Contested Containers

[Ginger Power]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

The recycling containers only become a scarce resource once both alliances attempts to win three of them from the center step. Six capped stacks (even shorter ones) will be a rare feat, and seeing a match where both alliances want six capped stacks will be loch ness monster rare. For the vast majority of alliances, five containers (3 starting + 2 from step) will be more than adequate. Aside of finals matches against a powerhouse, the incentive to acquire more containers from the step than you can successfully cap is low*, generally lower than spending that time and effort scoring more points via totes.


*There are other hypothetical scenarios in which denying points may be beneficial, but they will prove to be even more rare

Also take into consideration that the 2 inside RC's are arguably easier to get than the outside RC's. Denying a team those forces them to take the effort of getting to the outside RC's if they require more than 3 for their strategy. I might just have high hopes but I believe it will not be unheard of for a qualification alliance to utilize more than 3 RC's. I believe having the functionality to retrieve the RC's from the step offers at least enough value to warrant the weight of the mechanism.