: I can see this idea working.

: Alternatively, with less of a change to the existing mechanic, what if the
: kill merely gives you a bonus, or a set percentage. So you get team 1
: getting the boss 70% down, red comes in and nabs the kill. Right now, Red
: get the full points. I could see two variants: Either Red continues to get
: the points, but Blue get maybe half their percentage in damage point (so
: the split goes 35% / 65%), or they just get say a static 10%. OR the team
: with the most damge get the points, but the killer gets the bonus (either
: method just mentioned).

: Blue hits 70%, Red hits 30% for the kill. (right now, red gets 100% points)
: A) Point spread by damage
: opt1, benefit killer) Blue gets 35% points, Red 65%
: opt2, benefit bigger attacker) Red gets 15%, Blue gets 85%
: B) Kill bonus
: opt3, benefit bigger attacker) Blue gets 90%, Red 10%
: opt4, benefit killer) Red gets 90%, Blue 10%

: Option 4 is most similar to the current way, but making sure Blue gets
: something for doing the most damage even though their kill was 'stolen'.

: But I think Option 2 feels most natural. If the killing team doesn't get all
: points for the kill, then this method means that Red may see that Blue has
: taken the most out of the boss, but they still want some points so aim to
: take out whatever other damage they can.
: * If Blue still gets the kill, Red at least gets half their damage percentage
: in points (85/15 breakdown).
: * If RED gets the kill, they cut Blue's damage percentage in half - If Blue
: got 70% and Red 30%, but Red makes the kill, then Blue gets 35% points and
: red keep the 65%. -- No more kill stealing for full points - teams that
: deal significant damage still get a good chunk of points, but if you get
: the kill you do get the advantage of either nabbing the most points or
: cutting the other team's points in half and taking the rest.

: I think that allows a team to actually strategize for both - get as much
: damage as you can to lock in a higher reward, AND still aim for the kill
: so you get your full reward and cut the other team's in half.