Loving the Arathi Brawl against bots

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I just tried out the Arathi brawl against the new bots, and I actually had a good time. The AI bots probably need a bit of a buff, but I thought they performed overall fairly well. BGs would probably be a lot more popular if we good always choose to play against bot teams instead of real opponents. :cat: (It was curious that Alliance got the honor faction bonus, and I also don’t feel the game should require two tanks for the brawl!)

Good job on the visual updates for Arathi Basin. Still the same feel, just more modern. I like it!

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Yes, I suspect this will be a much better use of the AI technology.

If only they let players of all levels access it, as that would add a sorely-needed mix up the levelling experience-- and for people like me who really don’t like PvP.

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LMAO - you guys.
PvP without having to face another player …… oh wait that’s PvE

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Yeah, it’s PvE, but it’s actually fun in a weird way. :slight_smile: It also really shouldn’t award Conquest points, but I suppose it’s a nice catch-up! It’s hard to lose against the bots as you can really easily trap them at their first node (farm/stable).

It doesn’t enforce roles, actually, I was wrong about that. It just looks that way, but I had a round with 2 tanks, 0 healers, and 13 dps.

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Going to try it now

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It’s pretty bad, the bots deal little to no damage and stack up gloriously for you and your team to just aoe them down over and over again.

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The bots are obviously based on normal alliance tactics :wink:

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I never claimed they were THAT bad.

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Horde players probably can’t tell the difference between a Brawl and a real AB.

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The Bots need some work, but overall this shows potential

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They need an upgrade to their health and damage. They do use some tactics as a Rogue and druid ninja capped the farm. Their names should not show their roles.
And why can’t I mind control them?

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AI in name only - no mind to control :smiley:

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Wait what? You are saying about Brawl Arena in capital city or there’s more?!

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Wow…bots…

Warfronts are hell with bots…
Island expeditions with alliance bots…

But then again i was thinking if they could introduce bots for arenas would be so great…

Bots are a good idea for those that want to get used to an activity and great idea to train bother then that no good.

Bots are linear/straight forward/anticipated and so on, that will never offer the pleasure of player strategy or weakness.
Pve=bots
Pvp=plates

Warfronts and island expeditions (excluding the Pvp) with bots they have no actual feel at least for me. When I heard Warfronts I was so excited at the begining thinking it will be something like warsongglutch, tolbarad, etc. But then again the dissapointment in my eyes when I found out that is no more then a linear scenario.

So as long as we don’t transform this game in to a bot fest I am happy with it.

In fact it would be a great idea to put bots in to dead content like ashram or tolbarad etc… so players can still do that content and enjoy it if there are no players available.

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They haven’t called it PvP.
And yes it is PvE, it can still be entertaining. I will try it because it is PvE.
The only thing, that indicates something with PvP is that you queue via the PvP tab (that’s a mistake blizzard made - however not a huge one, because most players know it is PvE)

Are alliance players that bad in PvP that even alliance players make fun of them?

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I want to say “yes”, but I believe it’s largely psychological at this point. When I was farming honor a few weeks ago, every BG was doom and gloom even before the gates opened. There was a pervasive sense of lethargy and demoralization that sucked the motivation and fun out of it quickly. If a BG didn’t go well within the literally first minute, people would just leave, and in a 10-man BG we’d cycle through 20 or more different players.

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Few questions (I’m getting hyped)

  1. are the Q times for the brawl ‘short’ ? (less than 10m)

  2. do you get the defilers reputation in this brawl ?

If yes, looks like I’m finally getting that tabard this weekend :slight_smile:

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Felt genuine. Never seen hord play that good !!! Didn’t even seem to be a russian premade !!! Sad somewhat that they still lost with all their effort :frowning:

Most random bg players are terrible nowadays. People were dead serious back in the day where honor wasn’t worthless. And about ally I have 70% win ratio, no idea what blizz is on about. 50% of the wins are more or less gy camps as well…

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Yes and yes. Queues are (nearly) instant since there are no real opponents, and you do get reputation. You can even get achievements there.

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There is nothing genuine about that Ai, they literally come in a conga train to be aoed down.

The whole brawl is just a free pve win.

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