Continuing the discussion from Mini Drones as Weapons? Realistic or BS?:
I’ve been enjoying the hell out of this season. They’ve really put a lot of work into making it not only more entertaining for the watchers, but also for the participants.
As noted, the drones are largely for show, but kind of fun. Strategically, I have no idea why a team chooses to use one (ditto on flame throwers, though the Sharkoprian vs. Warhead saw the flamethrower actually make a difference – this was, in my opinion, very much a “demonstration” battle, because Sharkoprian is freakin’ awesome! but not very competitive and Warhead could, probably, have taken it out in a few seconds with the spinner, but chose the T-Rex head with flames instead.)
Anyway…
Here are links to the rules, if you need some reading material.
https://battlebots.com/rules/
And the “recent” battle with the entanglement device was Complete Control vs. Ghost Raptor.
Enough pissing and moaning about how this was an “illegal or at least distasteful maneuver” led to a rematch
It’s pretty meh.
I’d most like to see Battlebots reward heavily for actual robotic actions. For example, the only “automated” anything I know of on the floor is Chomp (allegedly) using an automated weapons targeting system, and automatic self-right. I’d probably give them an extra 100lbs just for that. The more automated, the more reward (of some sort, weight being one that’s obvious).