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Re: Was Aerial Assist Better than Ultimate Ascent?

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Originally Posted by Edxu View Post
As a member who does match strategy, I definitely enjoyed working with teams and finding out about each of their robot capabilities, and then working out a strategy together, but I think that the game eventually became stale, with the eventual strategy being Inbounder -> Outtake to Trusser -> Truss -> HP -> Score.
I experienced the exact opposite at the CMP this year. New strategies were created when working with alliances, some of the notable ones are below.

Inbound > truss to HP > new bot inbound > shoot to HP on other side > shoot
Inbound > truss to HP > spit back to HP > new bot inbound > shoot
Inbound > spit back to HP > new bot inbound > truss to HP > shoot

At that is simply the teleop period, I saw lots of unique autonomous strategies including starting in the goalie zones to begin cycles immediately. My favorite was the actual use of goalie blockers during autonomous.

Even though this is my first year participating in FRC, I have been around and observed matches since 2008. I believe that Aerial Assist is on top, due to the high levels of cooperation and strategy required. It is so much more satisfying knowing that your accomplishments were aided by others, rather than carrying your alliance all by yourself. Past years have felt like the goal was score yourself, and get out of your partner's way. AA forced you to work together, and I loved it.
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