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LostForest posted...

What happened to Duck? They had two decent seasons that I felt proved them pretty well. I guess the year off really affected them?

The new design isn't as sturdy as the old one, for sure. The issue is that, in order to even qualify for this season under the new building rules, they had to change their faceplate/shovel weapon. The building guidelines said that a lifter needs to be able to lift an opponent directly by some specific number of inches, and the old design couldn't do that, so they rebuilt it to have the new beak.

Adding the beak probably cut down a lot on the potential for defense, and it subtracted from the available weight for internal armor, redundant drive motors, and other such advantages that the old one used to have...so now it's just another low-mid-tier bot with no working weapon and a lack of strong defense.

I think I read that they're planning to retire Duck after this season, which is a shame, because he's been a lot of fun these past years.