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Originally Posted by MICHAELABICK
Honestly I don't see why a perfect robot needs to have an FCS...a 3 cycler alliance...can pretty reliably clear out the feeder station.
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Originally Posted by Thunder910
What if you get picked by a good floor-pickup like 33 whose cycling isn't all that great?
What if you're completely outgunned in a cycling battle in a qualification match?
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I think the current set of ideas gravitate towards the best robot -- and not the best alliance. This is a complete hypothetical that won't ever be considered, because it can't be, because one must pause and consider the other 66% of your alliance.
I think the question of the perfect alliance is a completely different question, and deserves a completely different answer.
And while a robot can't do everything, I think there were lots of robots (469, 987, 118 etc.) that were diversified enough that they opened up lots of strategic options for their alliances. And they could almost do everything -- and do it well. But the fact remains: no one robot was capable of performing every single role in Ultimate Ascent well (of which FCS was one); that robot is what I'm trying to theorize about, and mentally construct.