Devs please read :) (about bots)

[dragonjk]

Recently i installed Ut2004 after a time of about 2 years not playing it. :D But i stopped playing after a few days and then installed Unrealtournament. reson being i am an offline player my internet connection is very slow. so i just play with bots. In the first UT you could change bots to how you see fit you could also even name them ( a feature i loved, because i knew which bots would put up a better fight if i made them ) Which is somthing thats not in Ut2004.

Also a MAYJOR floor in Ut2004 is the AI. yes they can drive tanks and stuff. They can do more then the Ut bots but they are somtimes very poor at fighting. for instance, I almost always see this in a CTF game in ut2004 a enemy bot comes around a corner and it sees me. i am stood about 15ft away. instead of engaging me it runs along its set bot path and trys to shoot me. seconds later i see about 4 enemy bots doing the same thing inched apart from eachother they all just continue along their path while trying to shoot me like lemmmings. This is very annoying. because its easy to kill them and they ignore me if i get behind them they just try to get to their objective. this is on at least inhuman mode btw. in UT, if a bot runs into you on a ctf game or an objective based game type, they would STOP and engage me. if I die, it continues. if it dies, oh well...

The point is, if the bots have an objective which doesnt involve killing you in ut2004 they just try to ignore you unless they are defending of course (duhhh) i see it all the time. in UT they didnt they would stop and try to kill you because you were in the way. I know some players would try to run past you but only if they are next to their objective. :p

If this is just me well i am just crazy i guess, but if anyone has seen this could they post their thoughts? ;)

[iLL]

I would not worry about this too much.They said they plan to improve it greatly.Almost so much so that people without friends will have them now.:D

Not implying you of course.

I think I may have to turn down bot chat because I have the feeling they will be constantly chatting,almost to the point of interfering with the enjoyment of all other game sounds & effects ;or annoying.

Bump their skill level and or go for the objectives more and that will get their attention.

[UnrealGrrl]

what setting do you have your bots at? I think default is 'experienced' which is pretty dumb for bots. try jacking up the level of play a bit and see if they don't stop doing stupid things, i think youll have some more fun and possibly get fragged alot more :)
I usually play at Masterful or Inhuman when i play offline. Godlike bots are just too good with LG and SNiper on most maps but i do that sometimes too. Depends on the map.

[Hedge-o-Matic]

REally, unless you're losing about half your games offline, you're not playing with tough enough bits. If you can stand there and watch them run around, they're definately not set high enough.

Also, the 2k4 bots will kill you as they run past, and not stop. I've never seen a bot ignore me (even when I'm invisible, but that's a different story), so I'm not sure what your bots are doing. But if they can run past you without a problem, why not just run past, and grab your flag, or whatever? Crank 'em up, and at some level, you'll be challenged.

[_Lynx]

Hmm... even on godlike I often saw how D-bots ignore the enemy entering flagroom until he/she grabs the flag.