[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by notmattlythgoe

The only downside that I could see to dropping the lowest is if an alliance has 2 great matches and decides to sit there for the last match because it reduces the risk of something happening and one of the robots breaking down. Nobody wants to see an alliance sit there for an entire match.

With a relatively low risk of damage this year, I think teams would more likely use that time to prototype a higher risk, higher reward strategy to try out later on.