[petek]

After what I saw in NJ, I agree completely with Wayne. The biggest problems with ramps there were: 1) they deployed accidentally on the playing field or, while positioning themselves, moved outside of their end zone and drew penalties, and 2) they were too hard to climb. More often than not, the climbing robot ended up falling off the side of the ramp or just couldn't get up it. The most effective ones either lifted their partner or had very solid, long and broad ramps.

A rather effective defense against a ramp, that I saw used against 522, was to wait for them to deploy and then push them over to the side rail so their ramp was against it, preventing any access.

That said, unless they're playing against an alliance of good scoring machines, a good ramp with savvy alliance partners should win the majority of their matches and earn better than average QPs.