Honest opinion on 2017 drivetrains

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by kyle_hamblett

Considering the "open field" nature of this game, tank will definitely be most effective. It also seems that historically speaking, tank has been the most successful style of drive train year after year.

Well know you're mixing words.

Effective and Successful are not the same thing in this context and can't be used interchangeably.

Please clarify - when you say tank will be the most successful do you mean that you expect more winning robots to be tank drive? Or do you mean they will be more effective at achieving game objectives than any other style of drive train?

[marshall]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

Well know you're mixing words.

Effective and Successful are not the same thing in this context and can't be used interchangeably.

Please clarify - when you say tank will be the most successful do you mean that you expect more winning robots to be tank drive? Or do you mean they will be more effective at achieving game objectives than any other style of drive train?

As an example, Kyle's post was effective in enabling Andrew to successfully point out the difference between "effective" and "successful".

[6401mark]

I don't see any need for tank treads because there is nothing to drive over, and being able to strafe seems unnecessary as well. We will use the KOP drive base, but honestly I think it's good enough for this year