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Subject: bots, include em? ultimate poll, results to be emailed to bungie
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i think bots would rock(and not just because i don't have live)because we could have an options like number of bots and how many times to respawn your bots.you could also have the option to pick the species(marines,hunters,elites,assorted covenant,etc.)or you could have a survival mode where you could fight in a simple arena,like a stadium or inside a giant sphere,and have to fend off as many enemies as you can.they could come in waves or could come in levels of diffuculty,like from grunts to jackals to elites and so on,and if you hold your ground for long enough,you win!

[Edited on 8/7/2004 6:42:43 AM]

  • 08.07.2004 6:39 AM PDT
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bots wouldn't only be fun if you're alone with no live. say you have a couple of friends over and you want more players. what do you do? bam! bots it's done 16 players with only 4 people actually playing. anyone ever play unreal championship. the bots are great when you have a couple of friends. just turn the difficulty down frag the hell out of those stupid bots for a little fun, or turn the dificulty up and test your actual skills.

  • 08.07.2004 6:47 AM PDT
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Do Remind that Covenants are in escence bots aswell, only a bit scripted sometimes, so if you have a hard time getting threw Legendary you should take bak your words, because Bungie now has the experience to create more intellegent bots.
Posted by: DrunkZombie
Na, bots will suck, unless they are as intelligent as humans, then it will be a little fight. Bot are always too easy on any game i have ever played, the only thing that makes them harder is more life or perfect aiming... but that sucks.

  • 08.07.2004 6:53 AM PDT
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Yes. Put them in. In some games (like Empire Earth) people do what is called a "Compstomp", where they gang up against the computer. And, if the a.i. is good enough, it could be used as training.

  • 08.07.2004 7:16 AM PDT
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exactly.there will be lots of people who will use bots for training as well as for fun. i dont see why big headed dudes are trying to say bots are too easy.ever faced a dark sim?no extra life there buddy. plus halos elites etc are far more advanced ai beings compared to pd's simulants

  • 08.07.2004 5:08 PM PDT

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No bots please. They were annoying in TimeSplitters 2. Sometimes they got in the way. (actually, all the time). IF they were put in the game, you should be able to communicate to them to tell them what to do. Say they captured the flag, and just ran in a straight path. They should be smart enough to strafe to avoid snipers. They have to be smart, if they're put in. Plus, THEY SHOULD BE OPTIONAL, if added into the game.

  • 08.07.2004 5:14 PM PDT
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Maybe not bots, but maybe a training area, where you could trian against Elites, and Jackals and grunts, on different difficulty settings.

  • 08.07.2004 5:22 PM PDT
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Yes--317 no--53....... enough said

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  • 08.07.2004 5:24 PM PDT
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53 no????????? who would say no is what i wana know

  • 08.07.2004 5:34 PM PDT
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i say yes since 75% of xbox owners dont have Xlive although i have i want things to be fair,but putting in bots wouldnt that take a long time

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  • 08.07.2004 5:41 PM PDT
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bots all the way!

  • 08.08.2004 3:23 PM PDT
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Halo 2 should definitely have bots. Even if i had xbox live i would still want them to practice against. their also fun to play against when you dont want to play seriously and want an easy ride. i dont care if their really stupid, as long as you can shoot at them.

  • 08.08.2004 3:33 PM PDT
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X Box Live will be terrific but when i can't use it and none of my friends are over it would be fun to whoop up on some -blam!- Bots

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-Whitey here! Bad_Man's little brother. X-Box Live is pretty cool but if it was compatible with mutliple people on the same X-Box then it would be ten times better. But if there were bots it'd be ten times better too because, not only are Bots -blam!-s but they're fun to mess with. Anyways, Bots would be a good idea. Peace out -blam!-in b*znatches! signed (COD GOD)
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  • 08.08.2004 3:55 PM PDT
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I need a weapon.

your dumb. Bungie doesnt care if u email them the results, especially now that the game is just about done.

  • 08.08.2004 3:59 PM PDT
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Posted by: fastmatt
No bots please. They were annoying in TimeSplitters 2. Sometimes they got in the way. (actually, all the time). IF they were put in the game, you should be able to communicate to them to tell them what to do. Say they captured the flag, and just ran in a straight path. They should be smart enough to strafe to avoid snipers. They have to be smart, if they're put in. Plus, THEY SHOULD BE OPTIONAL, if added into the game.


yes cuz even the smartet of beings can sense someone aiming a sniper rifle to there rains cant they. im sorry but im multiplayer u cant realy know if someones about to shoot you....u hardly run left and right back and forth do u just in case? bots are a defo!

  • 08.08.2004 4:34 PM PDT

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good pole only 2 answers

back on target bots would be cool even though i have XBL cause my friends dont and im sure they want it

  • 08.08.2004 4:41 PM PDT
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even so with xbl, the whole competetiveness would be greater WITH bots

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exactly,u gota think about the competetiveness??? just think about the fun factor.

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  • 08.09.2004 2:50 PM PDT
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Here's my post from another thread:

I have always loved bots and have followed closely the info released to see if bots would make it. However, there always seems to be a group of people that for some reason do not like bots. Maybe they had a bad experience or whatnot but seriously, we're talking about Bungie here, not some third-rate studio Microsoft is rushing to regurgitate a bunch of crap nobody will like. Bungie is full of GAMERS, and if every poll about bots is any clue, then chances are 75% (or more) of Bungie want to see bots in the game. Like the other fellow said, let people have their bots, show some compassion that not everybody has the money for a ton of controllers, TV's, Xboxs, link cables and routers and Xbox Live!. If you don't like bots, then don't use them, but please don't ruin other people enjoyment by complaining about bots. I hope people out there can understand my point.

  • 08.09.2004 3:00 PM PDT
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hehe... "ultimate poll, results to be emailed to bungie"

I think it's a bit late for Bungie to decide whether or not there will be bots in Halo 2... seriously people...

  • 08.09.2004 3:04 PM PDT
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I have broadband, but cannot afford a subscription to XBL. Nor have I ever needed one. But with all the push for the Live features of Halo 2, and even the rumor of Live only gametypes (!!!) I say bots are a must. I think we haven't even scratched the surface of Bungie's AI abilities. I never once saw a coordinated offense by the AI in Halo, only last minute defense after MC had started the fight. Have you ever been chased by the Gold-Sword Elite in legendary? Imagine 8 of them, with no concern for your life, fighting for your teams flag, armed with sniper rifles, rocket launchers, and vehicles.

Even if bots appear only in the form of Covenant AI in a "grinder" mode, or just a practice level, I would be happy.

I just can't get the image of two squads of Covenant soldiers tearing across Blood Gultch, howling a war cry out of my head...


On the note of controling the bots, (And perhaps marines) the XBL headset could be used. You hold the white button and use proximity voice to say "become passenger", or "become sniper." Perhaps even something like "concentrate fire" which causes a cursor to appear on your screen with which you can instruct a firing zone for the bots.

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  • 08.09.2004 3:38 PM PDT
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how about u answer the question u fool. i hate annoying people like u, ''oo really, i lick bum crack and its abit late to e-mial them the results'' (immatation of wantaskillet)

  • 08.09.2004 3:43 PM PDT
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Bot's would be pretty cool if you dont have live and no one is around to come play I guess...yeh so it would be entertaining...plus ive already mentioned this survival mode exept it wouldnt be in a stadium or anything like that simply cause that wouldn't fit with halo2...thats why I recommended a war torn city

  • 08.09.2004 3:49 PM PDT
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Halo 2 need bots we need to shape our skill when were not logged in on XBL and at the same time get to know the map, its really important to know a map, know were the weapons are.

  • 08.09.2004 4:02 PM PDT
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i dont have XBL, but will almost certainly get it when i get H2 and i have a little bro, and 2 older ones taht live away from home cause there 22 and 28 :) anyway, i also have friends and broadband, but you know what, i still want bots. they are fun to play around with. id like the idea of me and my friends agaist a horde of bots, or solo against 15 other bots xD. sure some of u "hard" 1337 players would think of this as a waste of time and waste all the bots easily, its for those who arent 1337 at this game or those who just want to have a quick game wihout haveing to go online and get beaten into the ground, but want to practise or just mess around, to have a game that is for fun.

so i think i speak for all without XBL and most with, that bots are a must. it was a big thing missing from halo. and if you dont like em, simple turn em off :P, no more problem. and like its been said i dont think bots in say CTF would be fun though, unless you can order them about, i think CTF would be best left out. mabey have bots only in DM, TDM king of the hill and race. or even any simple game modes that might be new...

and would that be soo hard to have ai in DM? i think not...i think you could just make a map and put in a elite and yuor done...after all in single player weve seen brutes jump onto vehicles on there own, and jakels grpoing up to defend themselves with there shields...though i think that is scripted. but anyway, take farcry, its easy to map, which i do, and put in a ai enity in a multiplayer map and that is it. unless you want it fancy you just put it in the map with a ai anchor to tell it to defend the map and thats what it does.

so bots would just need to be taken from singleplayer, have a small bit of tweaking and then slaped into place with a bit of ai diffuclty control and amount. and like i said, if you dont like em, then dont use em...and i think your right saying that bots are already made.

  • 08.09.2004 4:24 PM PDT