DC Bots (An idea to help the unfortunate teammates of a DC)

xredstarriddlax·Aug 12, 2015·1 votes·772 views

We've all had that game... your team is either doing exceptionally well, or exceptionally poor. Then one of your teammates disconnects, be it purposeful because they were sick of losing, or the honestly lost connection and can't reconnect. In both situations losing that teammate can result in either losing a great lead or falling even further behind making a comeback near impossible. I have a possible solution that can make a DC or even multiple DC's less crippling to your team.

That is where DC bots come in! Basically this would entail bots following the normal routine of walking the DC'd player back to base, but then after giving them maybe a minute or two to reconnect before taking control of their character entirely. This does not mean that the player cannot return, but instead acts as a substitute, in order to be fair to that players teammates. Surely Riot could program bots that are as competent as the average player (they could probably even make the bots waay OP if they wanted, but that's not the goal here), and by doing that Riot can ensure that players never lose an even match up solely because one or more players could not connect to the game. Of course there would have to be some sort of protection in Ranked to keep it fair even there. Perhaps different bot skill levels based upon what tier game the bot is substituting in.

This seems like a good idea in my mind, but I would like to hear from other people, as I don't generally have too much of an issue with DC's. Maybe we could actually get a Rioters attention with this idea, and eventually get it implimented in the game.

6 Comments

Arcane AzmadiAug 12, 20151 votes

Hate to break it to you, mate, but it won't happen for the simple reason that Riot literally do not give even 1% of a FUCK about DC's ruining games.

The game is going on 6 years old. DCs have been ruining games for that ENTIRE time. What has Riot gone? Coded champions played by DC'd players to walk back to the fountain to prevent them giving up a free kill. That is ALL. That is the absolute limit of how much Riot cares. There are SO many things they could do to make the game less horrible in this regard- they have done nothing, nor have they expressed even the slightest interest in doing anything. We're all screwed forever because Riot gives no fucks.

xredstarriddlaxAug 13, 20151 votes

This is an interesting point as it brings up the simple fact that there is no possible way that I am the first to have posted some sort of idea like this on the boards, or even the old forums, so as much as I would like Riot to care it kinda seems like they don't. And Riot already implemented slightly more punishments to those who leave games, which shows they at least acknowledged the fact that this is a problem, but they only solved half of it(they put the criminal in jail, but he's already taken your wallet).

I guess the only way for Riot to prove you wrong would be for a Rioter to comment saying otherwise... wink wink

Arcane AzmadiAug 13, 20151 votes

Dream on. They're not even going to NOTICE this thread. And even if they do, they'll ignore it anyway because if they tried to post in it they'd be forced to admit that "Actually, that Arcane guy is completely right; we really don't give a fuck about DCs ruining your games."

JefftiffyAug 12, 20151 votes

Except the bots almost always feed. You are better off without them (they are absolutely terrible in this game let alone HotS)

Arcane AzmadiAug 12, 20151 votes

Actually, the HotS bots are pretty good. They're a lot better than a lot of bronzes I've been forced to play with at least.

xredstarriddlaxAug 13, 20151 votes

Lol ok I can partially agree with you b/c after having played against LOL bots when I first started playing, then playing against real players I realized that the bots are dull and predictable, this was the only reason that doombots were actually beatable: they were still in essence bots. But with such things as aimbots, which can be infinitely better than a normal player, I feel that there must be some sort of place between too good(aimbots) and what we have now... There is probably even a way to make the bots mimic mannerisms, or tactics of skilled players when it would be the most appropriate.