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Originally Posted by mrnoble
My advice to mid-level teams echoes that from a few earlier threads: please don't try to do both major scoring objectives. Do one of them well, and climb. Maybe I'm wrong there too, though.
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This is almost always good advice, many years there has been a lot of value in excelling at one thing, and being a capable contributor for the end game. Perfecting one of the two scoring methods and being able to hang will be enough to be capable of winning almost all district competitions, and most regionals. Balls this year are a linear points system, but it is a slow slope, gears become less valuable after the first 2-3. 3 middle of the road robots that split time between both tasks will not get either extra ranking point.
I expect the top teams will do it all, and do it all effectively. I imagine the elite teams will be able to run a cycle loading a gear and filling up the hopper at the loading station, and/or picking up balls while driving, then unload their gear and empty their balls high faster than above average teams can just pick up and place a gear. The alliances on Einstein will likely have 2 of this type of robot.