Almost everybody who plays it seems to like it, so it's probably a lot of fun regardless of the nitpicks we can do from watching videos.
Bots are good for somebody like me who kinda sucks at MP. That way we can feel engaged and like we're getting kills and progressing. It's actually a pretty good idea.
But what about someone who plays it for the competition? It sounds like the worst idea for him. And that is what drives an MP game, its a competition between two teams about who is the best. And among all the teams, who is the best player.
I am just discussing cos what I saw kills my interest for a few reasons.
I assume they added AI to give a feeling of full scale war , yet keeping player count limited to make sure Titans don't get swarmed by players from all sides, killing them off in seconds and making piloting a Titan annoying.
Still, Adding AI doesn't sound like a good option IMO. Of course,t hey must have tested out enough and zeroed in on this but it will make stuff repetitive in MP. People will just farm AI bots for points. Kill AI, get TiTan, move on, hide from real players,kill AI , get Titan, move on. That kills anything the game wants you to do. The ppl we call cmpers till now, will be AI hunters from now on.
My point is
1)ppl don't play MP for killing AI bots, we have horde modes for that, they play for competitve challenge with other people and friends. AI in my team or other team means no fair competition.
2)If my team's AI bots keep dying and keep providing points to the enemy, I will be angry and frustrated as hell. Because no matter what best lpayers I have in my team, my team will also have brainless canon fodder bots whom I have no control over. If it was upto me, I would just tell them not to spawn and let me get the objective. Or atleast let me point them to some chokepoint to keep th eenemy busy while I get the objective.
3) like i said earlier, I don't want SP like structure in my MP, because : repetitve. There is a limit to which I can stomach replaying the same levels against AI.
4) there could have been another option of gathering resources instead of farming AI bots, and the game could still have been a 6 vs 6 battle. Lower numbers don't immediately mean a boring gamw. If map size and objectives are accordingly suited, a 6vs 6 can be fun.Basically they decided this way.
5) someone suggested in another forum that instead of AI they could have made a weaker defensive class, which cannot do much against Titans, just like the AI, but that could conribute more towards the onjectives, move fastwr to avoid Titans and be more defensive in abilities.....and let players choose to be them if they want. That would address the issue and still keep the game alive with real players.
Still hoping the game will stay fun, but addign so much AI makes me less hopeful for it hold my interest for long. The game is what it is.Maybe they should let us define rules for our own games and have the option of removing bots.
