# Bots' refusal to prioritize downed/disabled players is rage-inducing

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**Category:** Gameplay Feedback\
**Created:** [August 27, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/bots-refusal-to-prioritize-downed-disabled-players-is-rage-inducing/82600 "2023-08-27T00:19:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![hollerbach](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/hollerbach/32/19870_2.png) [@hollerbach](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/hollerbach)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/bots-refusal-to-prioritize-downed-disabled-players-is-rage-inducing/82600/8 "2023-09-02T08:09:46Z")

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> [@GiantFriendCrab](#):
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> recent patches seem to have completely broken the bot improvement mod  
> […]  
> 99 times out of 100 if I go down or get disabled, _at least_ 1 of the bots will also get grabbed at the same time, while the others waddle ineptly through a cluster of ambient enemies to try to melee the special and leave me to die. Or they’ll run off to try to melee a gasrat or blightstormer

Recently broken, in what way? The “bots’ refusal to prioritize downed/disabled players” bug has been around since the game’s release. Here’s part of my post from 2020 in reply to a post that is also complaining about the same bot behavior ([AI bots are still Quite thickheaded](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/ai-bots-are-still-quite-thickheaded/42243)):

> [@AI bots are still Quite thickheaded](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/ai-bots-are-still-quite-thickheaded/42243/13):
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> Here’s a pre-Outcast Engineer update screenshot of me getting stabbed by an assassin rat while the three other bots wander off (one bot actually passed by me and ignored me):
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> ![pre-Outcast Engineer update screenshot of getting stabbed by an assassin rat while the three other bots wander off](https://i.imgur.com/1zlxNaK.jpg)

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