Botfarmingfield 2042
No thanks. that's not why I play MP games. Another BF skipped.
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@Crackhead88 AI bots are literally only used to fill partially empty servers, most of the games you get into will either be full (so no AI players) or will only have a few AI players until they become full.
99% of your MP experience will not be with AI players at all.
I see very few reasons why having a partially empty server would be better than filling those slots with AIs until they can be filled with actual players
The AI/ co-op modes are not part of the 'normal' MP experience.
The main reason for AI bots is in regions with low player population that makes it hard to fill servers. So obviously, if you live in a region like that, I can see why you would be alarmed.
99% of your MP experience will not be with AI players at all.
I see very few reasons why having a partially empty server would be better than filling those slots with AIs until they can be filled with actual players
The AI/ co-op modes are not part of the 'normal' MP experience.
The main reason for AI bots is in regions with low player population that makes it hard to fill servers. So obviously, if you live in a region like that, I can see why you would be alarmed.
Wrong, they are used in niche games with low player bases. Not battlefield where people want to play against other humans.
Battlefield used to have bots available but they were turned OFF by default because nobody wants to play with them.
Server admins tried experimenting with turning them on in Battlefield before and it failed because people would just leave when they saw the bots.
It's what helped kill Red Orchestra 2. The over reliance on bots to populate servers. People got tired of all the server hopping trying to find humans.
@Crackhead88matchmaking will always try to fill servers and server browsers aren't going to show a server as full just because there are AI players filling the empty slots.
Everything is going to run the exact same as in previous titles, however when there are unused player slots, they will be filled with an AI until they can be filled with an actual player.
As I said, 99% of your MP experience in 2042 will be with real players.
@Crackhead88 wrote:Wrong, they are used in niche games with low player bases. Not battlefield where people want to play against other humans.
Battlefield used to have bots available but they were turned OFF by default because nobody wants to play with them.
Server admins tried experimenting with turning them on in Battlefield before and it failed because people would just leave when they saw the bots.
It's what helped kill Red Orchestra 2. The over reliance on bots to populate servers. People got tired of all the server hopping trying to find humans.
I fully agree with you @Crackhead88. DICE is using bots as a Band-Aid to fix their crappy matchmaking system. I doubt BF2042 is going to have a server browser at all. They're probably going full matchmaking this time and their system is so crappy they need bots to keep the servers full.
