tanking lfr isnt really very diffficult and i could see having a bot do it not be a bad idea. make it a warrior or pally so it doesnt bres the wrong person. jaylock threads are usually not even worth posting in but i dont think this is a bad idea
tanking lfr isnt really very diffficult and i could see having a bot do it not be a bad idea. make it a warrior or pally so it doesnt bres the wrong person. jaylock threads are usually not even worth posting in but i dont think this is a bad idea
They're making LFR scale so you don't have to wait for a full group when people leave. That's a much better solution, though obviously a lack of tanks/heals will still be an issue on occasion. Those aren't roles you want filled by bots anyway.
Current Bot technology could easily out perform half of the players in LFR, no question. I do not really think it is a good idea though.
You do not need to tell a Bot not to attack in Def stance, or focus the adds, or don't stand in fire... and a rotation bot is as simple as they come...
You have smart heals already, its not hard to program triage healing. Tanking may be a bit harder in terms of positioning the boss, but a bot could easily taunt after boss uses ability X times without missing a beat.
Last edited by Soulzar; 2014-06-12 at 03:00 PM.
This was my thought exactly. I do not think it is the right way to go... but bot programming has come a long way. Hell, even a few years ago my buddy used some paid for BG bot that consistently out performed actual players, and PVP is as "scriptless" and ever changing as it gets.
Getting a bot/NPC to heal/DPS I do not think would be an issue at all. Tank positioning could be an issue but honestly using coordinates it's more than possible. The only main issue I could see is bosses with "outside the box" mechanics, such as Seigecrafter's pipes. Definitely possible though in my opinion.
Eh it's not a great idea. You'd pretty much never get a run that wasn't at least half bots. Which would be inferior to what happens now. I know that people love to exaggerate their bad LFR experiences, but on average I'd say that LFR players can outperform a bot.
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Could prove unrealistic. Mercenaries in Allods stop working on the first fight where two bosses need to be kept at opposite corners of the room.
They should exactly outperform half the players in that case
And if they performed to an average, they would be sufficient to kill the boss alone. That would just lead to all kinds of shenanigans to get carried by the bots. There's just no point in putting them there then if they're carrying half the group; so you might as well just scale the instance and make sure those who are there are putting in an adequate shift between them. And that is exactly what is going to happen in WoD.
They already do, it's called honorbuddy.
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LFR isn't already full of bots? ....my life is a lie!
It wouldn't surprise me if they already did this... It would probably be quite easy...
It wouldn't surprise me if the bots end up playing way better than the LFR players