Ultimate Ascent is a very balanced is deeper than most FRC games. This year distinct robot archetypes (cycler, FCS, Ground Pickup/7 Disk Autonomous, 30-50 climbers) could be designed and honed to success at multiple levels of competition. As noted before there was no "unbeatable strategy"; driver skill contributed to the outcome of most high level matches, and should also contribute to the outcome of IRI matches. Therefore the only rule changes I would consider are changing are the point values for either the level 3 climb or pyramid goals in favor of an increase. There are already threads which have discussed this but it is worth mentioning again. Beyond that changing the "blizzard" would just create more chaos and confusion as Ed has said.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=115708
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=114945
Also do we know if the "coopertition Pyramid" has been confirmed for IRI? Also last year teams were allowed an extra 5lbs at IRI? Will that policy continue as well? Also in IRI eliminations there are 4 alliance members with 3 on the field on a given match so how does the process of "locking in" the three teams an alliance wants? What If you want to switch a robot to audible a strategy before a match? In other words does robot selection pass back and forth until both teams are satisfied?