[Jared]

With only six weeks to work on the robot and an extremely busy seven week competition season, even the best teams need to realize that doing everything perfectly just isn't possible.

The highest level of play is usually achieved by teams who pick one method of scoring, and become the absolute best at it. Reliability is just so important in FRC, and there isn't time for any team to completely master every part of every game. If build season was a year long, things might be different.

1114 in 2015 couldn't do coopertition, pick up stacks of multiple totes, or place containers on top of existing stacks, yet only missed Einstein finals by a few points because of reasons unrelated to their design.

In 2013, Einstein wasn't filled with 30 point climbers because teams who prioritized shooting were simply able to score more points. 1114, one of the best robots with a 30 point climber that year ended up being eliminated after they slipped off and could no longer climb the tower.