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Unread 10-01-2017, 22:31
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Re: Is the Boiler worth it?

Maybe I'm crazy but I actually think the low goal can be useful. With the low goal it's all about quantity, if you can dump a hopper where you catch one side and ground pickup most of the other quickly you can get enough balls for 10 point cycles. That's the same point value as gear cycling for the 3rd rotor (requires 4 gears yielding 10 points per gear). It's not a single strategy to pursue like high goals or a fast gear runner, but it would be a good secondary function for robots that have another function as well. A defensive minded bot could score low in a match when the alliance needs just a few more kPa for the bonus, or a gear bot can cycle balls and gears across the field in one pass to maximize scoring per cycle.

High goal scoring can go toe to toe with gear cycling for max points in a match (gears score 220 in teleop in playoffs ignoring the reserve gear for rotor 1, high goal fuel can score 245 in teleop in playoffs based on the 5 fuel per second processing average). It also offers the highest potential autonomous bonus for a single robot (going to assume no one does 3 gear auto solo). With high goal scoring most teams will have to pick between that and a fast gear runner though, since most teams will not be successful in making their bot capable of scoring both ways at a top tier level.

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Originally Posted by Brian Maher View Post
40 kPa of boulders
Freudian slip there.
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