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You should be able to tell computer allies what lane to take - the truth - 2009-04-29
One thing that is annoying about playing with computer allies (due to leavers or whatever) is that you might only have 3-4 players on a team so barely enough for each of the lanes. You see that the computer takes one lane (say bottom) so your team then goes the other lanes. Then after a while when the computer dies or gets new items or whatever, it might decide to take a different lane. At this point, your team has to change lanes until the computer decides to switch lanes again. This can get annoying.
I think that there should be a command, that any player on a team can type, to tell their computer ally what lane to take. For example, -bot 4 top would tell the computer player 4 to take the top lane or -bot 1 default would make computer player 1 to act normally as it does now.
Re: You should be able to tell computer allies what lane to take - horselance - 2009-04-29
+1
Re: You should be able to tell computer allies what lane to take - ChronicStoned - 2009-04-29
+1
Re: You should be able to tell computer allies what lane to take - Ayeshia - 2009-04-29
+1
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Re: You should be able to tell computer allies what lane to take - benben10 - 2009-04-30
+1
i agree but the problem with this would be boundaries. how wide should the lane boundaries be, and should the computer be allowed to break the rules at anytime?
on a similar note, do the computers watch the health of allied tanks? it would be nice to see them help protect a low health ally that is close by and under attack. any good player will help be a meat shield for friendly tanks near death, even if they themselves are low health. two tanks at 25% health have much more survivability than one at 50% health.
Re: You should be able to tell computer allies what lane to take - qweqqweq - 2009-04-30
-1 i honestly don't care about the ai. i'd much rather see other things added or improved.
Re: You should be able to tell computer allies what lane to take - GooglyBoogly - 2009-04-30
-1 Seems like a bad idea to me, Battle tanks is all about fluid gameplay. Having strict restriction on where tanks should be allowed to go - even if AI, hinders their effectiveness.
Would be much more useful if the AI would let you know whenever it decided to change lanes.
Re: You should be able to tell computer allies what lane to take - Dr.McNinja - 2009-04-30
+5 to vote poll.
Completely agree with Oogly, noobs can do a lot worse than ai... I would like to see some kind of 'team notification system' from ai, currently pings and chat is the only way for a human player to do this. Maybe allow bots to submit chat lines? Pings could work but are less noticeable and last a very short time. Simple chat lines like:
- [Allies] The Pwnerer [AI]: Taking mid CP..
- [Allies] The Pwnerer [AI]: Going top..
With just taking cp and going lane message, theres only 6 to write. Multiple ai saying messages at the same time wouldnt be a problem because games shouldnt have a lot of ai and at most its 4 = 4 ai messages at the same time. Build in a timer between ai's messages to prevent spam.
In the end, the gain would be minor.