PVP bots

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

Because "it's just PvP" and "this isn't a PvP game". So why should they care who they impact with their cheating? Why should anyone care? SE apparently doesn't.

Oh but don't you dare call someone a name or hurt their feelings. That's a ban. And a reason to restrict chat. Oh, but have some "improvements" you didn't need and didn't ask for in this game mode that was fine as it was! Please continue to give them feedback to ignore!

If having bots in frontline means I don't have to wait 30+ mins outside of peak time for a match, I don't really see the issue, everyone wins something so, eh.

No, everyone does NOT win. Botters who just want to CHEAT AND VIOLATE THE TOS TO GET XP are the only ones who win. If you actually like PvP, you get stuck with unresponsive teammates who are more of a liability to you than anything. And you can't do squat to expose them because screenshots and video could be edited, thus it's all suspect. Report them? Go ahead. You'll be seeing them again for months to come. Beat them in the match? Fine, they're not there to win anyways so long as they get XP.

Long queue times were fixed overnight in 3.5 with Frontline Freelancer. 30+ became "Less than 5m" during peak times, 15 minutes at the worst. And real people who actually knew what to do and WANTED to PvP were the ones playing then. Those same people however don't enjoy matches full of bots just standing there or mindlessly zerging other players or objectives like expendable FATE NPCs. Those people get tired of dealing with crap like that and stop queueing, which only compounds the problem.

We want to PvP to play against other players. People exploiting the system and using bots to openly cheat for XP with no concern for others and no penalty for violating TOS heavily impact that and only drive real players away, which can potentially compound the problem of long queues and bots in place of real players.

[RuneFox]

Long queue times were fixed overnight in 3.5 with Frontline Freelancer. 30+ became "Less than 5m" during peak times, 15 minutes at the worst.

I wish that were still true, I never get in a match in 15 mins or less unless it's during peak time these days(I que almost exclusively for PvP). I also don't really see bots in my matches or people standing around(unless they are doing so for a "Surprise" attack). I just see a lot of casual people who do not know what they are doing running all over the place and little explanation or leadership for those who need it. Perhaps my blase attitude comes from not seeing what you are supposedly seeing or having a different opinion of what these so called "bots" are doing.