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Subject: Halo 3 Multiplayer Bots

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Poll: Should there be bots in halo3 multiplayer?  [closed]
Yes :  65%
(40 Votes)
No:  27%
(17 Votes)
Un-Decided:  8%
(5 Votes)
Total Votes: 62

I know there has been a big debate on bots in halo.

Some say it wold take the fun outta lan parties and some say they are needed for practise.

I myself am unsure of which side to choose so id like to get the communtitys opinion.

[Edited on 5/13/2006]

  • 05.13.2006 6:33 PM PDT

I don't believe that it would ruin the fun for LAN parties at all. If you make the game something like G.R.A.W. where you can pick and choose multi-player bots, you have the option of all players, or players mixed with bots. That gives the game tons more options when making custom, and even matchmaking. Who knows maybe in 07 we'll be able to play matchmaking 16 players on a team vs bots. Hopefully more! I say give us the bots, we can take em outta the game if we wanna.

  • 05.13.2006 6:41 PM PDT

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none in live play. just single i think.(local)

  • 05.13.2006 6:42 PM PDT
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we all wanted them b4 halo 2 came out. U all rmbr, long hours of repeatd halo CE campaign. Sumtimes if u were bored enough we would play split screen by oursleves. Now we have xbox live. Bots are pointless

  • 05.13.2006 6:48 PM PDT
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Yes, I would like to see bots in Halo 3's multiplayer; with both split-screen and Live.

  • 05.13.2006 6:49 PM PDT
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when did i see a thread like this last...oh thats right when halo 2 came out!

  • 05.13.2006 6:50 PM PDT

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the only thing theyre good for is if no one is online. But unless your the most retarded person theres always UNRANKED games.

  • 05.13.2006 6:51 PM PDT
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Why would Bungie make those? They want you to buy Xbox Live.

  • 05.13.2006 6:53 PM PDT
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I love how this would go, (Bot throws a gernade at the person who is meleeing you and you hear...) "Betrayal, Betrayal, Betrayal, Suicide" Naa it would ruin the halo experience

  • 05.13.2006 6:54 PM PDT
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I think there shold be bots for split screen games and for practicing but not for live I also think they shold only have them if they where good because I dont want dumb bots that kill there team or run in pointlessly

  • 05.13.2006 6:58 PM PDT
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bots have been the major lack in multiplayer
becuse when your sitting there just wanting to slaughter
bots are way better than a campaign level

  • 05.13.2006 6:59 PM PDT
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If bot production doesn't detract from other aspects of the game, then they would be awesome.

However, they would have to be done well. If it's one of those "last minute" details, as to prevent it from ruining other parts of Halo 3, then bots wouldn't be worth it.

  • 05.13.2006 7:03 PM PDT
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yes, so people have more fun and like,,,idk,,,just more fun when internet is broken or no one you know is on...and idk, this is prolly just me but, it would scare the crap out of me.

  • 05.13.2006 7:08 PM PDT
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I'm undecided. It'd be great for people who don't have Xbox Live (I have friends who are still on dial-up O_O')
but it's hard to make bots who are really that enjoyable and I don't think Bungie should go out of their way if it would prevent Bungie from working on the rest of the game.

  • 05.13.2006 7:09 PM PDT
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there will never be any bots. Why would bungie and microsoft want to lose money? There is already a huge amount of people playing online, if you have bots, why would people want to pay to go online when they can just play against bots. Therefore, bots = less money for bungie and microsoft = they're never going to make bots

  • 05.13.2006 7:11 PM PDT
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Like someone said before if they have everything done that needs to be done and putting bots in doesn't delay it go for it. Now I just have to get my live working damn failing the IP address Bull-blam!-.

  • 05.13.2006 7:13 PM PDT
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Yes only if there was a trigger system like Starcraft has to control the actions of the AI then people could make the AI dumb or very smart and it would be fun and unpredictable.

  • 05.13.2006 7:15 PM PDT
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they need to be there. for private partys they could be very fun for survivals and alot of game types that either us or bungie could make. but i think they must not be in ranked playlists unless specified... like a Bot playground playlist.... unranked. I want Team slayer free of bots. Besides, bots keep the live alive as if one day, you wanna play but you look for ur friend and only 2 are on and you don't feel like beeing modded/standbyed/noob comboed, well you could like to make a 4V4, you+1 bot, 4 bots instead of a 1v1v1 Team slayer that could get boring...even there you could make it 3VS3 bots and choose their dificulty or make a 3VS10 bots and do your best to stay alive...betyter than imagining them when you're alone. definatly, MUST HAVE BOTS

  • 05.13.2006 7:16 PM PDT
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If its possible, I bet the people without xbox live would be vry happy. Even just having specail gametypes that use bots. Like surviver mode, could see how many enemies you could take on at once and stuff, and see how long you could last ! It would be extremely fun to do stuff like that in halo 3, and I hope bungie considers it !

  • 05.13.2006 7:17 PM PDT
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Then why are there bots for Perfect Dark Zero?
I think there should be bots in multiplayer. I still have dial up, so I can't play live. It would actually sell more people on it if they had it for more than just campaign.

  • 05.13.2006 7:17 PM PDT
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Posted by: shadoweagle89
Then why are there bots for Perfect Dark Zero?
I think there should be bots in multiplayer. I still have dial up, so I can't play live. It would actually sell more people on it if they had it for more than just campaign.


Sidetrack: The bots in PDZ were horrible. The bots in PD, on the other hand...

And somebody earlier mentioned that Microsoft, Bungie, etc. would lost money because then nobody would buy Live.
The people who like playing online will buy Live. Some people buy games for multiplayer experience, and by introducing bots, they're only opening up their product to a larger crowd.

  • 05.13.2006 7:23 PM PDT
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yes, It would be fun to be with a team of 4 humans, just taking on all the different types of covenant, or even just other humans. and it probably would be laggy cause its not on live, so you could have like 80 enemies, well, as much as it allows ! That would be a great idea for bungie if they can do it !

Go bots !

  • 05.13.2006 7:24 PM PDT
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There's no need for bots if you have Xbox Live. And if you don't have Xbox Live... well then you should get it.

Bottom Line: It's a waste of development time. Look at Perfect Dark Zero; they had cool bots, but was it worth it to have to deal with the f**ked up ragdoll physics?

  • 05.13.2006 7:29 PM PDT
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Posted by: Mr Horsefly
There's no need for bots if you have Xbox Live. And if you don't have Xbox Live... well then you should get it.

Bottom Line: It's a waste of development time. Look at Perfect Dark Zero; they had cool bots, but was it worth it to have to deal with the f**ked up ragdoll physics?


bots, to cheating, and if you like winning all the time its perfict for you, i'd still play live, but for times when no body is on that I want to play with, I'd play bots, mabye even with people over live ! If the bots are good, I don't know how anyone could complain !

  • 05.13.2006 7:31 PM PDT
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well i dont kno about putting bots on xbox live...unless its like team scirmish but if its a ranked game hellz no.

  • 05.13.2006 7:33 PM PDT

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