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Originally Posted by cglrcng

"Worth it? Maybe only at the highest levels of play."

You have 15 seconds of auto, and nothing is going to happen until the 15 second clock winds down. If you are capable of doing so, at any level of play. And your shot was a high goal scoring in 1~2 seconds. Why on earth would you want to just let your bot sit around for 13~14 seconds doing nothing?

Those that can DO, because they always play at the highest level.

This quote was to indicate that having a two-ball auto, while benefiting your score at any level of play, is not necessary at all during district/regional season since so few teams will probably be doing it. Resources could be better spent putting in some extra cycles, or perhaps breaching a new set of defenses. This will more actively help your score over time (assuming you score enough to make up for your single ball auto). A good team doesn't need a two ball auto to win a regional, therefore putting extended resources towards this at the cost of other features is not necessarily a good idea. At Einstein, or IRI, maybe a 2 ball auto will make the difference between closely matched alliances, though, and it will be necessary. The team has to decide for itself if the advantage is worth it and if they have the resources to make it work.