Power Bonus for Losing Teams

Disclaimer: This type of idea is often divisive, but there is method to the madness. To really understand the ‘why’ you probably need to read this article on game design and slippery slope: http://www.sirlin.net/articles/slippery-slope-and-perpetual-comeback

The basic idea is that every time a teammate dies, the other ships on the team get some kind of bonus, to offset the disadvantage. It could be a temporary bonus, such as a few seconds of ‘rage’ or it could be a perminent damage bonus that stacks.

The purpose is not to reward people for playing badly. It’s to prevent an early disadvantage from snowballing and dictating the rest of the game.

I would suggest that a small damage and defence boost, per dead teammate, would not be a huge change to the game, but it would make it all the more interesting to fight out battles that would otherwise be a forgone conclusion (such as 2v5, 1v4).

 

I once played a match from 0 - 4 to 4 - 4 while I was alone

 

Yeah there are videos of people winning games 5v1, but 99.999% of the time it’s not even remotely feasible. So those games are over before they’re over, which is a waste of time.