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Originally Posted by iBleedBlue48
District Championships are fast approaching and 2 districts have even finished all of their district qualifying events. As we prepare for our District Championships, I'm sure everybody is wondering what the new tower strength is going to be. At many events, capturing is becoming very easy for some of the top teams, and some events are even seeing towers with a strength of as low as -10. How much will FIRST raise the tower strength to make capturing the tower a very difficult task one again?
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I don't think they do. Sure, capturing is easy given three robots scoring goals without defense, but it becomes difficult again when there are robots playing smart defense, and it's also difficult sometimes because robots can't make it back to the batter.
The matches with the incredibly weakened towers have all come in matches with no defense played on the scorers. In matches with smart defense, scorers might naturally put a few less balls in goals, and also miss more shots due to the defensive pressure.
Additionally, capturing is STILL a difficult task in qualifications, when partners are random and less predictable. These partners often fail to score the necessary goals, or they fail to make it back to the batter. Sometimes teams are focused on breaching and not scoring balls.
If there's anywhere where we should see almost all qualification alliances get captures, it's district championships, but it won't happen.