Weapons

There are currently 5 types of weapons in RoboCraft: 

Each of the types specialize in their own uses and they are all deadly when used effectively. Many people prefer different guns due to their playing style and difficulty level, but they are all pretty balanced. I would HIGHLY recommend that you try out each gun for at least 5 games. This allows you to get the hang of it while testing the waters of the new style.

SMG (Sub Machine Gun)
     The SMG's are the most commonly used gun in the game, as they are easy to control, fairly cheap, and you start out with them. They are good for constant damage and they are very versatile, as their range can go from short to long quite easily. The SMG is the best way to take down the flyers of the enemy team and secure the air. The SMG, when used correctly, is the most accurate gun in the game.

Style of Play: Tank/Ranged
     As a SMG, you try to build your robot with armor, and lots of it, to take the hits. You try to get up in the faces of your enemies while allowing your fellow robots to do the damage. Another option is to let the tanks go in front, while you do as much damage to your enemies to save the tanks.

Pros: Versatile, Mostly short range, Fastest rate of fire in the game, Easiest to use
Cons: Not as high of damage in later tiers


Plasma Launcher
   The Plasma is the bomber of the guns. It has an arc trajectory which takes a while to get used to, but the splash damage can break robots apart quite easily. Plasmas are used mostly on flying ships because their splash damage is deadly when placed above a robot. The splash damage does damage to multiple blocks and not just the block it hits, so this is useful for taking out guns or heavy frontal armor. You have to anticipate the movement of your enemies, as it takes some time for your shots to actually fly in the air and hit.

Style of Play: Ranged Support
     As a Plasma, you support your fellow robots with your splash damage. After firing, you need to wait a bit, so you have more of a hit-and-run tactic. You stay behind your other robots and try to hit the clumped enemies.

Pros: Splash damage
Cons: Medium reload speed, Arc Trajectory


Rail Cannon
     The Rails take the most skill to execute properly. It does the most damage in the game (per shot) and you can shoot at enemies across the map. Look for a high place to sit and camp. If you are being shot at while reloading, just take a step back and wait for the fire to end.

Style of Play: Sniper
     With a well-aimed shot at the blocks beneath the cockpit, you are able to punch through armor like butter and secure a 1 or 2 hit kill. Rails have incredible range and have a much better zoom than any other weapon. It takes a while to actually have your shot become accurate, but once you are locked on a still target, there is death waiting. However, to counter this outstanding damage, a red line (pretty much like a laser) is visible to your allies and your enemies alike. The "Laser of Doom" is a great way to make your enemies retreat, or at least be more careful, as they do not want to get hit by it. Use this to your advantage and make your foes play more passive.

Pros: Insane damage, Able to change the movements of your enemies (with laser)
Cons: Slow to reload, Laser gives away your position, Takes skill to shoot


Nanotech Disruptor
     The Nano is the healing guns. They construct broken robots back into their normal form one block at a time. These have saved my robot in battle MANY times, but the medic has to have skills by learning placement, who to target, and who they should stick to or run. There are almost too many medics out there, but if you don't have a good one on your team, they will get you killed. Although, the Nanos can target up to 6 allies/foes.

Style of Play: Healing Support
     With Nanos, you are the healers of the team. You follow the herd and mend any broken blocks. You sustain your team with live-saving heals and if anyone comes too close, you blast them with your Nanos, breaking their blocks with now-deadly rays of light.

Pros: Heals are always nice, Can both heal and do damage, Can multi-target
Cons: You will be targeted


Tesla Blade
     This is the newest weapon to the family. Although I have seen some suicide bots that only use Teslas, I would recommend using these in junction with another type of weapon. The Tesla Blade is a melee weapon, consisting of rings (1 for T8, 2 for T9, and 3 for T10) that, when they collide with an enemy bot, does massive damage. I use these on my medic and I have actually killed someone by just ramming them once. It does recharge, which is nice.

Style of Play: Melee/Defense
     If you want to make a suicide bot with just Teslas, then more power to you. However, Teslas are great for keeping someone at a distance. No one wants to get close to you, so this could work to your advantage.

Pros: Great damage, Keeps others at bay, Great defense
Cons: VERY short range

Ranking Up

  I have answered too many questions about how to rank up into the next tier, so here it is:

     If you play a decent amount, you will get a fair amount of TP/RP. Go into the Tech Tree (press "T") and you can unlock better guns, armor, and movement types (wheels, hovers, flight). Each item has its own different robot rating. The higher the tier, or the more you have, the higher the rating of your robot will be. Here is a table of the rankings that I took from (http://robocraft.wikia.com/)

You can tell what the ranking of the block is by hovering your mouse over the block either in the store or in your inventory.





The biggest tip that I can give you to rank up: Stay with the group, hit your targets, and play a lot. If you don't play, then you can't rank up. It might seem like a grind, but just make fun robots every few rounds and see what happens.

Money

Everyone likes money. Money makes the world go round, right? In RoboCraft, there are 3 types of currencies: Tech Points (TP), Robo Points (RP), and Galactic Cash (GC.) 






Let us start with the Tech Points. Tech Points are the little stars with a number in them, You gain Tech Points by fighting and destroying blocks in battle. The more you destroy, the more Tech Points you receive. If you are a Tier 1 robot, you get Tier 1 stars. The TP If your team wins, you get a 10 TP bonus as well.








Robo Points, like Tech Points, are earned in battle. This is from a battle I lost on my Premium account (+100% TP/RP), but the green hexagon is the RP gained. You use RP to purchase items for your robot in the store.







Galactic Cash (GC) is purchased from the RoboCraft Store (Press "M" to see the prices) and is purchased with real money. You are able to transfer Tech Points into UberPoints by using GC, which can be used for any tier. I would not recommend that you purchase blocks with it, but if you have deep pockets, then more freedom to you.

Loading Into The Game

     First off, I am going to start in T1, also known as Tier 1. There are 10 tiers, and each tier gets progressively better in their destruction power, as well as their armor. Every new account starts off as a Tier 1. I am going to show you a picture with annotations on it, then explain what each part does.

     Let us start by looking at our robot in the middle of the screen. You are given this robot at the start of the game. I would recommend using this at first, until you understand how to make bigger and better robots. At the very top, left hand corner there is the "Player Level." Next to that is your robot's CPU usage, or pFLOPS. Up in the right hand corner, there are Tech Points (TP), Robo Points (RP), and Galactic Cash (GC). The very bottom bar shows what tier you are. The tier you are in is highlighted blue. On this robot, I am Tier 1, so the white bar is below the Tier 2 box.

About Me

     Hello everyone. This is going to be my RoboCraft guide. I have seen many people ask questions in chat and instead of dealing with them individually, I have decided to make an entire series about the game. I will try my best to create a guide that deals with the basics to more advanced tactics on the map.

     I am a Tier 10 player that started RoboCraft in about May/June of 2013. I have been on and off, but so far, I enjoy the game enough to help others learn about it. I am thinking of offering powerleveling (going from T1-T10), so if you are interested, send me an e-mail. Thanks for reading and I hope you learn one thing or another from this blog.

     If you ever want extra help, or just want to play together, add me as a friend! My in-game names are Goatpeople (my main) and RoboCraftHelp.