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Subject: Solution to the Bots
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Alot of you are petitioning for AI bots in halo 2 cause you dont have Live well I have a solution. In the bungie weekly update they mention a gametype ment for 3-4 players without Live how about this. You and three of your buddies play a game called onslaught where you are constanly bombarded with AI and would have to hold it for a certain ammount of time. Jaime Griesemeir said some like this in the discovery channel exclusive about holding space stations against hordes of covenant. Now I am not a supporter of bots because simply there not much fun as the REAL thing and they dont understand the weapons like a human would also Halo 2 is a complicated game with TONS of choices and expecting bungie to program all the possibilites would no doubt delay the game and they would be exploited with glitches. But this would take little time and would be great fun as you and freinds fend off horde after horde it would also be great practice for clans who want to work together what do you guys think?

  • 07.19.2004 10:00 PM PDT
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I am all for bots. Sometimes you want a death match after work and you can't find your friends and you are late on your Cable bill. Don't be a bot hater. I would prefer the real thing, but don't bash bots. I have faith in Bungies AI programming skills.

  • 07.19.2004 10:04 PM PDT
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Im for bots an the people who arnt for bots are being selfesh. What happens to the kid living in the bon docks with nothing but one friend an a xbox there is no high speed there is no lan partys give these poor souls a break and give them bots. As for people saying it will make the game release later thats bull bungie said nov 9th so come hell and high water it will still be released nov 9th. The idea for bots is in or out they not deciding it still its almost perfected or its been tossed away long ago. Not being for bots is dumb its not like its gonna hurt you in anyway if they are an option you simply dont have to use them. Sorry had to rush it

  • 07.19.2004 10:08 PM PDT
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It is going to cause harm unless you consider getting it novemeber 9th 2005. If you want to kill bots the single player is fine and I cant count how many time's I have beaten it. Also This kind of gametype would be easy on bungie yet still provide the live-less thrills but having a bot match ctf or koth would be dumb and pointless.

  • 07.19.2004 10:12 PM PDT
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It wouldnt be dumb and pointless to me and many many more as for you you dont have to play it. Also your otehr point it will not push the game back to 05 if they put bots in it. It will be nov 9th 04 with or with out bots I dont know why people think just cause they put bots in its gonna get pushed back they have been making this game for over 3 years now so they have had time to perfect it.

  • 07.19.2004 10:17 PM PDT
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soultion to bots... get friends

  • 07.19.2004 10:19 PM PDT
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I have always been a bot supporter, bots give gamers options. You can't afford live, you have bots. You don't have DSL in your area, you have bots. Your friends can't come over ever 6hrs to play, you have bots. You would like to practice a strategy without giving it away to your friends, you have bots. You would like to get the feel for the flow of mult-player map, you have bots. You grow tired of the single player campaign, but still love blasting covies, you have bots. You have a couple of friends and you all want to play against a common foe, you have bots. You like to play the big boards but 4 players doesn't exactly make waterworks feel friendly, you have bots. Without bots the game and it's replay value is limited. Simply put Great games have great bots. No one argues that bots are better than humans, it is always better to play against an intelligent and living foe, but in the absence of this you need bots.

  • 07.19.2004 10:20 PM PDT
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Bots, unless done correctly lead players down a path of newbism and shame... For bots are noobs themselves Take heed these words and give me 5 dolla

  • 07.19.2004 10:22 PM PDT
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i couldnt have said it any better kungfuddoc426 i agree 110%

  • 07.19.2004 10:22 PM PDT
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Have any of you ever faced bots in MP that were fun to play against? Cause I know I haven't

  • 07.19.2004 10:27 PM PDT
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love the quote kungfudoc426

  • 07.19.2004 10:30 PM PDT
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i love bots, but hopefully they won't be allowed on Xbox Live!

  • 07.19.2004 10:33 PM PDT
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Imagine bots on xbox live...
1st off i agree, ive never played a bot that wasent a completel noob
and everybody would think bots are so great online they would fill half the game with em and it would blow.. imagine not being able to get into a game because the host thought it wouldent fill and replaced your spot with a bot... a little -blam!- not to mention bots would ruin plans

  • 07.19.2004 10:33 PM PDT
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Posted by: Jared
i love bots, but hopefully they won't be allowed on Xbox Live!


I am in total agreement with you.

  • 07.19.2004 10:41 PM PDT
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I think bungie wouldnt allow bots on live cause that defeats the whole purpose of bots and live. Go on live to play real people dont go on live play bots. As for bots i enjoyed well perfect dark, conkers bad fur day on einstien they were unstopable, and there is a few other out there.

[Edited on 7/19/2004 10:43:28 PM]

  • 07.19.2004 10:43 PM PDT
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Bots for slayer will be nice, in the documentary it said that the ai would look around the area use it best for cover.Which means cant they just add that in for Slayer? since its just a kill all type

  • 07.19.2004 10:54 PM PDT
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Bots to me are training. They are fun ass hell to play because they arent human. They dont know every situation, for instance lets say they have a SniperBot he goes finds the sniper rifle goes to one of the designated areas programmed into the game. All he knows is to snipe. He does not know what to do if you chargge up there with a Psword. He is not going to whip out a different gun (i.e. shotgun) and blow you away. He is going to snipe till the bitter end. That makes it fun. It lets you know what to do in different combat situations. Lets say there are two snipers in the map. Chances are they are going to go to the same spots repeatedly giving you the opportunity to try out different things.

Im really tired if im not making sence i am really tired. need... sleep...

  • 07.19.2004 11:04 PM PDT
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I dout they would reschedule Halo2 just for bots.They would just get more workers or longer hours.Bots are the best thing you can have when you have no XBOX LIVE or your friends can't be over because it is almost midnight.

  • 07.20.2004 10:51 AM PDT
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to the people who think adding stuuf to halo 2 wont push the date it will. if you keep telling them to put bots in it and they do then it would push the date back cause they have to put them in write their ai code in the and write their ai code to do what their suppose to do for each gametype, so yes it would push the date back, unless they already have bots

  • 07.20.2004 10:58 AM PDT
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I would like bots just as much if not more than the next gut, trust me. But I really really like the Defend against the Onslaught idea of holding a position against hordes of Covies. SHWEET!

  • 07.20.2004 11:12 AM PDT
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Some times though dont you just feel like going online to slaughter a few dozen nb's just for the fun of watching them scrambling around and quickly falling to your superior skills. Plus as has been stated there are people out in the middle of nowhere with now live and no one else around and they want to play MP. Except they shouldn't be included in live that would really ruin it.

  • 07.20.2004 11:39 AM PDT