Not seeing much change in the A.I.

Post » Wed Aug 03, 2011 5:46 pm

As someone who enjoys playing offline as well as on, I was honestly more excited about the update than the DLC. I played several bot matches last night, (Hard difficulty only), and I truly did not see much difference at all. I played 5 matches in a row as the Security on Shipyard. In those 5 matches I had to repair the crane every time or we did not advance. On the second stage, despite having 3 bot Operatives on my team, they did not hack the missile controls even once. They did not hack it one single percentage point!

I then played a few matches on Terminal and it was pretty much the same - the bots didn't even come close to hacking the first objective at all. Now I did notice the bots were a little less obsessed with Command Posts but that didn't seem to help. It seems like the enemy bots are still so much more effective. I was keeping an eye on the kills in my HUD and it seems like it was just red names slaughtering white names over and over.

Not to be overly negative but my other complaint is almost hypocritical but it seems like the enemy bots, for as great as they are on defense, are HORRIBLE on offense. Even on Hard difficulty they rarely get past the first or second objective. I honestly can't recall losing a single match to the A.I. when on defense.
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Louise
 
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Post » Wed Aug 03, 2011 2:18 pm

bots always help me with objectives.

Thing i dislike about them is their reaction speed to getting attacked and the fact the get stuck on stairs and 6 bots can be spawn camped by a single enemy bot
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Saul C
 
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Post » Wed Aug 03, 2011 8:11 pm

I tend to agree, the bots are still as predictable as before. I notice just 2-3 minutes before a match ends they seem to all wake up and make this big push that knocks your team in the a$$ if you're not ready. But I guess it's always meant to be better with a full server of people.
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Ezekiel Macallister
 
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Post » Wed Aug 03, 2011 11:43 pm

I tend to agree, the bots are still as predictable as before. I notice just 2-3 minutes before a match ends they seem to all wake up and make this big push that knocks your team in the a$$ if you're not ready.


Yes that's definitely what I'm seeing as well, (although that last minute push still isn't helping much) - I thought that was one of the things which was supposed to be fixed? If I choose to be a support player at the beginning of a match, the bots should step up and start attempting to do the main objective immediately. I'm tired of still always having to switch to the required class because the bots simply aren't getting anywhere.
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Post » Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:09 am

The bots will only progress if you gain control of an area. They'll push no further into the map than you are, you have to lead the way. You can't sit back, or else they'll do nothing except bunch up.The AI is still bleh, but now they definitely are more objective based than before. Before they would almost always rush for command stations and forget everything else. Also, add them to your fire team, they'll buff you much more reliably.
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