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Originally Posted by one4robots
As in most years, defense will be minimized during qualifications and maximized during elims. Most teams want to show what they can do offensively during quals, and will only resort to defense the last couple matches of qualifications if it is apparent that their offense isn't good enough to get picked. Therefore, I believe there will be a fair number of gear ranking points early in quals.
This game will be played very differently in eliminations than it is in qualifications.
My .02
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Let's say 2/3 of the way through the match, your alliance has 3 rotors and your opponents have just 2. Why not switch to defense? It's easier to prevent your opponents from placing 2-4 gears than to place another 6 yourselves.
If your alliance wants to show off to scouts in the stands by placing as many gears as possible, then perhaps you should continue placing gears. But from a purely RP-based approach, defense is the answer.
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Originally Posted by JABot67
I absolutely agree that maximizing RP potential should be the main goal of qualification match strategy, at least for teams likely to seed high. I also think that this year, defense may be a big part of a valid strategy for maximizing RP potential in qualifications. If there were a CD poll asking us to predict the amount of defense this year on a scale from 2015 to 2007, I'd wager 2007+.
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It is true that many recent games haven't featured heavy defense in qualifications. That's why I kinda really hope this is going to be a 2007 Rack 'n Roll level defensive game. That year we had some great defensively-minded designs, such as
703's 14-wheel robot that captained a regional-winning alliance (choosing 469 and 494) and made it to the semis on Galileo with 1712 and then-rookie 2056.
I'm just saying, maybe this year will be different, and defense will be played in quals. Just like the old days.
