Throwing the game.

[RunawayEngineer]

Originally Posted by ScottOliveira

I would strongly disagree, if anything I would believe sabotage would be far easier this year than previously (not that I advocate that strategy). While points are averaged, it is very easy to knock over a few 3-4 tote + container stacks and take out a hundred points or more (easily potentially dropping their average score by 10% or more if you are looking to effect a dramatic change). And the larger number of discrete ranking levels means it can be easier to knock a (perhaps threatening) team down (possibly out of a captainship) while maintaining your own position.

If you wanted to sabotage an alliance partner without incurring penalties:
Before, you could sit on the field and likely determine a loss for your alliance, strongly affecting the ranking of your partners. If necessary, you had plenty of options to actively sabotage to ensure that your opponent's score is 1 point higher.
This year, you have no choice but to actively sabotage to significantly reduce your alliance's score, which only affects ranking in the case that your alliance partner is being closely followed by the next highest.
There's nothing that makes this year more susceptible to sabotage, only less.