Suspicious about bots

[Just_Dragon]

Is it me, or game filled with bots, and there barely any real players?

Playing as falcon main lately, sometimes switching to supports. Did hit Master V a couple of hours ago. Sometimes I see "players" acting exactly like bots I got in PVPVE mode (as if, following someone, aren't really deciding anything, and never standing still, like always shifting back and forth a little)
Made a little research by googling stuff, and it seems like you can't add a bot as a friend, which seems to be the biggest sign. Tried adding everyone just now in casual game and then ranked... For everyone in casual it said "player had disabled friend request", and only a single one did received (and declined, which is ok) friend request in the ranked game. So, to me it looks like there was only one actual person (besides me) from both teams.

Is anyone else has similar doubts, or am I just tripping?

[Cucaracha]

no bots only after grandmaster

[Just_Dragon]

Originally posted by Cucaracha:

no bots only after grandmaster

Damn, I see, thanks. Is it next thing after master, or there will be more?

[Ichmag 🔑🌙]

yeah, its like a 50/50 chance if you get into a bot game or not. then its either 5 players against 5 bots or 2 players (you and your teammate) and the rest is bots

devs really try to be sneaky about it, too. the bots have actual profiles and sometimes they have titles and skins

[Kaezeribato]

Originally posted by Ichmag:

you can check if people are bots if you try to add them as a friend after the game ends, in the MVP screen. you cant add bots as friends

That's not a way to check... Most people will ignore your friend invite.

[Ichmag 🔑🌙]

Originally posted by Kaezeribato:

Originally posted by Ichmag:

you can check if people are bots if you try to add them as a friend after the game ends, in the MVP screen. you cant add bots as friends

That's not a way to check... Most people will ignore your friend invite.

If you try to add a bot as friend, it will say "the player has disabled friend invites"

If you play against bots, youll always be against 5 bots, and there is no way you will find 5 people that went into settings, accessibility, and turned off friend invites every time.

[phero c]

Bots should be good but they just make you lose.

[Just_Dragon]

Originally posted by Ichmag:

yeah, its like a 50/50 chance if you get into a bot game or not. then its either 5 players against 5 bots or 2 players (you and your teammate) and the rest is bots

devs really try to be sneaky about it, too. the bots have actual profiles and sometimes they have titles and skins

Yeah, I figured that sneakiness as well, all these players I checked by invite did had somewhat decent history. I almost feeling like the might even use actual random player data to assemble bot quickly, I won't believe that there's literally people setting up bot accounts as part of their job.

Damn, now I'm feeling a bit worried about hitting grandmaster. I'll probably gonna get annihilated nonstop after playing vs bots for so long, lol

[Atomica]

Originally posted by Ichmag:

there is no way you will find 5 people that went into settings, accessibility, and turned off friend invites every time.

Any game I install, my first stop after turning off motion blur and its ilk is to disable invites, voice comms, text chat, etc. I refuse to have that cancer in my game. Difficult to believe I'm alone in the practice.

[Just_Dragon]

Originally posted by Atomica:

Originally posted by Ichmag:

there is no way you will find 5 people that went into settings, accessibility, and turned off friend invites every time.

Any game I install, my first stop after turning off motion blur and its ilk is to disable invites, voice comms, text chat, etc. I refuse to have that cancer in my game. Difficult to believe I'm alone in the practice.

Wait, is there actually games that allow you to turn off invites? voice/chats is one thing, but invites, and especially, friend requests? First time seeing the game that allows it, lol.

By the way, personally I figured out that teamwork feels waay better when you actually try to team up a little, otherwise I don't even know why to play such games, huh. Not trying to teach anything, obviously, only sharing my experience. Played a couple of PvP games where voicechat was mandatory, and honestly, after them all these silent practices making any team based games feel utterly dull. All it took is a little culture from yourself, and blocking those who acted ugly.

P.S. I still won't believe that 90% of playerbase instantly turning it all off, doesn't feel realistic to me as soon as it isn't off by default. (and by default, it actually is on)

[xkx]

Well I haven't lost a single game, I type gg at the end of a match with no response, I did write the feedback if they added bots without being transparent about it, it will lose its customer based and also fiddling with match making to make u either spend or play more is a deal breaker.

It seems these Chinese companies think we are stupid westerners that has no clue, sad cause they deliver better games than us atm (even tho they are modern polished copy paste).

Delta force with lots of bots, suspects activities in marvel rivals too, match making is outrageously rigged in both. They operate with the same incentive to make you play and spend more.

Hopefully they will understand we are not stupid, I've stop buying skins on Marvel Rivals after experiencing the HORRIBLE rigged SBMM.

I ran away from Delta force it felt like few bots players were filling the game but its not disclosed.

Lets see if the devs and company publicly address these issues. Otherwise it will be a dead game/controversial game like the others.

[DDENN]

first 2 matches will be bots only

[Just_Dragon]

Originally posted by DDENN:

first 2 matches will be bots only

Master V is fairly far from "first two matches", just sayin'

[Novaren]

Easy enough to check. Keep dunking on a specifc enemy mech. If they dont go out of their way to finally ignore objectives and try to hunt you down no matter what. Totally bots.

[Alric_Victor]

Mechabots.

[Brother Blood]

can confirm, hit master 5 and every single game is filled with bots now, gonna have to hop on the alt and dunk on noobs now because the chinese dont want to make actual match making