How prevalent are these bots? Has this game really become so unpopulated that they rely on stupid AI to boost the 'playerbase'?
Yes. Between Blizzard's "let's fill up the MMR pool" bots and the DK farm-sell bots, it's becoming increasingly difficult to play against a flesh and blood creature anymore.
How prevalent are these bots? Has this game really become so unpopulated that they rely on stupid AI to boost the 'playerbase'?
Blizzard-run bots are mostly there to reduce queue times at extreme low MMRs, like the new player ranks or people who are somehow hard stuck Bronze. So to most players, these bots effectively don't exist.
They've been there for years, but the community has grown more aware of them only recently after a scourge of non-Blizzard ran bots took over Ladder and some other oddities like the Blizzard bots using FoL cards pre-rotation.
I have never encountered a blizz bot. Only farming bots. My good old friends, the odd warrior bots, have sadly been replaced with even shaman bots that can actually win games…
As you can see here, this one is playing a brand new class - The Shogue.
They are also incredibly stupid. I've lost count of the number of times they've used positive buffs on my minions instead of their own.
How prevalent are these bots? Has this game really become so unpopulated that they rely on stupid AI to boost the 'playerbase'?
Yes. Between Blizzard's "let's fill up the MMR pool" bots and the DK farm-sell bots, it's becoming increasingly difficult to play against a flesh and blood creature anymore.
Blizzard-run bots are mostly there to reduce queue times at extreme low MMRs, like the new player ranks or people who are somehow hard stuck Bronze. So to most players, these bots effectively don't exist.
They've been there for years, but the community has grown more aware of them only recently after a scourge of non-Blizzard ran bots took over Ladder and some other oddities like the Blizzard bots using FoL cards pre-rotation.
I have never encountered a blizz bot. Only farming bots. My good old friends, the odd warrior bots, have sadly been replaced with even shaman bots that can actually win games…
I think once you start winning against bots, you will face humans again.
ive gotten bots to rope me all game lol
yep,
see also my comment here:
https://www.hearthpwn.com/forums/hearthstone-general/general-discussion/254598-more-bots?comment=19