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Re: General Motor Rules

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Originally Posted by Kevin Leonard View Post
...but in 2015 we had to make a total of zero trade-offs when it came to alotting motors. 20's elevator had 4 motors on it, for example.
Exactly why I agree with EricH about having stricter motor limits. Having to make significant tradeoffs in how much power to allocate to what mechanism is a fun part of design and encourages creative solutions vs. lets just throw more motors on it until it does what we want.
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