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Re: Picking up fuel from the ground vs. using hoppers/retrieval zone

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Originally Posted by euhlmann View Post
Opposing teams who didn't design a floor pickup*
I assume even the most basic strategy discussion can come to the conclusion that hoppers can't be relied on
Yep. If our robot encounters any other shooters, we will dump every single hopper. It's a basic bit of defense that slows down many shooters' first pickup from a few seconds to however long it takes their floor pickup to fill their hopper (maybe around 5-10 sec?).
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