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Subject: bots, include em? ultimate poll, results to be emailed to bungie
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or have a gametype which is kill as many ai eg. flood, covies like in sven coop

  • 08.01.2004 6:58 PM PDT
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Posted by: paintballhalo
you're going to send them this post??? Is it a little late to have bungie working on bots now? As much as I want them I think the only way to make bots work if they already don't have them is to push back the release date. And I know you poeple don't want that. So yes, I want bots include but this poll isn't going to change there mind bud. Mabye they could send bots to us on download contect. But we need xbox live to do that right. So they give everyone the 2 mounth free trial card and over the internet bungie post online to wate till, lets say FEB. 1st 2005 to us the xbox live 2 mounth free card and to go to downloadable contect to get bots. So it could work right???


it wouldnt take that long, but yes they would have to do some more bot bug testing...

  • 08.01.2004 7:00 PM PDT
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Of course there should be Simulants for use in practicing Multiplayer. Not everyone can afford xbox live, or have their rich daddies buy it for them. And there are times where you won't have 15 of your mates over to play System Link. Perfect Dark's Simulants were great fun to practice with, allowing for a team of humans to practice against a team of bots..

Leaving this option out would be a huge oversight on Bungie's part.

Besides, at least Simulants wont cry cheater when I use a Rocket launcher or pick up an Overshield. I can't stand how some people feel that using all of the options the game designers make available to you can be cheating.

  • 08.01.2004 7:02 PM PDT
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Posted by: Creature
Ok i approve on bots. If you have different difficulty levels on bots u can train. Then have good stats when u play online. What i mean is have bots on regular multiplayer and not online.


I agree with this. Some people are not lucky enough to have DSL or Cable in their area. Bots would be good to expand the life of the game for those people. Anyone who has played Counter Strike: Condition Zero, would know that those bots are almost human like (with a few exceptions). I'm sure that bungie could make bots 10 times better than this because the creator of the official CS bot said that he had to limit the bots due to the half-life engine. I don't understand the people who voted no. These people are selfish. They think that bots would ruin the game. You can't ruin a game that you can't play unless you have friends over every day. I have xbox live but what if I have friends coming over? I load up split screen and play bots. This would not hurt the game, it would only add to it. Some times my internet goes down for days and I can't get on xbox live. If there weren't bots I would play singleplayer for the 100th time. But if there were bots, I would be fragging bots on multiplayer left and right. I hope you are looking at this bungie. Again, Bots would only help the game not hurt it (as long as if it doesn't delay it).

  • 08.01.2004 7:04 PM PDT
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i agree the cz bots were very good but were limited by the half life engine with halo 2s engine the ai would be exellent

  • 08.01.2004 7:11 PM PDT
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this is to the people talking about the fact that bungie could not start working on bots at this late stage. that is very true although it is almost definate that bungie have created bots to near perfection.they are just unsure whether to include them in the game. like a lot of people have said. it would be crazy to create a game aiming to be the best shootemup ever and not include one option that has enriched the multiplayer experience of every other shootemup ever developed. BOTS

  • 08.02.2004 9:20 AM PDT
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I dont know if anyone told you this yet, but Bungie already knows we want bots (as stated in the faq), and petitions are not allowed on this website, which is exactly what this is.

  • 08.02.2004 9:23 AM PDT
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Bots would be great in halo 2 say you already have 2 teams of 5 you could just put 3 bots on each team and play with the max amount of players

  • 08.02.2004 9:25 AM PDT
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Bots would be great.

  • 08.02.2004 9:26 AM PDT
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Yes for bots! They are good for the people without XBL. And they are good if your fed up with the people on XBL. They maybe not as smart as real people but they are still fun to kill.

  • 08.02.2004 9:28 AM PDT
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bots just in case xbox live free thingy runs out

and for the people that dont have live

  • 08.02.2004 9:38 AM PDT
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like ive also said before. the only reason bungie can have for the exclusion of bots is to get more people on xbox live.but this mean people will be forced to just to get the most out of halo2. sad really

  • 08.02.2004 10:01 AM PDT
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they should definitly include bots

  • 08.02.2004 10:04 AM PDT
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I would like bots because I am moving into the "bush" and we can only get dial-up. I still want to experience multiplayer.

  • 08.02.2004 10:04 AM PDT
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It's all good and well for you people with bad connections, but bots just don't feel like Halo to me. Leave 'em to UT I say.

  • 08.02.2004 10:13 AM PDT
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bots would be too easy.is it that hard to get Xbox Live and make friends.i just dont see it.i think it would ruin the essence of Halo

  • 08.02.2004 10:37 AM PDT
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Posted by: Legolas71088
bots would be too easy.is it that hard to get Xbox Live and make friends.i just dont see it.i think it would ruin the essence of Halo


Nobody is forcing you to use the bots.

  • 08.02.2004 10:39 AM PDT
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I don't really like the bots idea that much... but in reply to the "is it really that hard to get live" post. Well in case you have never looked out of the window of your mansion and seen the real world then you probably don't realize that the cheapest internet connection (around here at least) that will support xbox live is 40-50 dollars a month and while that might not seem like that much to you some people actually don't have loads of money comming out of their asses like you apparently do. Not to mention the extra cost of live.

  • 08.02.2004 10:40 AM PDT
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this is spam. do you honestly think bungie will listen to you NOW! its alittle bit late. the game is gonna ship in 3 months! they cant integrate it into the game now if its not in it already. honestly grow a brain.

  • 08.02.2004 10:46 AM PDT
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if u read half of my posts ive already talked about this. bungie will have already produced the bots idea.they just dont know weather to use it. read the posts before u hand out insults

  • 08.02.2004 11:09 AM PDT
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i really hope they have bots because i dont have the richest family around and we cant afford dsl or the xbl monthly fee so please bungie make bots im begging yall.

  • 08.02.2004 11:53 AM PDT
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Isnt it a little alte now to be asking for anything else in the game besides maybe some animations or voices.

  • 08.02.2004 11:55 AM PDT
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bots would be a good addition to Halo 2...you could set their difficulty and everything

[Edited on 11/9/2004 9:02:06 AM]

  • 08.02.2004 12:08 PM PDT
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Posted by: Legolas71088
bots would be too easy.is it that hard to get Xbox Live and make friends.i just dont see it.i think it would ruin the essence of Halo


1. Some people still don't have broadband in their area's...
2. Stop acting like everyone has friends that live with them 24/7

Posted by: mojonation1487
this is spam. do you honestly think bungie will listen to you NOW! its alittle bit late. the game is gonna ship in 3 months! they cant integrate it into the game now if its not in it already. honestly grow a brain.


3. Bungie has known that people have wanted bots since the beginning, quit assuming that they have to just start it now... There's no evidence that they haven't already started it... Also, this is not spam.... (BTW, I'm not saying they have started it either, I'm just want the assumptions to stop)

[Edited on 8/2/2004 12:37:00 PM]

  • 08.02.2004 12:32 PM PDT
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Yeah, they should include bots. I can't get broadband, so I can't get Xbox Live. (I can't get broadband because I live 200 feet out of the broadband area. I'm not cheap. :P )

If you have Xbox Live, then just play on that, rather than play on the 'easy' bots. I really don't see why you would _not_ want bots. Even if you don't play with them, you never know if you'll have to move to an area without broadband. Besides, I'm sure everyone would play with them, even if they didn't admit it.

Oh well. Here's to hoping. :(

  • 08.02.2004 12:51 PM PDT