The growing issue of bots

[pxlCorvid]

Okay, I don't know what it is. I left this game for like a week and came back since the new content dropped. I played a couple "vs. bots" matches for practice to warm back up, and it was fine. I then decided to try quick play.

After playing it and reviewing the replay.. out of 12 players in the match, only 4 of them (me included) were real players. ALL 6 "players" (with actual usernames) on the other team were bots. And our tank and other support were bots. I played Adam/Luna and we had a wolverine, moon knight and widow that were real, aside from me.

For reference, here's the replay ID:
10859511810
and the tracker.gg link to show you which were bots:
https://tracker.gg/marvel-rivals/matches/6713784_1736796575_205_11001_10

Think about that for a moment.
8 players had to be faked using this weird AI bot system in order to make the match happen. I don't believe it's just players, these play like actual integral AI coded into the game by the devs.

It would be fine with me knowing that I could get matches faster if the devs clarified anywhere that they do this, but they don't. They instead mask it and try to play it off as if you're getting a fair match. These bots will do 180 degree snap turns to shoot you. They see you through walls, track your positions, will attempt to shoot you through walls, ect.

[Saber]

Originally posted by Swirl:

https://tracker.gg/marvel-rivals/matches/6697171_1736839966_80_11001_10
There you go, you can also check your history and see when you get bot matches in QP

This is great. I just want to point out you can check NurtureCooper's games on there. The replay code he posted was from the 13th and like he said it was his first game of the season. The previous 2 games were losses from more than a week ago. The game he posted had bots. It follows a pattern.

[Swirl]

Originally posted by Saber:

Originally posted by Swirl:

https://tracker.gg/marvel-rivals/matches/6697171_1736839966_80_11001_10
There you go, you can also check your history and see when you get bot matches in QP

This is great. I just want to point out you can check NurtureCooper's games on there. The replay code he posted was from the 13th and like he said it was his first game of the season. The previous 2 games were losses from more than a week ago. The game he posted had bots. It follows a pattern.

Yup, I believe NurtureCooper, I wanted to add my experience as well to spread awareness because it's pretty crazy to queue for a pvp match and be placed against bots, if you leave the bot match it will endlessly put you into bot matches until you play one out it's happened to me 3 or 4 times in a row I just stopped queuing for QP

I thought getting a higher rank would remove them but I got to Diamond and I was still getting bot matches.It's just incredibly disappointing and crazy to read people are denying it.

[Youmix]

Originally posted by Swirl:

Originally posted by Saber:

This is great. I just want to point out you can check NurtureCooper's games on there. The replay code he posted was from the 13th and like he said it was his first game of the season. The previous 2 games were losses from more than a week ago. The game he posted had bots. It follows a pattern.

Yup, I believe NurtureCooper, I wanted to add my experience as well to spread awareness because it's pretty crazy to queue for a pvp match and be placed against bots, if you leave the bot match it will endlessly put you into bot matches until you play one out it's happened to me 3 or 4 times in a row I just stopped queuing for QP

I thought getting a higher rank would remove them but I got to Diamond and I was still getting bot matches.It's just incredibly disappointing and crazy to read people are denying it.

Yeah, you will be match with bots 100% after 2 lose in quick play. You can press tab when match begin. The'll be low level 1-3 and basic name plates. Their profile will be restricted too. Its complete waste of time playing and you can't leave the match. So dumb

[TheMetalCorpser]

How are people still not believing bots are in QP? There's vid proof on youtube and NetEase did it before in one of their previous games. They do it to make people feel good about winning so they don't quit the game. Literally a corpo tactic to make sure they get more profits.

[ST47AN]

This just happened to me. Few warm up games with the level 3 bots then jumped into quick play, soon as I saw the names on the enemy team I knew they were bots. Sure enough I checked & all blocked profiles & what not. I remember playing level 3 bots last week & they had names not the usual "Iron Fist - Hard" name but a fake online name.

Quick play is a joke, I'll just stick to bot mode & ranked not quick play. I want to know when I'm playing bots & not after the match.

[pxlCorvid]

I can confirm that the next match I got didn't have any bots in it, but one player was suspiciously aim-snapping, though they were on playstation, so I assumed it to be lag + high sensitivity.

I'm guessing they do this as a "feel-good" mechanic to incentivise players to buy skins or keep playing. If I had gotten rolled completely in my first match of the season, I probably would've stopped playing or gone back to the vs. bots playlist. I guess it does work.

But the issue is that the bots they're employing are specialized higher-difficulty bots (that aren't like the normal bots) and they're undisclosed.
Another game I play that does this is Pokemon Unite, they will throw you bot matches in quick play or backfill with bots without disclosing it too. It's a common practice among chinese dev teams that make mobile-like games full of transactions.

The fact that they're undisclosed is what bothers me the most. They need to just make a post about it and explain what it is and why they do it, this is like.. a really shady practice that shouldn't be tolerated in gaming anymore without explanation or reasoning.
(also thanks for the tracker link, I'll be using this to scan replays from now on to see who were bots, if any)

[lewis1kc]

Is there a petition (If there is not one it needs to be made) or something to help address this because I would at least like the option to opt out of these matches or leave without penalty. I hate the toxic egos in competitive and I do not want to play BOTS!!!!!!!