[Suggestion] Improving bot statistics and equipment.

[Night Ninja]

On the Oceanic server, we play with bots fairly frequently because of the general lack of players on the servers. I've noticed that many troop types are utterly ineffective in their chosen role and often carry substandard equipment. Examples include Vaegir Infantry, Swadian Mounted Crossbowmen (though more of an AI deficiency than anything) and Nord Scouts. To put it simply, these guys suck. There's no other way to describe them.

The Vaegir infantry appear to be quite incapable of using a weapon other than their javelins. In melee, they switch to the 'pixie stick' mode and jab futilely at the enemy. Nord Scouts have a crap shield, substandard weapons and a near complete lack of pathfinding ability.

It would help these factions greatly if these troop types were buffed to somewhere near competency. Scouts in particular need the help, they're utterly useless and only detract from the faction's vaunted melee ability.

 

[Berserker Pride]

I'll add my two cents.  Randomly give half of rhodok sergeants glaives.  These guys should be good at anti-cav.  Naturally fix the fact that horsemen seem incapable of firing from horseback.  This is a huge problem with khergits.  If they fix that they should give nord scout throwing spears to make them a unit to worry about.  Randomized equipment for a lot of the bot classes would be good.  So some of those vaegir inf should use bardiches.  And some nord vets using a greataxe would be cool.  Hell even throwing in some of the native tiers of bots would be awesome.  I'd love to see a rare huscarl or swadian knight on the battlefield.

 

[HTAPAWASO]

I agree with the somewhat randomized equipment.

Dislike the clone armies. Would make it harder to spot player characters as well.



Personally I don't mind vaegir infantry being fairly poor, since it is not the focus of the faction, but they should use weapons other than jav certainly... and the archers should be better since at the moment they are worse than dismounted khergits (a lot worse).



And I think the best 'fix' for nord scouts is to get rid of them entirely. Rhodoks don't have cav, why should nords?

Nords should have the best infantry, rhodoks the best polearms and crossbows, vaegirs the best archers, swads the best cav, and khergits gain their strength just from having a higher percentage of horsemen (which can shoot from horseback preferably...)

 

[Arcon]

How about they get the bots to work, other night the bots would hardly attack, and was a pain to get them to follow orders.

 

[HTAPAWASO]

How about they get the bots to work, other night the bots would hardly attack, and was a pain to get them to follow orders.

It's true that mounted troops won't used ranged weapons for some reason, but they can still be useful if you tell them to hold fire or dismount.

I don't know what you mean about them being a pain to make follow orders, I've used them a lot and haven't had any problems with them disobeying me. (unless they weren't listening to me in the first place of course, in which case someone else in your team should have control, although apparently this isn't an issue in the most recent patch (I haven't had a chance to play yet so can't confirm)).