[Dr Theta]

There are many factors that go into whether or not building a turret is the "best" strategy for this game.
1. Prior experience with turrets (off-season or previous years).
2. Whether you can get the desired precision with the drivetrain.
3. Motor allocation.
4. Time taken for iteration and development.

We ultimately decided against the turret due to several of these factors (one of which has yet to be determined). It comes down to realistically looking at what you can achieve, and what resources you are willing to allocate to achieve it. For us a turret may have been achievable, but it would require allocating more of our resources than we were willing to use in it's development. Whether or not this puts us at a competitive disadvantage is yet to be seen, but it is less likely to put us at a huge disadvantage compared to attempting to do more than we realistically can.