solo mode progress ?

[Restgressor]

hows solo mode with bots? its now in beta, and i would really apreciate if, bots can be instructed to pick up/place bags and/or move to certain location. i think payday 3 now has best experience when played solo with bots

[Tera]

Solo mode has been in beta since June when it was first release. The team bots are meh, all they do is follow you, shoot enemies, carry bags when you throw to them, and call out cameras and guards on stealth. The bots are severely lacking, I mainly play solo mode and I have a lot of complaints about the team bots.

Some of which are:
1. Bots not prioritizing certain enemies like naders and clockers and go shoot the week ones.
2. Bots running away from you when you really want to get a bag they are carrying.
3. Bots taking a much longer route to get to you even tho there is a faster route.
4. The call mechanic does not work, idk if it ever worked or is ment to work but if you shout at the bots, your character will verbally call them but doesn't do anything.

[Svenson]

I think #1 thing bots need is they should slow down or stop when they are nearby and you are looking at them. It's so frustrating trying to throw a bag at them when they keep running around, it feels like 75% of the time they run away just as I try to throw it, sometimes repeatedly, and it makes me so mad!

[Steve]

They're braindead and will die often in higher difficulty

[[livE]Unknown_Genius]

Originally posted by Steve:

They're braindead and will die often in higher difficulty

True, but I'll be honest: At least we got 3 bots in Solo and don't have to wait years for them to add the 3rd this time around, all while they're not as useless as they had been for years in PD2 - at least they revive somewhat properly and somewhat try to survive + drop goodies after each assault phase and can carry bags since release.

So instead of ~7 years until they become properly useful it'll maybe be one or two more years, possibly with features integrated that were only introduced with mods in PD2 (specifically looking at you mod that lets the bots haul loot).

Generally speaking: The whole game is in a limbo between "It's a way better release (and year 1) quality than PD2" and "Damn I wish they'd have cooked longer", not only bot wise.

[Mander Bander]

You cant even see Joy, Pearl, Houston or Clover bot. It always Dallas, Hoxton, Chains or Wolf

[Nino_Chaosdrache]

Originally posted by livEUnknown_Genius:

So instead of ~7 years until they become properly useful it'll maybe be one or two more years, possibly with features integrated that were only introduced with mods in PD2 (specifically looking at you mod that lets the bots haul loot).

If the game is still active for that long.
Personally, I think they already canned the offline mode and Bots improvements with it.