[Monochron]

The game definitely encourages teamwork more than any before. The downside though, is that an alliance of one decent team and two sub-optimal teams are at a greater disadvantage than they were in the past.

For example, this year my team decided to ignore our shooter at the competition and focus on the other issues we were having. As a result we could reliably accept the ball, pick it up from the field, score in low goal, score in auto low goal, and pass very well. Without assists the MOST we can score in a match is 1 point goals, 1/10 of the points that an alliance with a shooter can score. We had quite a few matches with teams who were unable to pickup or even heard the ball and we didn't fair too well in those matches.

I understand this is a somewhat rare case, and that it makes sense that an under powered team should not do as well as a more solid team. I'm just saying that in the past if you had at least one decent bot on your alliance, you had a shot at not being embarrassed. This year, individually you can look good, but your score won't reflect it.