As an example on how this works, so that people can visualize the idea:
Think About all the games you have ever played both PC and Console that have involved a party or team that were both single player and multiplayer. RPGs, and Shooters Etc.
These games have a lobby. In that lobby you can form a group. Your given the choice to Go Public: Anyone can join Team. Go Private: Only Friends can join Team. Or go Private and: Fill Team Slots with Bots For your team.
Also If you play with other people but only have a few people the game can Fill the empty Team Slots with Bots. Its that simple. This has been done before as many people have mentioned. Itâs nothing new. Bots that play along side you to help you, have already been enabled and used in Wow. Just not in Dungeon Finder yet.
Some people have asked why donât I just go play one of those other games instead of trying to change things in Wow?
Answer: I Love Wow. I love the game experience that Wow give us. I love the Massive Open world. I Love everything about Wow. And I thought this small addition to Wow would be a nice Quality of Life increase.
I suggested this originally 18 years ago, that we also have a choice of NPC bots to do dungeons with (not that the OP goes and plays a single-player game.)
That is exactly why. You donât have other people yelling at you, rushing you, calling you âthe badâ, saying you canât âtankâ, etc.
As with FFXIV, they would not be as good as having regular players.
It would also be a GREAT learning tool for those of us who ARE what the other players might say. So you could say, âGet good!â but we donât have people to get good with who are not you.
After years of playing in dungeon finder. My guess is that bots could be as good or even better then some real players.
Lets examine the behavior of real players. Some Players are very good. BUT!
Some Real players can be level 30 with level 12 gear equipped. Yes it happens.
They like to stand in Fire, clouds of dark matter, pools of poison. While yelling at the healer âHeal Me, Why donât you heal me?!â
Some Tanks run through the dungeon aggroing all mobs. Then yells at the healer âWhy arenât you healing me?..Help!â While the mobs eat him alive.
Players also run ahead of the tank and pull extra mobs which results in multiple wipes.
Some healers decide to go let the cat out, call a friend, or go make dinner just as the tank engages the last boss.
Then there is Rage quitting. Quitting because the person got the loot drop they wanted. People on follow. Or AFK since you entered the dungeon. Etc.
So, Iâm willing to give bots a chance.
And perhaps playing with bots that donât harass, insult, grief the player just might help the player that is struggling to learn their class and group roll better.
Iâm guessing when Wowâs population drops enough. The Devâs will implement this mercenaries / hirelings / followers feature just like Everquest did. Iâll bet you will be able to hire NPC hirelings to form a party not only in dungeons but out in the over-world too.
Unpopular opinion here: The main purpose of this dungeon mode should be training for people who arenât good at dungeons. If you make a mistake, they will point it out to you. They will tell you how to tank or tell you to dispel if youâre a healer. They will yell at you if you butt pull trash.
