Shooter vs Dumper Trade Study

[travis48elite]

Well both systems have there ups and downs. However, I would have go towards the dumper system due to the fact that shooters run the risk of collecting a damaged game piece and getting it jammed in their shooter and then they are out for the rest of the match. Where as for a dumper it does not present such a hazard to jamming their mechanism. Yet with a dumper once you activate you mechanism you are pretty much hoping you will score all you pieces in the trailer however, this never happens most of the time. The only way you can accomplish this is by pining the robot's trailer to the wall and score. Ultimately, I would have to go with the dumper just because come championship who knows if we are even going to have enough game pieces for the four fields in each division.

[gorrilla]

what about the "ninja" robots,they will score only 2-4 moon rocks at a time but will do it the entire match, every time,from anywhere....?

[Aren_Hill]

Originally Posted by travis48elite

Yet with a dumper once you activate you mechanism you are pretty much hoping you will score all you pieces in the trailer however, this never happens most of the time.

If you pay attention to the midwest matches, you will see more balls spat out in error by the shooters than the dumpers, at least our dumper. Our auxiliary guy had fast enough fingers to save the majority of the balls if we triggered and they moved, and even if they did miss they fell right in front of our massive intake....and came right back in the bot to be scored typically seconds later.

[thefro526]

From what I've seen so far, Dumpers in General are the way to go.

For now or at least for the next few weeks, Dumpers, Both Non-Powered and Powered, are going to reign supreme. Drivers, Don't take this the wrong way, but at this point in time many Dumpers are easier to drive than shooters, the big issue is that many Shooters still need to work bugs out of their targeting code.

I think Powered Dumpers will have the most success in the long run but it's still possible for shooters to break into the game strongly. As for Gravity Dumpers I think their days are numbered. Once most teams work the bugs out of their shooters we'll see Gravity Dumpers fall out of favor.