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Re: Defense Type and Position Selection

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Originally Posted by Dinokaiz2 View Post

For the argument between the Ramparts or the Moat, I tend to believe that the Moat is more likely to cause damage to enemy robots (i.e. comms lost, mechanisms breaking) whereas the Ramparts takes longer. If picking blindly, I personally would pick the Ramparts.
I would make another argument for Ramparts being better because they tend to turn robots as they drive over. Many teams can't cross the Ramparts in autonomous because of this, which cuts 3 points off of your opponents' score (2 point reach and 5 point teleop cross vs 10 point auto cross).