Beta

The Beta is a tank in Extended Arras. It upgrades from the Auto-2 and can upgrade to 10 other tanks.

Design
The Beta looks very similar to the Auto-2, except it has a Basic tank cannon in the front. Its auto-turrets are also slightly angled towards the Beta's front cannon rather than directly on the sides like an Auto-2's.

Technical
The Beta's auto turrets behave much like a regular auto-turret: they will aim at the closest enemy entity until they're out of range or destroyed, and they will remain in regular position if override is enabled. However, these auto-turrets will aim at the mouse pointer when auto-fire is enabled. Also, due to having a specified front, the Beta does not have perpetual auto-spin unless the player presses c.

As the Beta
The Beta is very powerful. All of its bullet stats are incredible when upgraded at least three times. The Beta is best with the glass or shooter build. When using either, you can go on a rampage with Beta and get decently high scores. Most players won't stand a chance against you, but Bots or skilled players that can ambush you (or attack you from the sides) can be very deadly. Bosses such as the Docker and War Scorpion also make formidable opponents, as they can easily out-penetrate you.

Against the Beta
Out-penetrating the Beta is extremely hard to to with most non-TESTBED tanks, so a more efficient strategy is to try to use tanks like Abyss and Ominous to ambush them. If they don't have override off, though, you're probably toast. BT and Teamer are also good choices when fighting the Beta, as they are some of the few tanks that can actually out-penetrate the Beta. Flanking the Beta's sides with bullets or ramming it are also good ideas, but make sure they don't flip-fire at you, as that could get you killed very fast. Most drone wielders (save for Underseer branch) have a high chance of defeating the Beta, but only with enough skill and a good build.

A more dangerous but effective strategy to use against the Beta is to "team" with a boss. Hopefully, the Beta will be forced to choose either shooting at you or the boss, but either way, one will attack it from the rear while the other occupies it. However, try to keep them from running away, in which case you may manage to corner them, but if they can escape being cornered they're most likely to get revenge on you for trying to team on them.

Trivia

 * The Beta was the first tank created by Purrfect Speed to be added into Extended Arras.
 * The Beta was originally created in a paper-comic Purrfect Speed made but never shared.
 * All we know is that it appeared in the lab sector of "Zeach's" base.