pic: 2015, Year of swerves?

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Originally Posted by MichaelBick

It is completely dependent on what type of swerve you are running, but in all swerves you use up more motors and in independent swerve you actually tend to push worse(wheels come off the ground)

Put when you push, you can choose to push in exactly the direction you want, which may lend a greater advantage.
Plus, why push when you can a) lock wheels in an x and not move at all or b) Leroy Jenkins out of there.