Halo Infinite’s Winter Update has been making waves since it was released earlier this week. Players have discovered a possible reason for the removal of the Bot Bootcamp PvE playlist — bots and Forge maps don’t seem to mix well.
Amidst the buzz of Halo Infinite removing Bot Bootcamp in this week’s Winter update, we found some suggestions that part of the reason could be the bots. For real I can’t seem to navigate my Forge multiplayer maps very well. Intrigued by this, I tested some custom his matches on two new 343 Forge maps, and sure enough, the bots didn’t seem to have a clue what they were doing.
Halo Infinite bots not working properly on Forge multiplayer maps
Argyle did the best of the two maps, despite it being currently removed from matchmaking due to other issues causing crashes. While not devastating, the bots here didn’t feel like they had the same degree of spatial awareness they had on the original map. It often went blind from the obvious route. It became clear how ineffective the They’re also prone to weird pathfinding problems — like a few times the bot misses a jump and then tries to figure out where it is, or perhaps keeps taking the same action. I saw it act confused for a few seconds, as it would have if the landing had stopped.No terribleto say the least, is generally not very good.
Separation, on the other hand, proved a complete disaster. All bots were able to kill themselves multiple times per game by throwing themselves into canyons on the map, most picking up one or two kills in an eight-player, 50-point team slayer game. I was. They finished the match with a non-negative K/D.Even when they weren’t acting like lemmings, they didn’t really seem like they were acting JeezThey often just stood and waited to be shot, seeming baffled by the geometry and failing to recognize a very obvious escape route that might help them avoid shipwreck. It led to some very funny moments, but in a tragic way — Bot Bootcamp’s opponents were hardly challenging, but at least the AI understood the game they were playing. Finishing a clever but simple bootcamp match on an existing map and landing on a pantomime like this is extremely jarring and frankly not very fun. Used in Forge maps.
Layering on something as complex as the purpose makes things even worse. Bots can play objective-based modes to some extent, but they’re not very good at it because they frequently run into problems. In the first match of Capture the Flag, when you wiped out the defenders and saw the bot run up, grab the unguarded flag, take a few steps and throw it to the ground, you knew things weren’t going smoothly. and ran away. Well done, bro. Another game actually waited for runners who followed a scenic route, but then threw themselves in the middle of the map and took a short break. This is bad enough on its own, but be aware that PvP matchmaking also introduces bots when a player disconnects and it’s too late to fill with another player. Combine that with the fact that the detachment is currently in rotation and you start to see something like this. this glorious moment where the bot runs the flag over there Other funny reports of throwing matches from capture points and bots just throwing flags off cliffs and nonsense like that. It is really troublesome to go there.
Of course, even if this a That’s not the only reason Bot Bootcamp is saying goodbye. One popular theory is that what stopped it was an attempt to put the player into his PvP pool, rather than chipping him off with challenges with bots. online.Still, whether due to fan feedback or all part of 343’s plans, Bot Bootcamp intention We will be back at some point.a Tweet from Community Director Brian Jarrard “It’s going to take some time. The team wants to look into potential tweaks,” he said, and more on that later.
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