I do most of my quests in Casual Wild and for at least the 6 last months almost every opponent I've faced was a bot playing basic cards only and farming gold.
They always have a name with caps and numbers, like the last one B884822 and the current one X4FB06F. Edit: Third opponent called R000666.
It's time for Blizzard to do something and start banning them.
Never, because they can not know who is bot and who is not. My friend used a bot for his account, he does not play anymore, but when he did bot farmed 100 gold every day while he was at work. Most funny thing was that bot managed to get to rank 5 in first 7 days of new season.
I don't know why this bothers so many people unless they're losing to them.
Bots are against the TOS
Casual is a mode where you should be free to play whatever you want
The existence of these bots at a certain MMR means you cannot just play whatever you want, you instead are forced to play something that beats them AND play the games to completion.
These bots are effectively budget versions of aggro token decks. considering that most people probably play casual to play greedy homebrew decks, it's pretty obvious why a lot of us don't like queueing into them in casual.
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I remember Blizzard banned a lots of accounts for botting around 2015 and some people were angry. They might still ban bots but doesn't make it public.
I have to say, back in the day I disliked the bots a lot, because they used to play Pirate Warrior. Ofcourse a bot cant play as good as a human probably (well, maybe they could, but coding that would need a lot of effort), but it was frustrating always facing bot pirate warrior.. Just go face. Bleh.
Ok I should have said my "point" instead of "issue" because you probably misunderstood me. My point is that bots are forbidden, idc if they are easy to beat, I don't want to play against a bot, I wanna play against a human being, is that too much to ask?
I don't know why this bothers so many people unless they're losing to them.
Bots are against the TOS
Casual is a mode where you should be free to play whatever you want
The existence of these bots at a certain MMR means you cannot just play whatever you want, you instead are forced to play something that beats them AND play the games to completion.
These bots are effectively budget versions of aggro token decks. considering that most people probably play casual to play greedy homebrew decks, it's pretty obvious why a lot of us don't like queueing into them in casual.
All of this in addition to:
-its insulting that Blizzard is seemingly ignoring this problem or at the very least remaining silent on it (to the extent of deleting threads on the official forums about it instead of responding to them)
-the problem is extremely harmful for playerbase growth. New players get rolled by them, existing players see them as a sign of a shrinking playerbase
-it discourages sales. Why buy packs when these bots prove that a basic aggro deck can win enough games to not only be cost-effective, but get a high enough MMR to annoy long time players.
I don't know why this bothers so many people unless they're losing to them.
The existence of these bots at a certain MMR means you cannot just play whatever you want, you instead are forced to play something that beats them AND play the games to completion.
Fixed: The existence of Tier 1 Decks at a certain MMR means you cannot just play whatever you want, you instead are forced to play something that beats them AND play the games to completion.
Hmmmmm...... turns out that bots aren't really that different to any other game.
In other news:
These bots are effectively budget versions of aggro token decks. considering that most people probably play casual to play greedy homebrew decks, it's pretty obvious why a lot of us don't like queueing into them in casual.
F2P Players are effectively budget versions of aggro token decks. considering that most people probably play casual to test out high tier decks before committing to ranked matches, it's pretty obvious why a lot of us don't like queueing into them in casual...
Ok I should have said my "point" instead of "issue" because you probably misunderstood me. My point is that bots are forbidden, idc if they are easy to beat, I don't want to play against a bot, I wanna play against a human being, is that too much to ask?
No, of course not. You have the right to play against another person if you want, I cannot deny you that. I just wanted to know if you were an obnoxious fanboy, that is all. :P
Ok I should have said my "point" instead of "issue" because you probably misunderstood me. My point is that bots are forbidden, idc if they are easy to beat, I don't want to play against a bot, I wanna play against a human being, is that too much to ask?
To be fair, judging by the example of the average HS player these days, I'd rather play against a bot any day.... Easy wins for the win...
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I do most of my quests in Casual Wild and for at least the 6 last months almost every opponent I've faced was a bot playing basic cards only and farming gold.
They always have a name with caps and numbers, like the last one B884822 and the current one X4FB06F. Edit: Third opponent called R000666.
It's time for Blizzard to do something and start banning them.
Where are all these bots when I need to farm gold. Lol
They are so easy to mess up and cause them to not play anything cause they aren’t programmed to make a certain move so they freeze up.
Just report then... There is a report button in battlenet
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It's not even about if they are playing correctly or not, they are just playing minions on curve and it's easy to beat them.
The issue is that they are forbidden and they ruin a part of the game for me, it's not even fun to play against them.
Just beat them and stop crying.... It's even easier to make the quest if they play bad decks...
I don't know why this bothers so many people unless they're losing to them.
How is that an issue for you?
Never, because they can not know who is bot and who is not. My friend used a bot for his account, he does not play anymore, but when he did bot farmed 100 gold every day while he was at work. Most funny thing was that bot managed to get to rank 5 in first 7 days of new season.
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I remember Blizzard banned a lots of accounts for botting around 2015 and some people were angry. They might still ban bots but doesn't make it public.
Not gonna lie I'm actually really surprised to see people flame me and defend bots. Like what the heck?
I honestly don't know what to say if people think that way, it's just baffling.
Well, tell me, please, since when do bots accept friend requests? Because you know, you can't report someone who is not in your friend list...
I have to say, back in the day I disliked the bots a lot, because they used to play Pirate Warrior. Ofcourse a bot cant play as good as a human probably (well, maybe they could, but coding that would need a lot of effort), but it was frustrating always facing bot pirate warrior.. Just go face. Bleh.
Nowadays I face less bots tbh
Can you answer my question, please? How is an issue for you the fact bots are forbidden?
Ok I should have said my "point" instead of "issue" because you probably misunderstood me. My point is that bots are forbidden, idc if they are easy to beat, I don't want to play against a bot, I wanna play against a human being, is that too much to ask?
All of this in addition to:
-its insulting that Blizzard is seemingly ignoring this problem or at the very least remaining silent on it (to the extent of deleting threads on the official forums about it instead of responding to them)
-the problem is extremely harmful for playerbase growth. New players get rolled by them, existing players see them as a sign of a shrinking playerbase
-it discourages sales. Why buy packs when these bots prove that a basic aggro deck can win enough games to not only be cost-effective, but get a high enough MMR to annoy long time players.
Hmmmmm...... turns out that bots aren't really that different to any other game.
In other news:
F2P Players are effectively budget versions of aggro token decks. considering that most people probably play casual to test out high tier decks before committing to ranked matches, it's pretty obvious why a lot of us don't like queueing into them in casual...
Fixed also. :-)
No, of course not. You have the right to play against another person if you want, I cannot deny you that. I just wanted to know if you were an obnoxious fanboy, that is all. :P
To be fair, judging by the example of the average HS player these days, I'd rather play against a bot any day....
Easy wins for the win...
At this state of HS:
If Blizz would ban all bots, they would lose more than half of their "players".
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