Hey,
I think that the rules are purposely restrictive so that we get a) really cool designs that nobody would think of and b) strategy is much more important than last year.
There are other threads discussing this:
Nay:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=41271
Yay:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=41296
I think that this game is going to be more fun than last year's because of the strategy element. There will be a lot more planning going on. Yes, it will make it hard to design the 'bot, but I have a suspicion that FIRST wants it that way.
Just my 2 cents
JBotAlan