Is throwing worth it ?

[geomapguy]

Originally Posted by mitchklong

Throwing can get you
Truss points (10)
Possibly catch points (10)
high goal points (9 more)

Might want to read the rules. High goal scores are clearly 10 points.

Base point values are as follows:
LOW GOAL 1
HIGH GOAL 10
CATCH 10
TRUSS 10

[EricH]

Originally Posted by geomapguy

Might want to read the rules. High goal scores are clearly 10 points.

He said 9 more. The implication is that if you can get the low goals (and if you can't get those, you need a new robot, and quick!), throwing only nets an additional 9 on top of the 1 for the low goal that anybody can get.


In other words, the box-on-wheels can get assist and low-goal points. A throwing robot can add in the truss points, the high-goal points, and possibly the catch points, as well as picking up assists and low goals.

[Kevin Sevcik]

The high goals are a lot more difficult to defend than the low goals. Low goals could be fairly locked down by two defense bots. So a high, defense, defense alliance could probably take down a low, low, low alliance.

[Racer26]

Originally Posted by geomapguy

Might want to read the rules. High goal scores are clearly 10 points.

Yes... And scoring the BALL in the high goal instead of the low goal is a net gain of +9 points.