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Re: Is the Boiler worth it?

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Originally Posted by kelef View Post
But consider the fact that you may be on a team where everyone is gear heavy, which is very likely considering the circumstances. Depending on how efficient the others are, two situations may arise. 1. All of the gears get done earlier in the game than expected and if you have no fuel capability you're SOL for the rest of the game. 2. the other robots are more efficient than you and they handle the gears, then you're stuck driving in circles.
The second situation happens almost every year, those robots are usually utilized to play defense. As for the first situation, probably some very exciting game play followed by very battlebots-ish gameplay.
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