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Re: Fuel Seems Undercosted

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Originally Posted by apm4242 View Post
A robot that can trigger the hopper bin closest to the boiler would have access to 60 fuel balls and a clear shot at the high goal without having to reposition. At 1 fuel ball per kPa in auto, a robot with a decent rate of fire could reach the 40 kPa RP threshold in auto, or put a serious dent in it.

Anyone considering this strategy?
You have to re position to the shooting area to shoot the balls into the high goal. Also, the trigger for the bins is offset from where the balls are located, so it might be hard to fill a robot with 40 balls. However, if you could manage to pull it off, even mostly, that strategy would make it really easy to reach the limit. So, while problematic, with a fast shooter and some clever auto code to position to the shooting area and lock on to the target, the strategy could work pretty well.
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