Bot observations

[Uleat]

When mercs were first introduced, they were pretty much a cut-and-paste of bots.

They (mercs,) of course, we standardized a little more since they are a part of the live gaming experience.

Bots tend to be bastardized since they are exclusive to the server code..and then bastardized even more since they are not part of the standard server.


When I work on bots, I focus exclusively on them because:

1) There are no dedicated devs working on bots..

2) I don't know how mercs work on live and have no reference to make changes to them with.


I haven't played with mercs to see how their grouping works...

Do they have similar issues with grouping as well?

[GRUMPY]

Originally Posted by Uleat

When mercs were first introduced, they were pretty much a cut-and-paste of bots.

Do they have similar issues with grouping as well?

No, I don't find any issues with mercs at all when grouping, zoning, following. That is the reason why I am wondering
what the overall difference is between the behavior. (in the coding) For example, why the mercs follow so faithfully
and the bots don't. I can run all over, zoning and the merc, for the most part, keeps up. But the bot will take the
scenic route. Haha I just figured "some" of the mechanics in the source code would be the same for both ?