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Originally Posted by ToddF
In my view, the most damaging action a robot can take is to shoot for the high goal and miss, robbing your alliance of the second bonus. The possible benefit of a high goal over a low goal (3 points) is not worth the risk of taking that shot (losing 25 points) unless your shooter is greater than 80% accurate (not bloody likely) AND you have time to make all 8 shots into the high goal. (Which, at 80% accuracy, means attempting 10 undefended shots.)
That said, the temptation to waste resources on a mechanism with low point power (high goal shooter) can be overwhelming. I suspect that many teams will go down that road, making mediocre shooters, missing high goal shots and costing their alliances the bonus points for capturing the tower.
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Agreed. I expect the most common type of ineffective robot this year to be mediocre (or bad) high goal shooters. Unfortunately, a significant subset of of high goal teams will focus a lot of time on the shooter while neglecting their boulder collectors, which is a shame.