Ally Bots Glitching Out

[ghaztles]

I've noticed that in the game mode against AI, my ally Bots will frequently malfunction after a while. Example:

Most ally Bots will either be filling the roles of a Tank or a Healer, as most real Humans will be playing DPS. So often times I will find my ally Bots running back and forth in a line far away from the fight when they are Healers.

It seems like their programming could use more improvements, because at the moment their glitches will negatively affect the experience in the game.

[Sheiriff Woody]

are you doing 1 star, 2 Star, or 3 Stars?

[ghaztles]

Originally posted by Archon Oradon:

are you doing 1 star, 2 Star, or 3 Stars?

3 Stars AI Matches

[Arcius Tiger]

Yeah, this is why I'm on a crusade of sorts against the bot teammates. I hate the way they're programmed to play.
They won't usually push up with the team, they won't take flank routes, they CAN'T communicate so they can't add anything to the social atmosphere or team strategy.
I hate being grouped with them, and I'll leave a match if I see there's more than 1 bot teammate on the TAB loading screen. They're agonizing to deal with on Defense, but on Attack at least they follow the cart (usually).

[Karnarax]

It's not a malfunction. Those are bots farming for lvl10. AI have their game history on private. Those don't.

[ghaztles]

Originally posted by Arcius Tiger:

Yeah, this is why I'm on a crusade of sorts against the bot teammates. I hate the way they're programmed to play.
They won't usually push up with the team, they won't take flank routes, they CAN'T communicate so they can't add anything to the social atmosphere or team strategy.
I hate being grouped with them, and I'll leave a match if I see there's more than 1 bot teammate on the TAB loading screen. They're agonizing to deal with on Defense, but on Attack at least they follow the cart (usually).

I can empathize, the ally Bot teammates also do not seem to respond to any prompts (Such as asking for heals or to attack/defend the objective)

[ghaztles]

Originally posted by Karnarax:

It's not a malfunction. Those are bots farming for lvl10. AI have their game history on private. Those don't.

The Bots that I have been referring to are the ally AI Bots in 3 Stars AI matches whose game history are on private. But you do bring up a possible scenario, I will keep a look out for accounts that are farming for level 10.

[Steve]

Originally posted by ghaztles:

I've noticed that in the game mode against AI, my ally Bots will frequently malfunction after a while. Example:

Most ally Bots will either be filling the roles of a Tank or a Healer, as most real Humans will be playing DPS. So often times I will find my ally Bots running back and forth in a line far away from the fight when they are Healers.

It seems like their programming could use more improvements, because at the moment their glitches will negatively affect the experience in the game.

...everyone on your team is, or should be, a human. There are no ally bots in PvAI.

[Karnarax]

Originally posted by Steve:

Originally posted by ghaztles:

I've noticed that in the game mode against AI, my ally Bots will frequently malfunction after a while. Example:

Most ally Bots will either be filling the roles of a Tank or a Healer, as most real Humans will be playing DPS. So often times I will find my ally Bots running back and forth in a line far away from the fight when they are Healers.

It seems like their programming could use more improvements, because at the moment their glitches will negatively affect the experience in the game.

...everyone on your team is, or should be, a human. There are no ally bots in PvAI.

No, it's possible. Sometimes, mm can't find you people to play with in PvAI and it puts bots on your team. They do play though. Not just standing occasionally jumping like these farming bots do

[ghaztles]

Originally posted by Steve:

...everyone on your team is, or should be, a human. There are no ally bots in PvAI.

I will have to disagree and inform you that it is possible to get AI Bots as allies when playing in 3 Stars AI matches (Unsure about 1 or 2 Stars AI matches).

If you play at non-peak hours where there are not enough human players to fill your team, the game can and will field AI Bots as your allies in your team when in the game mode against AI.

[Steve]

Originally posted by Karnarax:

Originally posted by Steve:

...everyone on your team is, or should be, a human. There are no ally bots in PvAI.

No, it's possible. Sometimes, mm can't find you people to play with in PvAI and it puts bots on your team. They do play though. Not just standing occasionally jumping like these farming bots do

I have never seen that in hundreds of bot matches. It's always been all humans on the human team.

[Steve]

Originally posted by ghaztles:

Originally posted by Steve:

...everyone on your team is, or should be, a human. There are no ally bots in PvAI.

I will have to disagree and inform you that it is possible to get AI Bots as allies when playing in 3 Stars AI matches (Unsure about 1 or 2 Stars AI matches).

If you play at non-peak hours where there are not enough human players to fill your team, the game can and will field AI Bots as your allies in your team when in the game mode against AI.

I have played hundreds of bot matches at all hours and have never seen this once. If you see botlike behavior out of your TEAMMATES in PvAI, you should report it because it's probably an account seller using a bot trainer. That happens a lot in a popular F2P title like this -- you see it on TF2 and CoD all the time.

[ghaztles]

Originally posted by Steve:

I have played hundreds of bot matches at all hours and have never seen this once. If you see botlike behavior out of your TEAMMATES in PvAI, you should report it because it's probably an account seller using a bot trainer. That happens a lot in a popular F2P title like this -- you see it on TF2 and CoD all the time.

Hmm, you might be right to some extent. But based on my experience, the Ally Bots in PvAI will have the same configurations as the Ally Bots in Quick Match when you lose too many games in a row.

The Ally Bots in PvAI or Quick Match will all be below Level 10, they would not have Mandarin, Korean, or Japanese characters in their names (I'm playing on the Asia server), their profile banners will be empty, and their profiles will be restricted when trying to access to view their details.

[Arcius Tiger]

Originally posted by Steve:

Originally posted by ghaztles:

I will have to disagree and inform you that it is possible to get AI Bots as allies when playing in 3 Stars AI matches (Unsure about 1 or 2 Stars AI matches).

If you play at non-peak hours where there are not enough human players to fill your team, the game can and will field AI Bots as your allies in your team when in the game mode against AI.

I have played hundreds of bot matches at all hours and have never seen this once. If you see botlike behavior out of your TEAMMATES in PvAI, you should report it because it's probably an account seller using a bot trainer. That happens a lot in a popular F2P title like this -- you see it on TF2 and CoD all the time.

I've gotten level 100 through VS AI games (I don't enjoy PvP). I have seen so many bot teammates in VS AI that it has become a legitimate nuisance. These official bots are different from the leech bots that players are leveling by kick-evading. (Those leech bots seem to infest only 1-star VS AI, but have heard they're in Conquest as well).
It's definitely something they add heavily to VS AI during non-peak hours, I've gotten entire teams of bots in VS AI 10's of times. The higher the difficulty, the more likely you are to get bot teammates (probably because of lower # of players queued for it). Just check the nameplates during match load, and check for the telltale bot signs (level 5 or less, no customization, bottom of the list in the party, their load bar flashes green/yellow once fully loaded in).