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Re: Efficient Points

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Originally Posted by cj3958 View Post
I see a lot of people in this thread comparing gears this year to the defenses last year.However, this year there are some key differences that make gears much more valuable.
I agree 100%... in no ways are gears this year's Defenses.

The alignment actions for acquiring and placing gears are non-trivial and placing gears requires specific upper assemblies. Additionally, like several people have mentioned, spinning all 4 rotors will be a very rare event, except for the very best District/Regional alliances and for the better alliances in quals and elims at DCMP and CMP.

Also, I do not think 4 rotors will be a "given" at DCMP or CMP... particularly given that there are 12 divisions across the two CMP's this year. Many regarded the capture rates from last year similarly, but the elim capture rates were:

Curie: 79.4%
Einstein: 72.2%
Carson: 71.8%
Newton: 65.6%
Hopper: 60.7%
Galileo: 56.3%
Carver: 52.94%
Tesla: 43.3%
Archimedes: 36.7%
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