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Re: Shooters vs Arms

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Originally Posted by Hachiban VIII View Post
Exactly.

One thing I've noticed is that many of the successful "arms" are VERY adept at picking up the balls quickly (rollers: 121, 179, 1902...)
Yet they are slightly slower when it comes to hurdling.

The catapults on the other hand, excel at hurdling, but struggle to pick up the ball.

I believe that in the end the two designs will hurdle equally fast. Catapults will hurdle faster, and arms will pick-up faster. (provided of course that both designs are properly executed)

This is all the result of engineering trade offs...
couldn't you theoretically combine both methods, have a arm lift the ball to the launcher?
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