[Katie Reynolds]

Originally Posted by Hachiban VIII

Now of course the problem with adding more autonomy is that many rookie teams would not be able to compete. The solution to this is to give bonus points for scoring autonomously.

Not just rookie teams - we're going into our fifth year and haven't been able to do much with autonomy, at least not consistantly. I like the way autonomous was this year - keep it short, in the beginning and reward the teams who can do it.