Havind travelled to many comps and had advise from several different dteachers along the way, it is something that was raisd that we ned to simplfy our routines, the steps are very hard in spots and unless you can execute them well it is better to have something else that you can do well, so this is something we will discuss with out teacher.
we have already implemented some of the suggestions, but I agree keep it simple
Yes, the point is that the judges only see you for a few seconds so they don't know (or care) if you can do difficul steps. You can't afford to do something that is not perfected just in case they look at that moment - they won't know that you are terrific in the simpler part of your routines...