[Goobergunch]

In qualification match #69 at Chesapeake, the Friarbot was used in a primarily defensive fashion. After we capped our opponents' auto-loader-side goal towards the beginning of that match, the Friarbot successfully defended that goal from being stacked by the previously undefeated 007 robot for most of the rest of the two minutes; when 007 got another tetra from their auto-loader, we stayed right on them and prevented them from capping the middle-auto-loader-side goal until time expired. Meanwhile, our two alliance partners had done well enough offensively that we won the match 38 to 17.

So I essentially agree. I think two offensively-geared robots, plus a robot that can cap but can also play defense really well (aka better than we could), will be a winning combination. It may be a primarily offensive game this year, but defense still plays a role in winning matches.