AFK Bot.

[chosenxeno]

This has absolutely no business in a game revolving around strategic play. I have lost a bunch of times today because the bot is playing my level 9+ cards, as I'm planning to let certain Mobs hit my base, to avoid my "Bigs" taking damage as I counter-push.

I see there is an option. This happens whether I pick [ ] or [x].



Edit: Just won a game while completely AFK. I have 1200+ Gems which is basically a free pass. But I think I'm done... It took 1100 hours but I think the thing to get me to quit has finally happened.

[Jackeea]

If you're routinely and regularly burning 5+ mana at a time, then honestly letting a bot take over your plays is for the best

[Foomy44]

So you are purposely not playing cards while at full mana all the time? You do realize that's just about the worst strategy possible right? You are better off playing literally anything to get at least SOME value out of the mana instead of consistently throwing all the mana you could have been earning into the trash. How you haven't realized this at 1100 hours in is baffling.

[BadAsAFish80]

The option to disable the AFK bot is a little flaky and doesn't always work, with this hopefully being among the bug fixes in this weeks patch.

To echo what others have said you should rarely find yourself in a position where burning enough mana to trigger the bot is the correct play.

[chosenxeno]

Originally posted by Voodoo Pygmy:

So you are purposely not playing cards while at full mana all the time? You do realize that's just about the worst strategy possible right? You are better off playing literally anything to get at least SOME value out of the mana instead of consistently throwing all the mana you could have been earning into the trash. How you haven't realized this at 1100 hours in is baffling.

Not everyone sits around reading Reddit for Decks. I've been Master 5 or better just playing what I want. Also, went on a 4 Win streak just letting the Bot play in a dickaround Ritual Deck. It's a trash system to me whether I'm winning on losing. THIS IS A STRATEGY GAME. WITH AN AUTOPLAY FEATURE. Placement or casting should never ever be left up to A.I. or available to A.I.

[Jackeea]

Originally posted by chosenxeno:

Originally posted by Voodoo Pygmy:

So you are purposely not playing cards while at full mana all the time? You do realize that's just about the worst strategy possible right? You are better off playing literally anything to get at least SOME value out of the mana instead of consistently throwing all the mana you could have been earning into the trash. How you haven't realized this at 1100 hours in is baffling.

Not everyone sits around reading Reddit for Decks. I've been Master 5 or better just playing what I want. Also, went on a 4 Win streak just letting the Bot play in a dickaround Ritual Deck. It's a trash system to me whether I'm winning on losing. THIS IS A STRATEGY GAME. WITH AN AUTOPLAY FEATURE. Placement or casting should never ever be left up to A.I. or available to A.I.

So your argument is both:

* The bot is bad, awful, and shouldn't exist because it makes dumb decisions

* The bot can win with my deck

Granted, you're playing Ritual, so a bot would have the same results as a human piloting it, but still...

[chosenxeno]

Originally posted by Jackeea:

Originally posted by chosenxeno:

Not everyone sits around reading Reddit for Decks. I've been Master 5 or better just playing what I want. Also, went on a 4 Win streak just letting the Bot play in a dickaround Ritual Deck. It's a trash system to me whether I'm winning on losing. THIS IS A STRATEGY GAME. WITH AN AUTOPLAY FEATURE. Placement or casting should never ever be left up to A.I. or available to A.I.

So your argument is both:

* The bot is bad, awful, and shouldn't exist because it makes dumb decisions

* The bot can win with my deck

Granted, you're playing Ritual, so a bot would have the same results as a human piloting it, but still...

No my argument is IT'S A STRATEGY GAME MAKING AUTOMATED DECISIONS THAT MESS WITH MY STRATEGY.

[Jackeea]

Originally posted by chosenxeno:

Originally posted by Jackeea:

So your argument is both:

* The bot is bad, awful, and shouldn't exist because it makes dumb decisions

* The bot can win with my deck

Granted, you're playing Ritual, so a bot would have the same results as a human piloting it, but still...

No my argument is IT'S A STRATEGY GAME MAKING AUTOMATED DECISIONS THAT MESS WITH MY STRATEGY.

If your strategy involves burning 5+ mana at a time, constantly and consistently, it's a bad strategy. Be glad that the AFK bot is here to carry you.

[chosenxeno]

Originally posted by Jackeea:

Originally posted by chosenxeno:

No my argument is IT'S A STRATEGY GAME MAKING AUTOMATED DECISIONS THAT MESS WITH MY STRATEGY.

If your strategy involves burning 5+ mana at a time, constantly and consistently, it's a bad strategy. Be glad that the AFK bot is here to carry you.

You guys keep talking about Mana cost when I'm talking about Logic and Genre.

"Be glad the bot is there to carry you".

If this is the best you can do we are obviously done here. You can be fine with the QB snatching the ball out of his HB hands and getting a sack when the HB is about to score. I will never be ok with that. We are just talking in a circle.

[Basan™]

So, from what I'm reading the game now possesses a 'feature' related to an "afk Bot" playing when you're inputing your keyboard and/or mouse for cards to be played? Odd, to say the very least.

But then again perhaps that 'innovation' is simply clashing with my more conventional approach to what an RTS (Real Time Strategy) game[en.wikipedia.org] should be like.
Anyway, having such a 'feature', even if you can easily turn it off on your end, surely doesn't entice me in the slightest to return playing Minion Masters (MM). Although I'm simplyy assuming that it's was a BetaDwarf's devised mechanic mostly to cope with the playing base numbers dwindling by the day.

[fdmfdm]

Closing this as its a necro.