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Re: Team Update: Drive Team Placement in Playoffs

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Originally Posted by PayneTrain View Post
Here is a thought: if you are an alliance captain, how much stock are you putting into HP placement? Do you want the 2 HP to be next to 2 station, 3 HP next to 3 station, and your HP running some tactical function like the 2011 HP not at the slots? You could even say there might be an opportunity if the 2 and 3 HPs are similar enough to the 1 HP that your 1 HP could be coached up on helping to coordinate 1 Drive Team while 1 Coach operates as a field marshal of sorts, understanding and accepting some obvious tradeoffs with this move.
It depends on the alliance captains robot. If they are a slot feeder, they will have their trained HP at the slot. It's like 2013, you don't want just anybody feeding your robot.
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