The bot crusade for the flag!
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Maybe the issue is pathing towards a dropped flag. They might need fixed destinations in order to function properly.
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That’s a good point. They’d probably have no idea what to do if the flag ended up on a ledge somewhere. Even so, they could struggle at it for a while until it returned to the enemy base, and then resume their usual flag-charging rampage.
Having some quirks like that doesn’t seem like too big of a deal, though, especially given the current standard for AI in this game compared to the complexity of the game as a whole. Almost any scripted AI allows players to exploit something about its behavior if they want. I doubt this would be an exception, even if the devs put some considerable time into it.
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Do we even want Bots in CTF? CTF is such an awful mode to begin with. It has no place in this game at all.
You’re right. Let’s just remove CTF. You don’t like it, so no one should be allowed to play it. I don’t know why the devs even left it in the game after spending the time to develop and improve it for Lunar New Year.
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I’m honestly a little sad that it’s so hard to block people on this forum, I haven’t seen a single productive thing in posts of yours I come across.
Also, this thread is about bots and their compatibility and functionality. If you continue to talk about your distaste for CTF, despite me establishing a topic, I will flag you for derailing. I’m aware some people don’t like the mode, as is the case with literally everything.
A few reasons I figure are worth noting:
- The OW dev team is incredibly small now, making big changes to the core game incredibly unlikely.
- Keeping up with event skins and OWL already takes a fair amount of manpower.
- ActivisionBlizzard are going through a tough financial situation, and this makes the previous two points much more problematic.
- All the above are assuming Blizzard even cares to add bots to it; my estimation of their designers’ goals, is that they really don’t care about it. Unfortunately, the same can be said for small things like the arcade RNG during events and other small issues.
TL;DR: Blizzard likely doesn’t have the manpower for such a thing, and even if they did, they wouldn’t use it on making bots play CTF.
Personally, I’d love to play 6v6 elimination vs bots since I can only play it when it’s in the arcade…no one joins custom versions.
Get lost.
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You should put your “end sarcasm” after this sentence, because it’s absurd in its entirety. Do I have fun and post silly/satirical things sometimes? Yes. But many of my posts are productive and often very well received.
Is whatever. Sounds like self-righteous banter. What I am simply saying is that there are many OTHER AREAS in this game that Blizzard could spend time developing, rather than programming bots to function in a unpopular, and error-plagued mode that doesn’t suit what Overwatch is whatsoever.
CTF is fun in games where we don’t have unique abilities or different heroes. CoD, Halo, etc. It’s design is “off” in this game. It doesn’t work that well for this game in the state that it is currently.
If you like it, that’s fine. The statement in your first sentence is your own projection and comes across as you being a little irritable. Perhaps you often disagree with my posts. Feel free to block. People don’t always agree with you in the real world.
Just play it with other people. It’s a PvP game, not PvE.
agree. CTF with Pharah/Lucio is just stupid AF, how can anyone defend that joke
Honestly, though I still see their apathy toward custom games as the main drive, I think this is a big reason toward them not bothering. Obviously I’m still going to voice my opinion on the forum designed to voice my opinion, but I know I’ll have to wait for anything to get done, if it ever will. 'Kind of sucks that the game is having another ‘pre-occupied devs’ lapse though…
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Mercy’s in master and below. Please stop leaving us to try and dps and die - #10 by LUCIF3R-11758
This is literally on the front page of your profile, please just quit trolling the thread to increase your post count.
And you too
Except it is not trolling ? This game was never designed so you shoukd play wih bots all day every day, It’s a PvP game, thats the main focus.
I never play against bots, but OW is an FPS above all else. Is it best played against other players? Yes. Does that mean PvE or fighting bots is an invalid way of playing? No. It’s redundant pretentiousness to think so.
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Not invalid but the game is designed around PvPing, the main mode is competetive, and to an extent quickplay, that is how the game is meant to be played.
Sounds like you’re saying it’s invalid, then saying that’s not what you’re saying.
Maybe this is why someone might think you’re trolling, but perhaps you’re just not thinking your posts through.
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Redundant, not invalid.
This was going to just be an edit to my last reply, but since you’re clearly still not getting the point, I’ll just post it as its own thing.
Bots are already in the game. I’m saying that I would personally value if they were made to work with another well-established mode. Go complain about the existence of ‘Vs AI’, Uprising, Retribution, and every other custom game mode that includes the bots the devs already have in the game if you want to try making a difference. You’re obviously complaining in the wrong thread.
Also this ^. Took the words out of my mouth
Those are special events, they are not around all year around, training bots are, sure, but they are way too dumb, and really does not teahc you the game.
Not gonna argue semantics with you just because you backed yourself into a corner. Go google both, they’re very similar, and both make the same point I’m arguing against.
Bye.
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At least spell-check your posts when people are calling you out for not thinking them through, good lord. Also, I don’t know when it just became law that I need to make custom games that “teahc me the game”, but that’s not always what I’m going to use them for (Sometimes I like modes that are just fun. I’m weird, I know). That’s also not why I was talking about those modes at all, but I guess you don’t play them, and they’re invalid. Or redundant. Whatever you’re rolling with here.
And, again, what Gnome said ^. Not even worth the replying to bump my own thread, don’t expect me to respond if you’re going to keep talking about this
Besides, plenty of players struggle to fetch unreachable flags too!
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