Can the game please more openly disclose the fact that there are bots in Quick Games? I can understand why there are, but it was quite frustrating realizing that I'd been facing bots for so long when starting the game instead of real people. Not disclosing this upfront feels a bit deceptive. If I have to play Ladder to ensure that I'm playing against a real person and not a bot who's bad at the game, I would greatly appreciate having that information to begin with.

Game is growing, and bots will be removed from quick games soon. I understand the frustration, but they were necessary in the beginning. On the other hand, they don't exist in ladder games.

I think it's great that you play against bots to do missions and test teams.

Have you noticed the level of gameplay of these bots? They're better than many human players, it's surreal!

ulquiorrakage5 wrote:

Can the game please more openly disclose the fact that there are bots in Quick Games? I can understand why there are, but it was quite frustrating realizing that I'd been facing bots for so long when starting the game instead of real people. Not disclosing this upfront feels a bit deceptive. If I have to play Ladder to ensure that I'm playing against a real person and not a bot who's bad at the game, I would greatly appreciate having that information to begin with.

Idk if you ever come to the discord but this has been stated numerous amount of times there.

PoeT wrote:

I think it's great that you play against bots to do missions and test teams.

Have you noticed the level of gameplay of these bots? They're better than many human players, it's surreal!

I completely disagree - beating the bots has been insanely easy, which is why their inclusion in quick games is ruining the game for me. I haven't played in weeks because of this.

Doing missions is fine, but you can't reliably test teams against the bots because they aren't nearly as good as an actual human player. They also don't let you actually practice the game - because they're so easy. Meaning when you jump into ladder, you're being thrown into the deep end of the pool immediately with no real preparation.

Kamehameha wrote:

ulquiorrakage5 wrote:

Can the game please more openly disclose the fact that there are bots in Quick Games? I can understand why there are, but it was quite frustrating realizing that I'd been facing bots for so long when starting the game instead of real people. Not disclosing this upfront feels a bit deceptive. If I have to play Ladder to ensure that I'm playing against a real person and not a bot who's bad at the game, I would greatly appreciate having that information to begin with.

Idk if you ever come to the discord but this has been stated numerous amount of times there.

The last time I tried joining the discord it linked to the N-A discord instead. Happy to see that's fixed now. It would still help for it to be publicly disclosed on the site, but this is at least something.

Void wrote:

Game is growing, and bots will be removed from quick games soon. I understand the frustration, but they were necessary in the beginning. On the other hand, they don't exist in ladder games.

I completely understand why they'd be necessary at the start of launching the game. I just wish it would be easily disclosed information on the site, so that people know what they're actually getting into and take their quick game battle results with a huge grain of salt.

When the bots are removed, can you please let it be known in an announcement on the site? I will happily return to playing the game once that eventually happens.