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Mark- 2013년 1월 31일 오전 11시 56분
Message From The Devs: "Of Bots and Men"
Hello boys and girls,

We've been collecting a lot of feedback from you in all corners of the internet. We thank you very much for supporting our game and helping to shape its future. Keep posting: we are listening!

One thing that has popped up in Beta and is popping up now again is the AI Bots.

Our stance on AI Bots has been the following:


** Dungeonland was designed as a multiplayer game. The AI Bots exist as practice/learning tools and to fill temporary gaps when a player is late or drops mid-game. **


You must keep in mind that we are a very small team. We can only work in so many things at any time, so any time we spend making the AI bots better means less time we are spending making the Multiplayer portion better. We are currently developing an updated roadmap of Dungeonland, to plan ahead and figure out which aspects of the game we will improve in future updates.

Since YOU are the costumers, we want to hear what YOU think. How important are the AI Bots to you right now?

Do you play with Bots most of the time? Do you use them to fill up empty slots often, or do you actually play Dungeonland as if it were a single-player game?

Would you be willing to wait on other improvements to DM Mode, or new Adventure areas, while we improve the behaviour of the AI Bots? If we were to improve them, what would you most like to see improved?

This is not intended as a poll, only a discussion. We want to hear what you have to say about it, but ultimately the responsibility of making a decision is ours.

Opinions, away!
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Dani 2013년 1월 31일 오후 12시 14분 
Considering at this given time I can't host a DM game due to extreme FPS and memory issues, the bots are very important for the overall experience. But as the FPS issues are fixed, this will become less and less of an issue.

I think that the multiplayer aspect should take up the largest amount of the team's resources. The multiplayer is mostly why people bought into DL in the first place, so we can either stomp creatures with friends or mess them up as the Meistro. I don't think fully functioning intelligent bots are entirely necessary. They're present as an okay alternative and can be challenging for a Meistro if the difficulty is Very Easy.

I find that the most frequent scenario is me and a friend plus one bot. As long as it's the warrior bot, we're okay. The other two bots aren't really smart enough to fill their roles. The warrior bot is, at the very least, an excellent meat shield.

A good, and hopefully easier, solution would be to just have adventure modes with a special event toggle. Turn the events off and the bots should do okay overall, as long as you don't run into a boss encounter along the way. The bots simply aren't smart enough to do the special events though, such as the gobble monster. By being able to toggle the events off, players have a much greater chance of finishing adventures with bot companions.

Also in this case, player groups can toggle off the events if they want the whole thing to be a little easier, though they might miss out on some gold since they won't get the big chests.
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Dani 2013년 1월 31일 오후 12시 19분 
I am. It doesn't help while I host, but the game runs fine solo now. I can not host a DM game without FPS issues. I can DM by spawning creatures, but the framerate is so poor I can't control a creature with any real degree of accuracy.

Also if I DM two or more games, my system occasionally will just freeze and black screen. It will stop functioning, and I need to do a hard reboot.

It could also be the net code. But all aside, this thread is about the bots. They're looking into these issues now. Thank you for the suggestion, though.
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DrakethePug 2013년 1월 31일 오후 12시 42분 
Please use all efforts to fix the extreme FPS and memory issues before tweaking the A.I Bots. I would love to see them improved, but at the moment the game is completely unplayable on my own computer due to the "stuttering" and I have to play it on my brother's computer.

I also liked the idea of having a different currency for DM and unlocking cards, but please focus on the FPS and memory issues.

Thanks.
Micer 2013년 1월 31일 오후 1시 00분 
Your priority should be performance/stability above all else. That said...

As the DM

give an option for -75% hero damage. 50% they are too easy to kill and at -90% they are unkillable. The game would literally run forever with a warrior trapped in the corner if there are enough mobs and a res tower.

Increase the frequency at which the bots "regroup" the easiest strategy is to seperate them.

+20% target priority for towers

bots use hp potions at 20% health

As a hero
Stop letting bots consume player lives, the bots should respawn freely until the player exhausts all the the lives themselves.

Let the last people alive fight until they are dead. If they make it to the next stage (not simply the next area) allow the dead player(s) to come back. Right now I can't even believe how it works, it's possibly the worst gameplay mechanic I've seen in a LONG time.

Overrall I don't think the actual ai is bad at all. They do their job it's just they die too easy as dm or eat your lives as a hero.
Synical 2013년 1월 31일 오후 1시 01분 
While I tend to agree that the more serious bugs should be addressed first.

I'd like to see some basic bot functions implemented to make multiplayer and solo play more enjoyable.

First of all, I'd like to see them atleast use their potion abilties.

I'd like to be able to choose bots loadout ( from stuff we have unlocked). So we aren't stuck with fire mage, assassin rogue, and shield warrior all the time.

I'd like to be able to tailor bots with certains perk and potion load outs. I'd like to see them use these abilities with a degree of intelligence. If not, then I'd like some hotkeys that WE the players can push/bind, so that we can call on our bots to use their abilites.

So for example, say I map the G key. My mage has the potion ability. I press G and the bot drinks the potion.

I imagine some people wouldn't mind a solo challenge, and the option to disable bots completely could also be an option.
Ragey McQuiterson 2013년 1월 31일 오후 1시 05분 
Bots are very important, but stability is most important.

With the amount of people that come in and out of any given game, chances are, you WILL have a bot on your team.

That being said, they take away lives and throw the game away for you. Not fun at all.
Artemis 2013년 1월 31일 오후 1시 05분 
I play with the bots solely because it's so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hard to get in a real game with the god awful meeting place browser. That doesn't mean I want any time spent improving their AI though. The game isn't about SP and I want into proper games with real people so make that actually work before bothering with inconsequential stuff like the bots.
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autobro 2013년 1월 31일 오후 1시 06분 
Chris님이 먼저 게시:
My opinion is that you should employ a new currency for dungeon masters perhaps the earn tokens for killing heroes etc, the tokens are used to purchase the cards for monsters etc that are currently available.

This should stop people effectivly farming gold against the bots and buying all the items in the game.

I wholeheartedly agree.
Jetstorm 2013년 1월 31일 오후 1시 17분 
I'd like the game to be stable while playing online to avoid the need to play with bots. Next would be the skills to work properly for all the players instead of just the host.
Lou the Lou 2013년 1월 31일 오후 1시 17분 
I enjoy being able to play by myself, and having capable AI allies is a big part of that. I don't like feeling like I'm being shoehorned into playing with people, if playing by myself is an option (which it is here, thankfully). I do enjoy multiplayer, but I like it being an option.

I would definitely recommend first getting the game to be stable for as many people as possible, but improving the bot AI would also be high on my list.
Zero 2013년 1월 31일 오후 1시 18분 
The number 1 thing, the most important thing right now is to solve performance issues. So yeah, bug fixing and performance improvements; also, we need to see the host latency for online games. That would greatly improve the experience.

Number 2 thing IMO is new content. Dungeons, itens, new stuff.

I don't think bots are that important.
autobro 2013년 1월 31일 오후 1시 20분 
Lou the Lou님이 먼저 게시:
I would definitely recommend first getting the game to be stable for as many people as possible, but improving the bot AI would also be high on my list.

I think you're a minority in this. I'd rather have bot AI be incredibly low on the priority list. I bought this game to play with people since it was designed with that in mind and marketed as such.
Dubblit 2013년 1월 31일 오후 1시 40분 
1:Solve performance issues
2:New content
3:Bot AI
gNat 2013년 1월 31일 오후 1시 48분 
ᗫᏞ tr4-님이 먼저 게시:
Hello boys and girls,
1) Since YOU are the costumers, we want to hear what YOU think. How important are the AI Bots to you right now?

2) Do you play with Bots most of the time? Do you use them to fill up empty slots often, or do you actually play Dungeonland as if it were a single-player game?

3) Would you be willing to wait on other improvements to DM Mode, or new Adventure areas, while we improve the behaviour of the AI Bots? If we were to improve them, what would you most like to see improved?

1) The AI bots are quite important to me right now, as it is quite difficult to connect to a someone else playing the game.

2) Right now, they tend to fill up empty slots, and I can only play as DM with bots, as no one connects to my game.

3) Depending on how much improvement we are talking about for the bots, I would possibly wait.

Mostly, what is annoying about the bots right now is that they can get stuck in trying to avoid enemies that they get trapped against walls. That, and give them all the ability to use healing items (like the Mage's defibrillator skill). Finally, just make them less prone to dying; i.e. make them try to follow the player more (unless its a warrior bot). As long as the bot is dying less than the player while being about 50% as effective as a player in terms of damage, I think the bot AI would be successful.

However, please just fix connectivity issues first and allow non hosts the chance to be DM.
Nook 2013년 1월 31일 오후 1시 48분 
First of all its insanely refreshing to see such a topic.

Second, I'd suggest first working on the server list, stuttering and slight tweaks to some skills/cards (DM's possesion skill: Healing)

After that I wouldnt mind a slight improvement to the AI (Currently only the Warrior AI is viable, and thats only because he has high surviveability)

Then more content (Especially DM skills mean to disrupt teamwork, like trampoline traps to launch a hero away from the others)
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