[New Lightning]

I worry that gears this year will fall into the same trap as low bar robots last year. Being able to fit underneath the low bar was a fundamental design work around last year that teams had to account for. Which in terms so many teams decided to make this part of their strategy that other crucial aspects of the game were ignored. Not saying that some team where not able go under the low bar and effectively accomplish the other task of the game. My team being one of them.

With this year if more teams design around gears being their primary objective, which in my opinion they will, then most alliances will be lacking a refined shooter. Therefore by analyzing the game from this perspective making a fuel robot that is refined and very efficient at fuel scoring will actually contribute much more than an individual gear scoring robot. This adds to your efficiency of your alliance each match and therefore increases your worth when it comes to alliance selections. Where especially in elims where most teams will be able to handle the gear the load the difference will come down to the amount of ball points being scored.