Brick Rigs

Brick Rigs

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Combat Workshop Stuff
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Examples and details of combat creations that have different balances between them, or may usually be considered overpowered.
   
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Made for 1.7
Partly WIP

This guide shows information for and talks about workshop creations.

Use the guide index to jump between sections.

Terms for Guide
- Core/Cored: Often means a fat brick of armor encompassing the whole interior of a vehicle.
(like a block of cheese)
- OP: Overpowered
- AP: Standard ammo type.
- HE: Explosive ammo type.
- HMG: Big automatic gun brick.
- LMG/SMG/MG: Small automatic gun brick.
- TK: Teamkill
- Server: Player lobby
- FPS: Frames per second
- Stack: Bricks clipped inside of each other
- Plate: A thin piece of armor used in hollow armor
- Launcher Brick: A special weapon brick that shoots missile projectiles, can be homing
- Brick Missile: A missile or rocket made from bricks such as fins and fuel tanks
- BRAF: Brick Rigs Armed Forces, the green team in battle and conquest
- DW: Desert Worms, the yellow team in battle and conquest
- Legacy: An older version of the game, from before 2021.
- Autocannon (relating to logic): A circuit that makes a series of guns stagger fire for higher RPM.
- Linkspam/Connection spam: Stacking bricks for more connection strength.

Other Terms
- Hull: The body of a vehicle. (Sometimes the fuselage of a plane is referred to as hull.)
- Turret ring: The lower/inner part of a turret.
- Turret cap: The upper/outer part of a turret.
- RPM: Rounds per minute
- MBT: Main Battle Tank
- PC: Personnel Carrier, can also mean IFV or APC.
- SPG: Self-Propelled Gun, i.e. artillery, tank destroyer, etc.
- SPAAG: Self-Propelled Anti-Air Gun, a light tank with a very high RPM gun
- MRAP: Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle
- FPV: First-Person View
- UAV: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (ex. drones)
'Overpowered' and Laggy Creations
This is a list of creations that may be considered OP. There is a good number of servers that will allow certain vehicles in this list though, always ask the host if you're unsure.

In a sort of vague order from strongest to weakest.
Lag will be labeled from lag caused from movement and existing.
(If destruction lag is significant it will be noted in details.)

Vehicles will be labelled from left to right!


The author of these only makes powerful vehicles.
ВРТ "Моль+"
A heli with very strong rockets and 15 stack HMG. Flimsy, as is expected. However, it has a passenger seat that remains at garage.
MBUT Ventilator
A laggy MBT with a whopping 100 stack AP and cored with tungsten. Very small profile and quite fast. However, it possesses a weakness in that the coring was done poorly and the turret can easily be disabled, often resulting in loose bricks killing the driver. Armored from all sides and has a 3 second reload. Because of the passenger seat, the driver can passenger switch from across the map to respawn the vehicle if they're in danger. Did they mean to say 'Venator'? Or, perhaps, was it an ice cream truck in a past life?
ОТРК "Искандер-М"
Basically a very fancy looking FPV drone. Will launch a camera guided missile, usually seconds after the start of the match, obliterating the majority of the other team at their spawn. Shooting the missiles off of teammates using these is a wonderful past-time. There's not really any point to the passenger seat because of it's role, but they will still put it there of course.

Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka
In essence, an FPV drone that houses the operator in it. Rule of thumb is that any vehicle with "Ohka" in the name is going to be some variation of this concept.
M142 HIMARS (GMLRS)
A very accurate long range rocket artillery system equipped with a sky cam. The rockets hit extremely hard and will one-shot most things, on top of them traveling fast enough that leading is mostly not necessary. Thankfully, it becomes pretty useless with angled terrain or an altitude difference, it seems.
3PK "Patriot" (MIM-104)
A truck equipped with four extremely fast camera guided missiles. Self-explanatory.

Nightingale, FPV Drone, and Lancet
All functionally identical, these are examples of FPV drones, small flying bombs remote controlled from the safety of a seat at spawn, flown over to the enemy spawn or any enemy vehicle to obliterate them with no risk to the operator. You have to use aircraft and hope there's no AA, or a drone yourself to effectively counter.

Tesla Cybertank (CBRTNK)
"Cored"? You fool. This very laggy tank IS the core. Indestructible armor (weak against explosives), and 256 stack cannons. Not only that, there's a passenger seat outside for switching back to garage across the map. However, like it's real-life counterpart, it is a bit poorly thought out, and the large engine pokes out of the hull near the back of the turret, visible when it's turned left or right. On top of that, if the gun is elevated too much, all it's internals will poke out.
FV4005 Stage II
As a faithful recreation of a real tank, it has a concerning amount of bricks that will decently hurt the performance of a server. It has a 174 stack cannon and is cored, so relatively standard as far as strong tanks go. Just very difficult to deal with.

Obiekt 279M
Cored, 86 stack cannon tank that levitates unnaturally, possibly some kind of daemon or witch. Nigh unkillable, outside special means such as powerful brick-made missiles. Very Laggy. Has a 2 second reload.
Obiekt 297MBV2
Not heretical like the other one and has "only" a 30 stack gun, with just a 2 second reload. Unsurprisingly, still extremely cored, and is less laggy than the other but still laggy.
Panzer VIII Maus (OP)
A very laggy giant tank weighing over 420 metric tons, with a very slow-turning 89 stack cannon. Ludicrously cored, it's going to be a challenge damaging it, let alone killing it. Thankfully, outmaneuvering it is extremely easy due to it's snail-like mobility. And yes, it literally has "(OP)" in the name so I suppose this isn't all too surprising. Powerful brick-made missiles required to destroy it.

Terror Ball "Kula-aska"
Levitating orb of tungsten, with so much connection spam it may as well be invincible for its high speed. Has a ~800-1200 RPM 3 stack cannon and flares. You need brick-made missiles or a high stack autocannon to kill it. Very very laggy when it blows up.
Oxima -[Guardian Drone]-
A levitating vehicle, similar to the Terror Ball albeit much smaller and practically unarmored. Although it's very weak, fighting it can be highly annoying due to it's exceptional agility and the high speeds it can reach causing it to be hard to hit even with a SPAAG. It has no flares, but some "variants" may have flares. Despite the name, it is not a drone. The driver is inside it.
Nemesis -[Assault Drone]-
Largely the same as it's sibling, the Oxima, this is a very quick, lightly armed-and-armored levitation craft. Has no flares, at least if it's not one of the "variants."
It is worth mentioning that the primary danger of these flying creations is not from their weapons. Rather, people will use it to ram you, creating what is basically a better Ohka.
'Overpowered' and Laggy Creations 2
(A second of the same section because character limit)


Super Missile System
192 launcher brick stack (it's not just an autocannon), hard-to-hit driver, strong armor, Laggy
Very laggy if its launcher bricks are destroyed
SCTech Reaper
Strong-ish armor, really fast autocannon, Very Laggy
Objectively laggy and annoying to kill


ATK
Hard-to-hit driver, no ammo, 2s reload 27 cannon, slightly laggy
Driver sideways flat seat, between second and third roadwheels, right above roadwheels
APL
Front armored, has ammo, 240RPM 36 HMG (~10 cannon pen), low lag
Turret is main weakpoint


MBT A15 "Bikini"
30 AP, flat sideways seat, no ammo, 114kph top speed, low lag-ish
Difficult to disable, try immobilizing to kill or memorize driver position (it's the same for all 4 of these)
Driver is 4th wheel from the front, right above wheels
SMT-15 "Husky-2" MLRS
Flat sideways seat, no ammo, 114kph top speed, weak autocannon, low lag
Shoot the turret's hinge and it's only weapon is disabled, shoot one side of wheels off it or you can't kill it
Driver is 4th wheel from the front, right above wheels
M7A2 "Belshazzar" SPAAG
8000RPM 2 HMG stack (~4 HMG stack at 60 fps), flat sideways seat, no ammo, 114kph top speed, low lag-ish (the large amount of projectiles can lag)
Driver is 4th wheel from the front, right above wheels
Hard to disable but not impossible, you have to hit both guns not just the turret, then immobilize
RAM30 "Melchior" SP
50 HE cannon stack, flat sideways seat, no ammo, 114kph top speed, low lag
Driver is 4th wheel from the front, right above wheels


GOMP Cougar
Cored hull, 7s 40 cannon, has ammo, low lag
Ammo racks on turret sides main weakpoint, turret can't rotate at all and gun armor is weak
GOMP Birdeater
Very Laggy, has ammo, steel cored hull, 20 HMG (~5 cannon pen)
Engine and red cylinder main weakpoints
Even more laggy if it gets destroyed
GOMP Bison
10s 60 cannon, Strong cored hull, no ammo, Laggy
Weakpoint is only its gun, you need ~10 cannon and at most a few shots

GOMP Wasp SL-A.T.O.A.T. G5
An adorable tank, probably one of the smallest ever, equipped with two oversized brick rockets. Obviously easy to destroy, especially if one aims for the missiles, but for obvious reasons catching up to it or reacting in time will prove to be a challenge. Peeking won't work either due to the immense splash. In these regards, it's somewhat like a real wasp.
ATGM "Grass-Snake"
Largely the same as the GOMP Wasp, now with clearly manually guided ATGMs.

G.A.R.I.E Motors' Anti-Air Vehicle 4
If you've played battle mode for more than ten minutes, you've likely become acquainted with this thing. Heavily armored for a little AA tank with a cored engine, turret and frontside, and packed with 8000 RPM 4 stack HMG and eight burst 10 stack launcher bricks. However, bob is visibly texture-shifting out of the front of the turret's core, so the turret is the main weakpoint. Go for guns and tracks if you're getting unlucky with shots, don't let it get close. Slightly laggy.
(At 60 FPS the HMG stack is actually a bit above 8, because guns firing in the same frame stack.)
G.A.R.I.E Motors' Anti-Air Vehicle 3 A
800RPM 20 stack HMG, a dozen burst 5 stack launcher bricks, low lag, has no ammo
There is no tungsten or connection spam at all

Novakor Daedalus
Giant shotgun autocannon, driver is visible through some grille bricks, very explosive engine that's in front of turret ring
Very laggy, can freeze a server upon destruction
F-22 Raptor op variant
Just laggy, lags just by flying, the fluid dynamic spam doesn't make it OP
The original jet is just better
'OP' Counters
These are just a few examples.
These are still powerful but have critical weaknesses or are just weak.
The Warden is the most armored of them, but shooting its missile will kill it and it has weak sides.
Has silent thrusters for movement instead of a normal turbine. Its rockets are good for drone users, and the agility should help with returning to cover.
Missile spam tank, good against cored tanks.
Has a highly stacked missile which can destroy some stronger cored tanks, and is less vulnerable than LTD.
The Workshop
There are different balances on the workshop. There are creations catered around about 20 stack of cannons, and some that are made for 30 or higher.
Some creations have giant blocks of armor inside and can have over 100 stack of cannons.

Example layout of hollow armor tank:
Heavy front armor, weak sides, ammo in the turret ring or cap, driver in the front or turret ring, engine in the back (sometimes front or on driver).

Highlighted brick is seat.

Shapes of wood or glass covering bob are not armor, but seat protection against loose bricks.

Cored armor example.

Seat inside giant block of tungsten.

WIP
Here is a list of workshop vehicles and details about them, as examples of different standards for balance.
This shows examples of more 'balanced' creations.

ws links
Hollow tanks with unregulated mbt front armor
Same thing as first but different or unregulated gun stack
Hollow tanks with regulated front armor, or armored replica tanks
Light armor vehicle
Light armor vehicle with realistic armor
Cored tank
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