Bots totally destroy the RO2 Playerbase/Community

[MarioBava]

I'm not crazy about what I often see on bots servers, but honestly I thank for bots because sometimes I cannot otherwise play the game at all. But I would say %90 percent of the time I am thankfully able to play with only humans in full or reasonably populated servers, so I'm not sure I'm feeling the OP's pain.

 

[iZen]

With bots, I play versus AI. I am not playing multiplayer to encounter AI. Not playing at all I far prefer than playing with bots, as it is the challenge and psychology of real human enemies I and every serious gamer seek.
Therefore I agree with OP.

 

[=GG= Mr Moe]

that is an intersesting idea!


yes. plenty have. if you've been here for any length of time at all and have read the forums, specificaly the bot threads, you know this to be true.

When you make your points, could you perhaps make the color easier to read than red? Perhaps Yellow...

 

[MarioBava]

With bots, I play versus AI. I am not playing multiplayer to encounter AI. Not playing at all I far prefer than playing with bots, as it is the challenge and psychology of real human enemies I and every serious gamer seek.
Therefore I agree with OP.

If half the team is actually humans, this is becomes only half true.

 

[greenlemonade]

So many people agree that bots are useful for seeding servers (myself included),
so where is all the "improve the bots please!" topics?
TW needs to know that we'd love the bots to play less buggy. Bots are sometimes fun and sometimes a necessary evil so if you see but bugs report it in the bug forum (with good reproductions).
If you have a constructive and useful suggestion on bot improvements, "feed-back"

 

[ButchCassidy]

So many people agree that bots are useful for seeding servers (myself included),
so where is all the "improve the bots please!" topics?
TW needs to know that we'd love the bots to play less buggy. Bots are sometimes fun and sometimes a necessary evil so if you see but bugs report it in the bug forum (with good reproductions).
If you have a constructive and useful suggestion on bot improvements, "feed-back"

Now theres a good post..Well done for stating something that would benefit the games community and its enjoyment of the game.

 

[Yoshiro]

There is a reason we are looking for an experienced AI programmer. If you know any, send them our way!

 

[melipone]

For a lot of people it won't matter how good the AI is. I personally only want a few bots around to get real players into the server, and the quality of the AI doesn't really factor much in that. Its always the same with AI, not matter how good your programming skills might be it will always be a poor substitute for a real player

People want to feel like its a real person they kill or get killed by, they want to see the occasional comment in the chat, good or bad. They want the unpredictability of real people, the thinking outside the box, teamwork and tactics and drama

They should only be there to get a server so it can fill up, not to appear already full to trick people into joining

The sort of people who like bots will LOVE a coop mode. You could then have human teams + bots vs full AI teams, but it should be a separate game mode with a bot amount limit for real servers

 

[iZen]

Word.

 

[Nikita]

Hey, the bots we have now are greatly improved over the ones in Ostfront... they don't blow anyone up with satchels anymore!

Still by no means the brightest bulbs, though...

 

[captain pain]

Bots "seeding" the server is a myth.

 

[CaptRanger]

There were bots in RO1 and I don't remember them killing that game...

 

[Snuffeldjuret]

Server admins didn't use them as much, and there was a bot filter in the built-in server browser. At least in the year before RO2 release.

 

[Mike_Nomad]

So many people agree that bots are useful for seeding servers (myself included),
so where is all the "improve the bots please!" topics?
TW needs to know that we'd love the bots to play less buggy. Bots are sometimes fun and sometimes a necessary evil so if you see but bugs report it in the bug forum (with good reproductions).
If you have a constructive and useful suggestion on bot improvements, "feed-back"

Excellent suggestions! TY for your respectful presentation.

 

[Nachoguy5]

I really like the bots because I prefer to play as commander.
Was playing as commander, and all the humans on my team were SL, so it was quite the immersive tactical experience without all the extra bullcrap you have to deal with with other players not listening to orders and such.
Mindless bots are good for what they are, mindless.

 

[mrPuma]

The bots should only move if commander or SL orders them, otherwise they should stay put and wait for orders, Maybe defend spawn behind cover. That way we should see less bots running around mindless wasting the teams tickets, and gameplay wouldn`t be so chaotic. Ofcourse The Ai rutines needs to be improved that they would actually do what you order them (or do they allready follow your orders?? havent done that yet)

 

[TrOOper]

I think whining about bots is totally destroying the RO2 player base and community!

 

[mrPuma]

I think whining about bots is totally destroying the RO2 player base and community!

and how?

 

[Kerc Kasha]

I think whining about bots is totally destroying the RO2 player base and community!

Probably because the bots make up most of the community

 

[mrPuma]

Probably because the bots make up most of the community

Maybe the bots are posting in these threads defending themselves