It's not clear how they are joining. However, myself and other players have noticed these bots. They stand still, occasionally firing or using abilities, but always finish the game with 0 damage and 0 kills. They usually have a name that is one word with several digits at the end. I don't know whether or not they are added by Respawn.
I heard those bots are account seller bots.
They sell level 20+ accounts to banned users, smurfers, and people who want sub accounts so they can join in ranked matches.
So people are actually paying money to get lvl 20 accounts so they cant smurf in Rookie and/or hack, with enough demand so that its worth for scripters to auto-level accounts ? Haha so sad.
Anyhow; if this is the main reason for these AFK bots, then I suggest that they should make XP less dependent on "time survived", which at the moment is like 50-80% of the total Xp gained, and instead make it based activity; dmg dealt, kills, teammates revived, teammates respawned etc etc. Apart from making a hard time for bots, it also make sense since being active in the game is a better measurement of experience .
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