What is your favorite robot attribute for this year’s game? And perhaps rank them.
(strategy)
for example like this:
(rank #1 = your favorite attribute)
Maximum room for storing the objects: 1
Maximum amount of objects scored each time when scoring: 2
Top travelling Speed: 5
Acceleration: 4
Scoring Speed: 3
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Most teams I talked to have defiantly started building, we have already had a scrimmage here in NZ, even if you haven’t, you probably know what you want to do?
for me:
Ability to pick up objects fast (off wall, and fast de score)
Efficiency style operation (score 8-10 at once, quickly)
Driving my own robot well (if you are you reading this FEAR >:P)
I’m still waiting for a flying robot, like the one in the Round Up animation.
I like to watch robots with good scoring/descoring abilities, and I also like robots with pushing power. There’s nothing like pushing a sneaky opponent away from a goal full of your points, and winning the match.
What I mean is make sure you can win, and not leave it up to luck. In gateway it was annoying how many of the matches were decided by luck when the top robots reached about an equal level. I want something that will win matches.
Although this does sound somewhat presumptuous, it is the goal. Who wouldn’t want to win everything? P.S. our robot has changed a bit from when you saw it.
I agree completely, it will be interesting to see what becomes the Sack Attack version of the “goal under the ladder” strategy. Or if it will be like clean sweep where there was no metagame strategy and it was just about doing the basic task the best.
I’ve found that the ability to drive over the objects is really important. I think that it will be even more important this year. Also not letting your drivetrain suck sacks up inside of itself. Having a sack stuck in your drivetrain will definitely screw you up.
However… It’s not much of a problem if you don’t have a drivetrain…