Hello everyone, first time poster here but huge enjoyer of darktide.
I got a crew of three and we’re slaying heretics on havoc, just got to havoc 20 - no big deal. We’ve been tolerating the bot that seems to be forced on us, but we just lost our last havoc attempt due to the bot using three out of the four medicae station uses while we were pinned down next to it.
Literally watched as they used it once, then as they were being gunned down by scabs, used it again, then used it again. Why wouldn’t the friendly bot AI have a cooldown on using the medicae station to prevent this? Can they?
We really didn’t mind the bot until this happened, but now that it has we see it happening with greater frequency - is there a way that the bot can be permanently deactivated when you don’t have a full squad so we don’t have to go through the process of trying to get it killed? It just seems like something we should be able to nix if we so choose.
Otherwise, hope ya’ll are enjoying havoc as much as me and my mates are - for the emperor of mankind!!!
Worse still, sometimes the bot wont take health even though the other 3 peeps on my team have and there is a drop.
I think this is why they dont want solo mode with bots, because the endless stream of justified criticism at how much improvement they need might get in the way.
It took years to improve the bots to be good in V2 and even then, they still often relapse in to bad habits after a patch, like getting stuck or not reviving or trying too hard to revive as just a few examples or have glaring issues never being fixed, like repeatedly walking in to a flame or gun rat or being completely unable to deal with blood tornadoes and khornes bombs in Chaos Wastes.
Do we want bots now, but they suck?
Or later when they are good, but also might take literal years?
I personally would have them now, but most people would jump on the forums and fill them up with complaints because as they are right now, they work but have serious issues like the ones described in the op.
Can I have your bots? Mine keep luring primed pox busters by running up to them ahead of where I can push, then run straight back at me when it’s too late to push or move out of the way.
There was also some amazing bot mods. One let you spec the bot yourself, gear and talents. There was also a mod which made it smarter and follow ping commands.
Modders have always done the heavy lifting for balancing and quality of life upgrades.
Not on console though , which is where I spent about 3k hours on V2 without friends playing mostly bot only and eventually pubs when I felt confident enough to pull my weight.
, which is where I spent about 3k hours on V2 without friends playing mostly bot only and eventually pubs when I felt confident enough to pull my weight.