AI/bot teammate

[Rankerz]

I've came back a couple of times to this game with always hyped up and kinda was wondering why I abandon this game after a while

I could play this game 0-24 no kidding, but the thing which does not allow me to do is the lack of playerbase which affects matchmarking 

For example sometimes I open the lobby for a 2p or 4p map and get nobody to play with for 20 minutes and give up

Yes you can solo anything with skill, but thats not what I'm after, especially in a multiplayer game

So let's say there would be a middle ground between soloing the map and making a full team of players, and you could add an AI driven or bot teammate to fill a spot

It could do simple actions like defend only, or even be neutral to player.

I know this is an older game, and technology was not really advanced back then but this is might be possible right now 

You can also set rules, like only 1 AI/bot per map or only on advanced difficulty whatever if this is pushing the boundaries of player agency

Let me know your opinions 🙂

[Kubik]

Hello @Rankerz,

you are right the technology back then wasn't so spread out, to make AI bots really viable, but it is right now. We added such option, to test the feasibility:

But these bots are available only on test server, because as you wrote with enough skill the maps can be done solo, so balancing such bot is no easy task, if all it would take to win a map would be to add a bot that would solo it, then players would just do that, instead of playing the maps, to get rewards.

Unfortunately making a bot, that will win a "PvE" map 100% of times, is so much easier than a bot, that would be only somewhat useful.

Balancing such bots would be a nightmare, so I do not expect them to be on prod server any time soon. 😞 

[Majora]

On 6/30/2025 at 11:55 AM, Rankerz said:

I've came back a couple of times to this game with always hyped up and kinda was wondering why I abandon this game after a while

I could play this game 0-24 no kidding, but the thing which does not allow me to do is the lack of playerbase which affects matchmarking 

For example sometimes I open the lobby for a 2p or 4p map and get nobody to play with for 20 minutes and give up

Yes you can solo anything with skill, but thats not what I'm after, especially in a multiplayer game

So let's say there would be a middle ground between soloing the map and making a full team of players, and you could add an AI driven or bot teammate to fill a spot

It could do simple actions like defend only, or even be neutral to player.

I know this is an older game, and technology was not really advanced back then but this is might be possible right now 

You can also set rules, like only 1 AI/bot per map or only on advanced difficulty whatever if this is pushing the boundaries of player agency

Let me know your opinions 🙂

The majority of our playerbase is in Europe (CET timezone). You should be able to easier find matches in the evening hours (19:00 ->) and weekends.