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Originally Posted by Ronnie314
If you have a 1 ball auton and neither of your partners has one, would it be worth it to still put all 3 balls on the field? You score your one and IF you have a decently fast pickup and scoring device then to me it makes sense to keep them out to get those quick 20 points before start the cycle.
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No. Even if only one robot has to score all the points (which should never be the case) you lose points by taking the time to finish off the auto balls. If your robot can score in the high goal, you can do a truss shot & get 20 per cycle; that's more than the 10 you get with each auto ball. All a robot has to do to get a possession is trap it against the wall; that's reasonably quick.
Obviously, having to chase down a truss ball takes time, but it also scores immediately. ymmv, but I think what we saw in CIR says don't put auto balls on the field unless you can make them reliably.