How do you find a Co-op bot game?

[Say]

Noob question. I don't know how to get into a Co-op game against bots. I tried queuing up and the queue never pops. The queue got all the way up to 38 minutes before I exited it.

Is there a certain setting of bots I need to have? I'm using Default Bot AI but I'm wondering if there is something else I need to try?

Couple of months ago I didn't have to wait more than 5 mins but now it's getting ludicrous.

[Ky3oB]

Few people play with bots, this is the reason for a long search. Also not happy with such a search system!

[Philopannyx]

might also depend on the difficutly and regions chosen. I guess most play the hardest level, but all my co-op bot xp is from before custom AI's were available.

[Absche]

Try standard bots first but also look for „Ranked AI matchmaking“ bots. They are more versatile.

The queue times differ. Yes, I also think I had faster queueing times half a year ago.
Imo, medium bots have the best queue times. Not to easy but easy enough to smash the bots without the need of high skills. But that’s also a disadvantage because you often find players there compensating only for bad gaming experience in their PvP matches.

More challenging bots and more relaxed players you find in hard and unfair difficulties (which in fact are not very different from each other). But the queue times are longer in my experience.
At week ends I usually queue up for 1-3 x 5 mins before I find a match (EU West). However you can queue up on all 3 European servers. The matches are quite relaxed and friendly.

The best thing is that bot-coop matchmaking is not mmr based. So you can expect to have a mixed skills team. In one match you learn from others, in the next match you are the teacher.

Have fun!

[Garou]

Unfair bots, random side, Ranked AI seems to be the fastest queue

[Philopannyx]

Originally posted by 50% Insanity:

Unfair bots, random side, Ranked AI seems to be the fastest queue

It always used to be at least ...

[Wpycz]

I am going to try and imply solution without forcing others to know the answer. Is it not making people angry who for example get into low priority or a bad streak turns them to play with bots to want to complete...

[Rosa]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.