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Originally Posted by EricH
Also, the gears have a diminishing return. Assuming all in teleop:
Rotor 1 = 1 gear = 40 pts/gear (60 in auto)
Rotor 2 = 2 gears = 20 pts/gear (30 in auto)
Rotor 3 = 4 gears = 10 pts/gear
Rotor 4 = 6 gears = 6.667 pts/gear
Additionally, you have to deliver all but 1 gear, so that's 12 gears to deliver through the match, which may take a little while (average rate is about one every 10 seconds in teleop to get all 4 rotors). Factor in defense of various types, and you'll need to be pretty good at gear transport to get 4 rotors turning.
Oh, and if you deliver 11 gears, you may as well have stopped at 6.
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EricH makes a very sound point. If your team plans to go beyond 7 gears, it needs to be absolutely positive that it can score all 13 by the end of the match, otherwise you've wasted incredibly valuable time that you could've used scoring fuel or defending from other bots.
We reviewed some of these strategies, including defensive strategies, in our video update of weeks 1 & 2 of this season, so check that out for additional info and to see how some teams are implementing these strategies!
https://youtu.be/PJhMr0CW83s