[GeeTwo]

This is a year where ballast is definitely a possibility for many teams.

My prognostication from game reveal day, and at least somewhat supported by week 1-3 results: This is going to be a landmark year for specialization and complementary alliance selection.
Even if I'm wrong, this is not an unreasonable place to be; several threads on CD have even focused on which specialties will be in demand. With that as a given, many robots will be simpler than in recent years, and will come in functionally under the weight limits. A significant number of these, (especially those whose design placed emphasis on mining the landfill, capping stacks, or scoring coop points on the step), will carry game pieces outside of the traditional "frame perimeter", and will be greatly assisted in stability by a chunk of metal at the back and bottom of the robot.