Willing to adjust some numbers/things about this proposal in order to ensure more people are happy with the balance changes!

Couple of comments:
For the nox tank, I’d probably clarify it with something like: “If more than one Bot in a Bout has this System or if this Bot also has Ablative Plating equipped then it has no further effect; otherwise this Bot always starts a Bout on the left.”

For the lead weight, I heavily suspect it will be shot down for that nerf - a light bot with a nox tank and mitt would be able to win in two turns with no real counter.

I like the ablative plate nerf. It feels minor, but I could see it playing a role.

For the treads, I’d probably weaken the damage and the status but make it a one-turn thing (i.e. you gain the ability to spring as a reaction, rather than needing a wind-up turn), but it can work as-is.

Clarified the nox tank and buffed the lead weight slightly (preventing the two-turn knockout to give time for the treads to counter the mitt). As for the treads, the wind-up time is intentional as it makes the system difficult to use with standard scripts and encourages the ALM if you want to effectively use it offensively.

Fair enough. I like these now, so I’ll be voting in favour.

Making lead weight weaker instead of giving it a drawback is too big a shift in favor if shove bots. Will be voting against.

Ah, I’m afraid Springloaded Treads doesn’t quite work - it says ‘If after this the Actor occupies the same square as another Bot’, but that’s something that literally cannot happen (“A Bot can only move into an empty space: if a move reaction would take the Bot into an occupied space, the Bot remains in its position instead and takes Scratch Damage”).

True, yeah. I suppose I’ll propose a fix contingent on it passing, can’t edit this anymore…