Goonhub
Blob has a hazard of starting weak as heck and then getting basically impossible to deal with late into the round aside from bombs (arguably if the crew resorts to bombs, the blob's already won).
I 100% agree with the absorb rate, and this falls into the early phase of getting steamrolled. When you have effectively no means to defend yourself, you get overwhelmed. You knock down a player, but they'll just come back again, pissed.
When you're late game, this doesn't matter. Your damage output will cripple the player firstly, then you'll have turrets that further damage, and you'll have the edge of speed.
I actually think to balance this properly you'll need to scale the strength of how absorb works downwards.
What this means is that early on, absorb will work very quickly. This will give blobs the ability to not only fend off attackers, but eat them and get more points.
But as you get bigger (the more points you unlock) absorb rate will start to slow down, to offset the fact that you're pretty powerful now.
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In terms of mechanics, I think a stamina drain + slowdown is key. But it needs to be a soft touch, if you're including the above suggestion:
Stamina: -20/30 (while may seem quite low, don't forget you've probably smacked them a few times already, and vice versa, so their stamina will be running low as is).
Slowdown: A minor slowdown is needed here. High enough that it's a danger, but low enough that it's not dooming the target if they manage to escape.
I 100% agree with the absorb rate, and this falls into the early phase of getting steamrolled. When you have effectively no means to defend yourself, you get overwhelmed. You knock down a player, but they'll just come back again, pissed.
When you're late game, this doesn't matter. Your damage output will cripple the player firstly, then you'll have turrets that further damage, and you'll have the edge of speed.
I actually think to balance this properly you'll need to scale the strength of how absorb works downwards.
What this means is that early on, absorb will work very quickly. This will give blobs the ability to not only fend off attackers, but eat them and get more points.
But as you get bigger (the more points you unlock) absorb rate will start to slow down, to offset the fact that you're pretty powerful now.
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In terms of mechanics, I think a stamina drain + slowdown is key. But it needs to be a soft touch, if you're including the above suggestion:
Stamina: -20/30 (while may seem quite low, don't forget you've probably smacked them a few times already, and vice versa, so their stamina will be running low as is).
Slowdown: A minor slowdown is needed here. High enough that it's a danger, but low enough that it's not dooming the target if they manage to escape.