Problem's with 2015…

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Loose Screw

It's true that those teams exist, but they have always existed. Last year, for example, teams could slow down a match by holding onto the ball for a while, or dying. Those teams exist, and have about the same effect on both ranking systems (losing QP and lowering avg score), so we should not take them into account when comparing systems.

So we should ignore a portion of the system just because it exists in both systems we're comparing?

It's not a valid comparison if we do that because the negative point teams have drastically different results on the point floor.

Last year a solo bot could ignore their partners completely and put up X points. There was very little the NP teams could do to interfere with this unless they were being outright in the way. Yes, an alliance could put up drastically more points but the point floor was almost always the best team running solo cycles.

This year the solo bot can ignore their partners completely and put up X points but just by driving the NP teams can drastically alter scores by knocking over stacks. Meaning the point floor is exactly 0.

The teams are present but, due to the game design (crowded field, easily de-scored game pieces), they have a much more pronounced impact on point floors.