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kelef 24-01-2017 09:44

Re: Is the Boiler worth it?
 
But consider the fact that you may be on a team where everyone is gear heavy, which is very likely considering the circumstances. Depending on how efficient the others are, two situations may arise. 1. All of the gears get done earlier in the game than expected and if you have no fuel capability you're SOL for the rest of the game. 2. the other robots are more efficient than you and they handle the gears, then you're stuck driving in circles.

Skyehawk 24-01-2017 09:50

Re: Is the Boiler worth it?
 
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Originally Posted by kelef (Post 1635520)
But consider the fact that you may be on a team where everyone is gear heavy, which is very likely considering the circumstances. Depending on how efficient the others are, two situations may arise. 1. All of the gears get done earlier in the game than expected and if you have no fuel capability you're SOL for the rest of the game. 2. the other robots are more efficient than you and they handle the gears, then you're stuck driving in circles.

The second situation happens almost every year, those robots are usually utilized to play defense. As for the first situation, probably some very exciting game play followed by very battlebots-ish gameplay.

Siri 24-01-2017 10:46

Re: Is the Boiler worth it?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by kelef (Post 1635520)
But consider the fact that you may be on a team where everyone is gear heavy, which is very likely considering the circumstances. Depending on how efficient the others are, two situations may arise. 1. All of the gears get done earlier in the game than expected and if you have no fuel capability you're SOL for the rest of the game. 2. the other robots are more efficient than you and they handle the gears, then you're stuck driving in circles.

The first situation will be especially interesting when both alliances are gear-strong. Then you're in a very precarious high-speed chess match deciding how much defense to play when. If you both just concentrate on finishing gears before playing Aerial Assault (aka battle bots)...you'll both be finished gears already. Defense then is certainly not worth defense earlier. So it's a decision of how much work to put into defense up front while risking not finishing the 4th rotor. Or more likely, you're both not going for a 4th rotor (tying at 3rd with 1-3 climbers each), and try to dupe each other out about it while not screwing up.

This is gonna be fun. :)

Parker Brotman 31-01-2017 19:55

Re: Is the Boiler worth it?
 
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Originally Posted by SMR Vault (Post 1635393)
We reviewed some of these strategies, including defensive strategies, in our video update of weeks 1 & 2 of this season, so check that out for additional info and to see how some teams are implementing these strategies!

https://youtu.be/PJhMr0CW83s

I like the video. It felt very professional and addressed a number of good points. One comment I have though is that contact is, in fact, allowed in the key. You just can't park in the opponent's key for longer than 5 seconds, but there is no limit on how long you have to wait before returning to the opponents key.


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