Bot suicide by friendly fire, self centring obligation needs to go

[hollerbach]

@Bleednshiver

After 4 years I believe it is time to address the bots walking in front of you every time you move.

I just wiped out my entire bot team because every time you move with your ranged weapon drawn the second you stop turning and plan to shoot/throw 1 bot will walk directly through the crosshairs, and if you move one step to the side it will match that, EVERY SINGLE time often standing directly in the middle of your screen.

Yep, it’s very annoying that the bots seem to prefer standing where you are pointing the crosshair, blocking your shots. Fatshark should implement this Nov. 2020 Patch 3.4.2 change to all ranged weapons and ults:

@Fatshark_Hedge

Bots should now step out of the line of fire when Outcast Engineer readies his Crank Gun.

The above only works for the OE ult. Bots should also step out of the line of fire / crosshair when the player is aiming any ranged weapon or ranged ult too.

@Bleednshiver

They completely refuse to avoid any of the attacks from the chaos gods in the wastes […]

Yep, it seems that the bots aren’t programmed to avoid many Chaos Wastes curses (and the plague/acid pool in Garden of Morr). It’s kinda annoying to bring them to the CW. Fatshark should just make them immune to damage from those effects. The same rationale for the mechanic where bots can’t deal friendly fire damage, can’t take fall damage (Patch 4.2), and can’t fall from ledges unprovoked (Patch 4.6) applies here.