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This is insane.
eazydzzz
Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 65
Just got out of a pvp match that had SEVEN bots.
Has Cryptic said anything about this at all?
Have they even acknowledged the existence of the bot problem?
Seriously, a bot every now and then is ok. It's actually kind of funny. But I haven't been in a pvp match in well over a week that didn't have at least 2 bots. 7 bots in one match is just ridiculous.
Madness.
Has Cryptic said anything about this at all?
Have they even acknowledged the existence of the bot problem?
Seriously, a bot every now and then is ok. It's actually kind of funny. But I haven't been in a pvp match in well over a week that didn't have at least 2 bots. 7 bots in one match is just ridiculous.
Madness.
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and I hate when bots get stuck in camp, at least those that run to the middle node keep the other team busy while I cap the other 2 nodes and have a chance to win if the other team doesn't pay attention
I also hate people which leave or stay in camp when they see bots.. most of the times chances are the other team has bots too, so you still have a chance to win
Prove they are bots.
Never ever had to queue for pvp for more that 3-4 minutes.
there is nothing but removing every reward from pvp so you can do it only for fun, and even then there will be prolly still bots in pvp
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Are you pvp-ing in the lvl 30-40 bracket ? Because at lvl 60 you get instant queues.
That is one of the reasons that people leave the team after seeing bots on it: they don't want to potentially reward the botters.
I think this is a side effect of bots being banned at the same time at level 60. The botters dont' have much stopping them from making new ones, so when a banwave hits the sub-60 pvp is going to be filled with fresh bots.
It sucks yeah, but imo it sucks even more to have the bots at level 60.
They never use their horse, run a pre-determined path every time they die, usually very undergeared, rarely have a guild or a title.
The TR-Bots use most of their abilities but are very likely to use CoS in melee-range while being very weak, DC's will usually use at-wills and sporadic single-target-heals but are usually really useless. I haven't seen any other bots - only DC and TR.
Basically, it's very easy to distinguish bots from real players.
I just want to see for myself because I've yet to come across anyone I could conclusively say was a bot.
Traditionally, they will never mount, they will run a fixed path from the spawn point to the middle while using a autofollow spam that will direct them to the nearest player they pass. They then use the same attack pattern (for TR, they spam the range blade throw until it is out of charges, then usually go for the stun then big hitter, then autoattack).
General rule is, if they don't mount up they are a bot, but you tell easy as day if it is a player controlled character simply because people don't repeat the exact same keyboard timing for minutes on end while executing the least effective attack sequence, and verging off on nearest target (from autofollow) anytime someone runs near them.
They should completely disable autofollow in PVP. Without autofollow, the bots wouldn't even be able to target anyone unless they ran directly in front of them at melee range (I guess they could hit someone with a blade every 15 sec or so at range if they ran directly in thier path). Also, they should add back the team vote kick option.
Point is, this type of setup wouldn't be kicked due to afk activity since they all park at the mid point, which always gets activity. They actually do get kills because multiple rogues attacking the same target will kill them. And the number of bots in the match could potentially outnumber the players, or even push the numbers enough on the team to not allow for a vote to kick to actually succeed. So how do you stop this sort of thing?
In Rift I was kicked for being a ranger/rogue and not a tank/healer. NO VOTE TO KICKS.
You hate someone that bad drop party and reform. That really makes a person feel like sh*t. I personally would never do that to anyone.
I have seen mainly CW bot's. They never use a horse, no title and no guild. Always walk the same path and never from cliffs at Spawn at one PvP map (the "lighter" one). They just use the stairs at the other side of the map lol.
They mostly use At-Wills and sometimes I see an encounter. But they are very useless and always walk in a 1v5 situation lol.
That could have been a multiboxer instead of a a bot......or it could have been a stack of bots with the same script.
I'm not sure I have seen any bots that would break off from a fight, but could be.
I sort of played with them. I tried to drag them away from the middle node a few times and they would all pursue in a group but if i got to the same distance away from the node they would all immediately retreat to the node, same exact spot they were standing in. It didn't even matter if I had extremely low health, if i dragged them to the same spot, zoom they ran back. It was like they were tied to that spot to defend and if they moved to far from it, they would default back to it. I assumed it was a multi-boxer at first, not the case though. The movement back to the 'default' guard spot was way to accurate, almost like on a tether. That sort of shortest point exact route stop on a dime no extra movements path following that you get from AI.
Yup, sounds like botting. It doesn't matter if it's attended or unattended botting, it's definitely AI if it can repeat the same behavior over and over again, perfectly each time, in a way no human could do.
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