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Re: Drive system vs. ground pickup
Basically the question comes down to, "What's more important for defense? Pushing, or ball hording?" Though I'm tempted to say the second, I'd have to go with pushing. If you don't have pushing power, you can't stop any robots. If you don't have ball hording power, you are only vulnerable to floor picking robots. Judging from the number of teams that I assume are forgoing floor picking, (such as, say, The ThunderChickens) you are better off with a strong drive train to defend against them.
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