Sub level 30 dominion is virtually nothing but bots

Ron Paúl·Dec 10, 2015·5 votes·710 views

Nothing like going into a game that's supposed to be pvp and having 9 bots in there with you. The bots don't attack you, all they do is rush to the nearest uncaptured point and try to channel. If the opposing team has 2 humans on it you're guaranteed to lose, if you're the only person in the whole game you're guaranteed to win. The game is 100% decided by the number of actual people on either team, you guys need to monitor this shit and ban the botted accounts. Most of the bots take ghost/heal, some don't, they have hundreds of wins in dominion in their mid 20 for level because a game full of 10 bots could go either way.

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BastionKrossDec 10, 20152 votes

I remember one game where myself and the enemy Malphite were the only two humans in the game. Halfway through the match, this exchange happened:

Malph: Is it just you, too? Me: Yep. Malph: Lame.

And that was when I first started to realize that Riot doesn't care for Dominion anymore. I mean, in a game of bots vs bots, who's gonna report the bots? The one or two human players? There needs to be some system that finds bots without players having to point them out first. If reports in Dominion actually accomplish something, which I'm beginning to suspect they don't.

Ron PaúlDec 10, 20152 votes

The unregulated presence of bots ruins the game mode. But because it's not summoner's rift they don't care, it's a slap in the face to anyone who actually wants to play dominion because they like it or are looking for a little change of pace from "push a lane, kill towers and a nexus, win".

SmokedAlmondsDec 10, 20151 votes

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The unregulated presence of bots ruins the game mode. But because it's not summoner's rift they don't care, it's a slap in the face to anyone who actually wants to play dominion because they like it or are looking for a little change of pace from "push a lane, kill towers and a nexus, win".

I don't really disagree with this but i'm not sure there is really an alternative. Seems pretty obviously that dominion just doesn't get enough use to be worth any real resources.

So what does that leave for options? The way I see it there are two. Put it on the extreme back burner and change nothing or maybe a few minor things on occasion. Or, shut it down. Even if you love dominion having it stay open with problems is still better than having it removed.

Ron PaúlDec 10, 20151 votes

It's not about fixing the game mode, it's about making a monitoring system that tracks obvious botting. There are several things that the bots do that should be reasonably easy to track. First they don't leave the platform at the instant the game starts, they stand there for 5 to 10 seconds before moving off of the platform, second they all go for the same node at the same time, this node is always the closest one on their side of the map that isn't currently under their control, third they don't engage in fights until their channel is interrupted and then the fighting is very obviously beginner bot level skill. I haven't gotten a good sampling, but I'd be willing to bet that build paths for each champion are set in stone as well, possibly going as far as to only build the recommended items, and in the order they appear. They also only pick free champions, and lock in as soon as the champion is picked.

Doctor JarvisDec 10, 20151 votes

That's post-30 too, don't worry.

Ron PaúlDec 10, 20151 votes

I played 2 dominion games today, I reported all the bots, the cheating box is a good option, but only if every cheating report is investigated thoroughly. Unfortunately that still leaves the games that are 10 bots completely unregulated.

So if it's so unpopular that they don't care if it's 90% bots why don't they just get rid of the game mode completely? Or are they getting kickbacks from the people that bot and sell accounts?

SmokedAlmondsDec 10, 20151 votes

It is really bad. I always wonder how many of them there actually are. Like how many games would it take to climb higher than most bots will ever get to be clear of them.

Man In SkyDec 10, 20151 votes

I actually like dominion except the bots

Mama SorakaDec 11, 20151 votes

Intro bots on SR are PLAGUED with bots. I play to try and help new players and lately I've been seeing as many as 3 bots on my team. Just like Ron said, they always take Heal/Ghost and build the same items and ping "enemy mia" on the enemy nexus about once every 3 minutes and ONLY go up mid lane. Having been helping new players for well over 8 months now (in my spare time) these bots are really making it hard. Sometimes the only other human player in the match gets frustrated and disconnects leaving me to finish up while the bots die to mid lane tower over and over again.

[zombie-brand-facepalm]