn't OP: limited ammo and range, damage greatly reduced by shields.

Why Excalibur isn't redundant: nothing else like it. Ability to pierce shields and deal damage to targets. Thunder would still be king of close-range duels (ideal for Carnage), while Excalibur would be better suited for keeping enemies at a distance and punching holes in charging Rhino's and Lancelot's.

Why Excalibur isn't ridiculous: In real life, Excalibar would be a weapon that fires shells consisting of depleted uranium surrounding a tungsten core. The depleted uranium casing would serve the purpose of punching through a physical shield, and would be burned up passing through an Ancile shield. In either case, the dense tungsten core would survive passing through a shield to pierce the hull of the robot.

Hyperion - heavy - Tri-barrel energy beam bombardment cannon. Fires triple energy beams at long ranges. Fires a single one-second pulse, four-second reload. Deals comparatively low damage, starting at 1000 per beam per pulse (collectively 3000) at L1 and maxing at 2854 per beam per pulse (collectively 8560) at max L12. Unaffected by Ancile shielding; deals 50% less damage to physical shields. Hyperion gains 10% critical chance with every 10% decrease in target health, to a maximum of 60% increased critical chance against targets with 40% or less health remaining. Beams change in color as weapon is upgraded: red-orange at L1-3; yellow at L4-6; white at L7-9; cyan at L10-11; blue at max L12. Cost: 10k WSP

Why Hyperion isn't OP: low DPS, extremely ineffective against physical shields.

Why Hyperion isn't redundant: DPM-based energy weapon, whereas Trebuchet is DPS-based. Rather than dealing massive true damage, Hyperion achieves destruction by crippling systems or disabling weapons on targeted enemies thanks to heavily focused energy beams. Hyperion is designed to soften exposed targets, not destroy them.

Why Hyperion isn't ridiculous: in real life, Hyperion would be used with highly accurate targeting to attack weapons and other weak points on enemy mechs. It's a high-efficiency weapon, using comparatively low energy output to disable rather than destroy enemy robots. As such, and as an energy-based weapon, it would be largely ineffective against high-density objects such as physical shields; such a target would simply have too much mass for Hyperion's energy beams to deal much damage.

Blitz ability - bot deploys additional weapons and gains speed for a short time. After which weapons retract and bot returns to normal speed.

Onslaught - Heavy class bot - 2+2 heavy hard points. Ability: Blitz. Robot mounts two weapons normally; when engaging Blitz mode, bot deploys two additional weapons and gains 100% speed increase. Lasts 9 seconds, after which auxiliary weapons retract and robot speed returns to normal level. Recharge 25 seconds after Blitz ends. Base/max HP 85k/167k. Base/max speed 19/23. Bot may not mount Ancile shields.

Impact - Medium class bot - 2+2 medium hard points. Ability: Blitz. Robot mounts two weapons normally; when engaging Blitz mode, bot deploys two additional weapons and gains 50% speed increase. Lasts 9 seconds, after which auxiliary weapons retract and robot speed returns to normal level. Recharge 20 seconds after Blitz ends. Base/max HP 42k/110k. Base/max speed 31/39.

Gauntlet - Light class bot - 1 medium + 2 light hard points. Ability: Blitz. Robot mounts 1 medium weapon normally; when engaging Blitz, bot deploys two light weapons and gains 25% additional speed. Blitz lasts 9 seconds, after which auxiliary weapons retract and speed returns to normal. Recharge 15 seconds after Blitz ends. Base/Max HP 35k/73k. Base/max speed 45/57.

Why they're not redundant: Nothing like them, or even close. The Wild Bunch bots are designed for a completely different purpose. They alternate between weapons; the Blitz bots deploy varied numbers of weapons.

Why they're not OP: Slower and more fragile than most comparable bots on the battlefield when not in Blitz mode. In spite of massive firepower, bots are only able to utilize the full measure of their weaponry for a very limited time. Most of the time they will have access to only half of their armament.

Why they're not ridiculous: Their massive firepower is on a different level than anything else in the game. However, they are very weak when not in Blitz mode, having less speed and firepower than anything else in the game. They can't outrun or outfight anything comparable when not in Blitz mode.

Archangel: heavy shield weapon. Capacitor that absorbs enemy plasma/laser energy. Base HP 50k, max HP 153k. Capacitor has no effect on physical projectiles and may be destroyed by them. May also be destroyed by energy weapons while in overload. Capacitor releases stored energy at 10% max load per second; once overloaded, capacitor must cool down for three seconds taking no fire from energy weapons, after which point shield will go back up to 30% and regenerate 10% capacity per second.

Why it's not redundant: obviously, nothing like it.

Why it's not OP: occupies heavy weapon slot, offers protection against only plasma.

Why it's not ridiculous: based on actual capacitors, which absorb, store, and release energy.

Well, I came to an idea that speed is what wins a game, for the most part.
You can take a look at Carnage - he is deadly, because can bring firepower where needed, fast. Couldn't say the same about Natasha.
So you can cap a beacon and be there, guarding it at once.

And as a side note, I would like a bot who can change direction during a jump. Like dashing when you are airborne.
And of course superlight bot, twice as low as a Jesse, flying, with only 1 light slot would be nice, especially if he would be ejected from a destroyed bot :-D

Much like "elementals" in MechWarrior

But once again, weapon weight, weapon energy consumption and "slots" taken by weapons are all:

1) Concepts from Mechwarrior
2) Had been introduced to War Robots only to be removed

We need a light spiderbot with like, 3-4 light slots (same firepower as either Gepard or Patton) that can climb literally any surface, better than a Rajin, and can cling to both friend and foe. (Provided that the target bot is a medium or heavy) Piggyback on an ally or grapple a foe like a Jockey from left 4 Dead. Imagine clinging to a Rogatka or Griffin XD. Maybe a tiny jump ability too, not for escaping or getting around, but just enough to jump onto a wall a little ways up or onto abother bot. Think it would be hilarious.

Sleep well ;) There are daily tasks to do tomorrow!

And about climbing spiderbot - that is SOOO BattleTitans, guys, c'mon.
Let's not make two game similar.

I'll suggest making a guided missile, like in Unreal, that you shoot from your bot and can control, while your bot is standing still, prone to attack. Or better yet teleporters of some kind, that can teleport bot or shot. Maybe put it only in Heavy slot. So you can either teleport or have superior firepower.