Well hell, that's a very cool new unit! A really serious defensive profile on this thing: REM for two levels of unconscious, NWI/Shock immune, Arm2, not impetuous so can take cover, still mim-3, and a panzerfaust + heavy RS for aros. SMG for suppressive fire. It can fail two saves in one attack and still go NWI, guts back and live to fight another day. Great weapon loadout, keeping it nice and cheap. O12 didn't really have a good paramedic before, outside the Dakini, so this is a great addition for things like Supplies! Finally, I think Remracer just got itself a new set of wheels. The +1BS is nice, but the money is on +1PH, +1A, +9CC being the clear winner. The Roadbot then has CC27, and a built in -3cc on its weapon. Granted, it can't kill but it can go up against some major CC threats (TI aside) and paralyse them. What do you all think? For me, this is just the kind of late profle release I wanted to see - very unique, bringing a whole new set of tools to O12.
This thing is awesome. And I say that despite my Su-Jian being very, very jealous. So much utility, without being obviously overpowered. Might be a little cheap for what it does, but low-ish BTS 3 at least mitigates that a bit. And a really, really cool theme. I might have to collect whatever force lets me put these things and Lawkeepers down at the same time in largest numbers. Excellent work, CB!
…and B2 if the Sidebot piles in too. Fighting with your sync unit (aka the Irmandinho Trick) is surprisingly nasty.
He's pretty cool and like you said a REM Racer will boost him quite a bit. Then also and in a EVO further boosting it with Firewall or Marksmanship. The RR giving it a +3 to BTS would be good too.
Su Jian can take so much more hits than it tho, it still has that for it. If S5 profile is confirmed it will also be the cheapest S5 of the whole game right?
I have a deep love for this beautiful bot. Looking forward to rocking it in Starmada alongside a Lawkeeper + Oko Duo whilst declaring myself the Road Warrior of Justice.
Same here. I started O-12 because of the fantastic minis. Especially the Bluecoat and the Lawkeeper. But the Roadbot is the first O-12 mini that I don't like.
Same here! Not my favourite mini. Bulky, static, square angles... The opposite of what something mobile should be. The sidebot, cute or not, looks more like a toy. BUT... I'll buy it
I for one I like the mini. I think most of the people concerns about our new highway bot comes from the pose itself. But taking in account it is going to be Siocast, it is going to be extremely easy to mod him into a bit more dinamic pose / weapon swap without too much concerns. Since I expect that there is going to be more than AVA 1 for Starmada, I will for sure built one with the generic pose, and try to achieve an 'heroic anime pose' with the other.
Personally I'll wait to see the actualy sculpt in the flesh before deciding. For instance I through the new 'thumbs up' Scot Guard model was naff until I got hold of it and now I love it. If I think the Roadbot doesn't make the grade there's a simple proxy for it - the su jian is an absolutely incredible sculpt.
So far I had 0 issues with the siocast of the Fuzzbots, Bultrak and Tournament Edition Zeta... so I am quite positive on it. Actually I prefer the weight of the Siocast Bultrak and T.Ed Zeta rather than my painted regular Zeta who weights a freaking ton and I am always afraid is going to be broken in parts everytime he has a little 'stumble down' incident on a game.
"Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they tell me to issue speeding tickets. Call that job satisfaction? 'Cos I don't. I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed."
OK, CB has won. I will order one as soon as it's available... The shenanigans you can do with the Roadbot plus a Remracer +3PH, +1A, +9CC are too good to ignore. This guy dodges on 17 in his high mobility form.
