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34975634954957
6 years ago

Re: Why did popcap think bots were a good idea?

@stukapooka wrote:

@34975634954957The reason bots are here is because the gamemodes were empty or dying (when was the last time you actually played a full human lobby?) and trying to separate the two would make matchmaking even longer, so unless you got thousands of new players to join the game over the next few months it looks like bots are here to stay.

Though I do agree that their pathfinding is pretty crap as I see them get stuck pretty often.

Yeah you are right that is the root of the problem. I guess if handled better it wouldn't be dying on some platforms to begin with. 

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  • stukapooka's avatar
    stukapooka
    Legend
    6 years ago
    @34975634954957 Yeah the real problem is simply that Popcap dropped the ball really hard on BFN and really split the fanbase right down the middle with removing variants for balance but then adding the broken legendary upgrades like steam blaster and while we are finally getting private play it came back almost a year after release when it was a base feature in gw2, less spawnables and they're weaker then ever, ops is still in shambles, new characters are coming at a snails pace, changing core mechanics but keeping the ganemodes of gw just doesn't work, the amount of bugs makes an ant hill look deserted, and Rux is overall one of the greediest cash grabs I've seen out of this series.

    Overall it seems like with bfn and pvz 3 that third times the charm is not always true for everything and people are abandoning a sinking ship at this point.
  • Conewhizz's avatar
    Conewhizz
    New Vanguard
    6 years ago

    They should release cross play so we PC players wont have dead lobbies, so we won't need bots.

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