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Originally Posted by zacube
My regional actually had mostly shooters, with a total of about 4 or 5 full climbers. Of the rest (which were mostly shooters with one or two defense bots) the majority used the same sort of shooter as Ri3D, leading to a large number of very similar robots. We still had a few of the tall shooters, and shooters with other designs, but they were few and far between. While I do not think that Ri3D is entirely a bad thing, as it can be useful for inspiration and some ideas, I do think that a few teams relied on Ri3D for ideas too much. Because of that, I can see FIRST deciding to retaliate with a random major change to the game after Ri3D finished. That said, I am still not completely sold on the idea that they will have some sort of trick up their sleeve to counteract Ri3D.
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Truth be told, I don't know if there is a true and sure counter to Ri3D. People are going to use that regardless, ranging from using it as a blueprint to inspiration. I think this is unavoidable. However, I do think switching it up could prevent teams from all looking the same. Assuming they add an endgame, and assuming it requires only additions as opposed to changes, then we can see some more variety. But I definitely believe there will be repeats, clones, etc, and that's pretty much unavoidable.