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Please Fix the AI!

Irreconcilable·5/3/2015, 7:43:43 PM·2 votes·606 views

  1. General Stuff ~ AI gameplay is available with others or you can choose to play by yourself in a custom game. (I am sure you know this stuff :P but I'm leading up to something XD.) You can choose to play against Beginner AI or Intermediate AI. You may play against AI on 3 maps: Summoner's Rift, the Crystal Scar, and the Twisted Treeline. AI is not available on the Howling Abyss. Prior to the major AI update in 2014, all AI used the same coding, and few AI used flash. Now only AI on Summoner's Rift use the newest AI coding, and AI on the Twisted Treeline and Crystal Scar use the old coding. Every bot on Summoner's Rift now equips themselves with Flash, excluding Nasus (who takes Teleport and Ghost) and a few others that have unintended bugs - I feel this is a bug. This is also true of the bots of the Twisted Treeline. However, no bots take flash on the Crystal Scar. I would also like to say, in my opinion, the Beginner AI are fine for all maps, and no changes need be made - except for those bots whose champions received updates.

  2. AI Mechanics ~ Now that all of that yucky stuff on #1 is out of the way, I can get to some different stuff! In my opinion, the OLD coding of the AI demonstrates the ability to C.S. better, kite efficiently, and more sensibly use skill combos than opposed to the NEW coding of the AI. The reason I stated all that junk in #1 was to clarify how I tested this hypothesis. In custom games (and Coop Vs. AI - but mostly custom), I have played games on Summoner's Rift (AI has new coding), Twisted Treeline (AI has old coding - despite all bots taking flash ~ except Nasus bear <3), and Crystal Scar (AI has old coding). I observed that the old coding of the AI has better mechanics than that of the newly coded AI. HOWEVER, the new AI also have an extreme advantage that I am about to get into.

  3. AI Decision Making ~ The new AI make MUCH better decisions than the old AI, including the remarkable ability of dodging skillshots. +1 Riot :]! However, I feel that the bots at some times underestimate their damage. For example, you can go all out on a bot, and it has a chance to counterattack - but it doesn't. Also, if there are 5 bots and 1 me, and I am under a tower, they could easily turret-dive me to pick up a kill, no sweat. This section was tinier, as I thought it would be. I just thought I would say something :P.


4) AI Spells (Intermediate) ~ Bots who equip themselves with Flash - as I have seen - do not use it. With this new AI coding, they once did at the release of it. However I have not seen them do this of recent. I&#039;m sure this is a minor bug. Also, Bots who equip themselves with teleport do NOT use it. I have not seen it used in a custom or a Coop Vs. AI match since the Major AI update was released. Barrier, as well, has not been used at all. After the Nidalee and Karthus updates were released, both of these bots equipped themselves with ignite and flash - which they both use. I am pretty sure this is just a bug.

5) New Updates ~ Some bots have recieved new updates have VERY minor bugs. Trist has a recall glitch and Karthus has an E glitch amongst a few others. These are the most noticeable - I haven&#039;t noticed any more.

6) Wards ~ After the launch of the new SR, bots do NOT use wards at all, despite buying them. Personally I feel that only the supports should buy a sightstone and leave the others out of it. It is easier, after all they are just &quot;intermediate.&quot; I also feel that a few bots should be removed from the sightstone list. These include: Lux and Zyra. Also, Zyra and Zilean take runes and masteries that do not benefit them AP-wise. I think this should be changed as well.

7) Elixers ~ After the elixers were changed, bots buy none after completing their builds.

8) Itemization ~ I think the bots&#039; item presets should be updated - also, in custom games, I feel that the host should be able to pre-create the item builds for the bots in the custom match. This would be efficient. If the host chooses not to do this, the bot will follow its&#039; preset build established. A button for this option could be placed near the bot difficulty level setting. If you find this option interesting, feel free to make any changes whatsoever and improve upon this idea.

9) More Variety ~ Obviously, it would be VERY hard to have all the champions be made bots. And I mean VERY HARD. But, with the removal of some champions from the bot pool (E.g. Sona) following their updates, I feel that either they or some other champ should be added back.

Thank you very much for taking the time to read this. Have a wonderful day!
-BloodStainedRose

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