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Originally Posted by Stud Man Dan
I disagree, robots will dominate, but it will have nothing to do with Arm/Shooter. I realise this thread is mostly directed to shooter / arm strategies but I don't believe you are looking at the game as a whole
Mark my words, this game will be decided by autonomous, a Robot who can knock off both balls and continue around the field, and do this Effectively and Efficiently will win 90% of their matches. Teams dominated in 06' because of autonomous, not because of the game.
If you can score ~ 32 points in auton, some of the time but around a 24-28 point average you will win, and you will dominate most of the time. The only time you'll be challenged is by teams with equivalent autons. Even after that point I believe your bot, shooter or arm could be "just average" and you'd win most of your matches.
This isn't the case usually tho, good autons usually come with good bots ( historically 233, 1114, 111 etc.. ) These type of robots, if they show up with dominating autons, will dominate this game, regardless if their an arm or shooter.
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There is some validity to this argument, to an extent. Especially during week 1, hybrid modes that are very successful will mean very good records. But we may also see some efforts put forth from a few teams in tele-op that are quite outstanding during week 1. As the game evolves I think that the dominance of hybrid will be mitigated, if not nearly negated completely. Eventually many teams will be able to keep hybrid close, especially during the critical elimination matches, and various defensive strategies will greatly hamper less advanced hybrid routines. A four-point lead after hybrid is only a four-point lead (there's no 10-point bonus like in 2006), and while points are easier to come by in hybrid, winning hybrid mode in itself does not grant any additional bonus other than the points you scored.
While not having hybrid in any way/shape/form will most likely spell great trouble (almost guaranteed doom over the course of the whole weekend) for a team, having an outstanding hybrid will likely only take you so far.