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In strategus, using bots to fill in empty slots would result in wasted gear and tickets, as you can't use anywhere near the same tactics with bots as you can with real people.
Obviously. Bots are not supposed to replace real players.
I'm making a mini-mod now that has better balanced factions for player controlled bot battles. I don't think bots are right for c-rpg right now though.
The problem with bots is that they can do some things adequately, but other things very poorly. For instance, bots make decent archers and infantry, but poor cavalry (no avoidance of pikes) and terrible horse archers. Thus, the use of bots would distort the composition of armies so to take advantage of the roles bots are good at.
I agree, i never said this would be easy to implement. I tried to make it clear from the beginning that no one even has a good idea of how to implement it, and they wont even think creatively about it because they are reactionary. I try to think of what exists and then add to that to make it better, and that is a trial and error process that requires some effort of thought rather than emotion and rage.
They are ok with duelling when you mod them to inhumane reflexes. But bots can't do group fights or non-infantry combat correctly. If you allow bots from the same team to hurt each other, it's insta tk massacre.
They need not be highly skilled, perhaps they can be fodder intentionally. Also, what about the single player bots? they follow orders well enough. Is there only one type of bot?
Cause we don't need them. Cause they don't work good enough. Cause fighting bots blows. Cause we already have singleplayer.
You cannot say that there are no methods of bot implementation that would not make the game better... considering that no experimentation with bot and player battles has ever been done- just as much as i cant say it would be a success, for there are many things to consider and test.
The possible ways of implementation is vast. They don't need to work "good enough", they need to be considered in terms of what they are capable of. As was mentioned before, they make decent archers (anyone lacking archers in start???
) and infantry.
Also, "we" is not everyone. There are a lot of people out there that would enjoy to have their nameless selves and 49 person armies outfitted as peasant bogarts to be slaughtered when no one will sign up for their "pointless" battle.
I'm not going to put 2k of shit on bot. Its hard enough getting the quality players you want to show up and cut mother fuckers down.
Bots are just too shit. They will die on mass and waste all your gear and tickets.
That is kind of the point. What i am imagining is fodder infantry basically. Yes, it's hard enough getting decent players, and when your not part of a clan / respect / known it's hard enough getting anyone at all.
Would be lovely to have AI Lords from native
Interesting idea... I'm thinking bots in battle / siege mode start battles only though.
I still have question:
do bots have to take up a player slot on a server?
