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Re: Shooters vs Arms

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Originally Posted by squirrel View Post
Eric, I guess you haven't seen how easy it is to self load a launcher with just a simple moving arm sticking out the front of it?



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I realize that (I've seen 118's video), but it might be more efficient if the launcher didn't move and had two arm robots supporting it--similar to 2006's "Atom Bomb" strategy. Twice the rate of fire sound good to you?
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