Forum Overview :: Awesomenauts

Snowballing is worse than ever. by Fullofkittens 03/02/2016, 7:52pm PST They implemented an "XP" mechanic where teams get XP for making kills (of 'nauts or neutrals). XP turns into team-wide levels, which gives you a damage multiplier (i.e. a lvl 5 team's members will do more damage per-strike than a lvl 4 of the same character & loadout). There's another new mechanic where killing an enemy 'naut whose level is higher than yours grants extra XP and solar, and this is supposed to introduce a "rubber-banding" phenomenon but it does not. What it does introduce is more snowballing: the team who gets first blood is probably going to win, because in melee matchups the higher-level 'naut will usually win because people naturally assume that, say, two Aylas whaling on each other will probably be equal and have to run away at the same time until somebody realizes that the lower-level Ayla cannot win.

New expansion drops today: "Overdrive" by Fullofkittens 03/02/2016, 6:52pm PST     Did they ever revert the income changes? by fabio 03/02/2016, 6:56pm PST         Snowballing is worse than ever. by Fullofkittens 03/02/2016, 7:52pm PST             Re: Snowballing is worse than ever. by fabio 03/02/2016, 9:38pm PST                 The droids still do not have force fields. by Fullofkittens 03/03/2016, 5:48am PST