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Orion Invictus Jan 20 @ 7:26am
Why you should use an AI mod...
1 - The characters act in ways that you can't predict, which keeps you on your toes and leads to interesting situations you otherwise wouldn't have encountered.
2 - The AI can sometimes do things you can't, like finding the exact position from which they can hit multiple characters through a tiny hole in a wall.
3 - The NPCs feel more alive, instead of an extension of yourself.

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Heu, Iterum Id Feci Jan 20 @ 8:09am 
I mean you do you, but if I wanna watch a game being played I go to youtube...
There was a time when "botting" was a negative thing akin to cheating...:P
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tom five Jan 20 @ 4:20pm 
Originally posted by 1337_h4x0r_xXx_deathlord666_xXx:
I mean you do you, but if I wanna watch a game being played I go to youtube...
There was a time when "botting" was a negative thing akin to cheating...:P
What are you talking about? OP is clearly not talking about adding AI to the playable characters. They're talking about adding mods to improve NPC and enemy AI.
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seeker1 Jan 20 @ 4:30pm 
I believe Orion may be speaking about the mod that lets your other party members besides Tav being controlled by AI. I have no interest in that. But people are different. If somebody's using it, and liking it, they can chime in.

The Nightmare mod claims to upgrade enemy AI. Not terribly interested in that, I have too much fun watching the enemy do silly things.

I'd consider using a mod that improves allied AI. There may be one. But this is a case where I definitely admit if there is one, I haven't looked very hard for it. As I've said, I simply just try and avoid, for example, summoning spells like Danse Macabre where the summons are controlled by AI and are not player controlled. Rather than seeking to upgrade it, I mostly make efforts to avoid it.
Last edited by seeker1; Jan 20 @ 4:37pm
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Hobocop Jan 20 @ 4:37pm 
Originally posted by mf tom:
Originally posted by 1337_h4x0r_xXx_deathlord666_xXx:
I mean you do you, but if I wanna watch a game being played I go to youtube...
There was a time when "botting" was a negative thing akin to cheating...:P
What are you talking about? OP is clearly not talking about adding AI to the playable characters. They're talking about adding mods to improve NPC and enemy AI.

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:
2 - The AI can sometimes do things you can't, like finding the exact position from which they can hit multiple characters through a tiny hole in a wall.
3 - The NPCs feel more alive, instead of an extension of yourself.

Huh?
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Mike Garrison Jan 20 @ 4:43pm 
Originally posted by mf tom:
Originally posted by 1337_h4x0r_xXx_deathlord666_xXx:
I mean you do you, but if I wanna watch a game being played I go to youtube...
There was a time when "botting" was a negative thing akin to cheating...:P
What are you talking about? OP is clearly not talking about adding AI to the playable characters. They're talking about adding mods to improve NPC and enemy AI.
Dude. OP clearly *is* talking about letting an AI control your other party members.
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tom five Jan 20 @ 7:36pm 
Originally posted by Mike Garrison:
Originally posted by mf tom:
What are you talking about? OP is clearly not talking about adding AI to the playable characters. They're talking about adding mods to improve NPC and enemy AI.
Dude. OP clearly *is* talking about letting an AI control your other party members.
That doesn't equate to botting.
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Orion Invictus Jan 21 @ 12:05am 
Originally posted by mf tom:
Originally posted by Mike Garrison:
Dude. OP clearly *is* talking about letting an AI control your other party members.
That doesn't equate to botting.
True, but I am indeed talking about letting AI control other party members.

I think it makes them feel more alive, as opposed to my puppets, but to each their own.
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Heu, Iterum Id Feci Jan 21 @ 12:34am 
Originally posted by mf tom:
Originally posted by Mike Garrison:
Dude. OP clearly *is* talking about letting an AI control your other party members.
That doesn't equate to botting.
Both is automating parts of the gameplay, so you don't have to do it yourself.
It is effectively the same thing, even though my post wasn't completely serious...hence the emoticon.
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Orion Invictus Jan 21 @ 12:47am 
Originally posted by 1337_h4x0r_xXx_deathlord666_xXx:
Originally posted by mf tom:
That doesn't equate to botting.
Both is automating parts of the gameplay, so you don't have to do it yourself.
It is effectively the same thing, even though my post wasn't completely serious...hence the emoticon.
Look, bottom line, everyone should play as I do, which is the objectively correct way to do it.
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Heu, Iterum Id Feci Jan 21 @ 12:49am 
Originally posted by Orion Invictus:
Originally posted by 1337_h4x0r_xXx_deathlord666_xXx:
Both is automating parts of the gameplay, so you don't have to do it yourself.
It is effectively the same thing, even though my post wasn't completely serious...hence the emoticon.
Look, bottom line, everyone should play as I do, which is the objectively correct way to do it.
So you object to the "You do you", I started my original post with? ;P
Why you guys taking it so serious? Chill out...^^
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Orion Invictus Jan 21 @ 1:07am 
Originally posted by 1337_h4x0r_xXx_deathlord666_xXx:
Originally posted by Orion Invictus:
Look, bottom line, everyone should play as I do, which is the objectively correct way to do it.
So you object to the "You do you", I started my original post with? ;P
Why you guys taking it so serious? Chill out...^^
Of course I do! Everyone should be the same, dammit!

I'm joking too, if it's not obvious by now.
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tom five Jan 21 @ 2:06am 
Originally posted by 1337_h4x0r_xXx_deathlord666_xXx:
Originally posted by mf tom:
That doesn't equate to botting.
Both is automating parts of the gameplay, so you don't have to do it yourself.
It is effectively the same thing, even though my post wasn't completely serious...hence the emoticon.
"Botting" is the use of automated scripts to manipulate online activity. The term does not and cannot apply to a game like this. There's nothing to gain.
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Orion Invictus Jan 21 @ 2:10am 
Originally posted by mf tom:
Originally posted by 1337_h4x0r_xXx_deathlord666_xXx:
Both is automating parts of the gameplay, so you don't have to do it yourself.
It is effectively the same thing, even though my post wasn't completely serious...hence the emoticon.
"Botting" is the use of automated scripts to manipulate online activity. The term does not and cannot apply to a game like this. There's nothing to gain.
He was joking, he already said as much.
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Heu, Iterum Id Feci Jan 21 @ 2:11am 
Originally posted by mf tom:
"Botting" is the use of automated scripts to manipulate online activity. The term does not and cannot apply to a game like this. There's nothing to gain.
Look, if you wanna bot, just bot...it's a single player game, nobody cares, no need to justify it by trying to set virtual and meaningless distinctions...^^

Edit: And yes, this was a joke, too....just in case someone needs to spelled it out...:P
Last edited by Heu, Iterum Id Feci; Jan 21 @ 2:13am
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EricHVela Jan 21 @ 6:15am 
I really need to try one of these party-controlled combat doohickeys. I'll wait until after I've explored Patch 8.

For the first time in all my oodles of playthroughs, my party pre-emptively killed half of the enemies in what had been a tough fight by doing one little thing ahead of time. A tough fight became no big deal, and it never occurred to me to try it before. :steamfacepalm:

So, I'm going to do some Patch 8 runs before I let the PC take over companions just to see what else I've missed after all this time.
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