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Unread 17-01-2017, 14:24
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Re: What are the advantages of placing gears vs waiting for them to be lifted?

One consideration that my team members brought up yesterday is the possibility that, if you have an active mechanism that drops a gear onto a peg and drives away, there is apparently nothing to stop an opponent defender from stealing the gear or knocking it off the peg before the pilot can lift it away.

I do not personally ascribe much importance to this because (a) I think your pilot is likely to be paying attention and will lift it away quickly, and (b) having a defending robot sitting around waiting to pounce on a gear once you've dropped it, in that tiny window of time before your pilot gets to it, seems like a waste of defensive resources, but it's something to consider.
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