I’m sorry, but it really isn’t fun in a 4v4 and either 2 of my mates leave, or all 3. meanwhile the enemy team has all their members. BUT given the fact that it is ranked, why not have SPARTAN level bots join? at least to somewhat help, if not those, then at the very least ODST
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God no. Sorry but just no.
The bots get rolled in pubs and average 0-10 every game when I see them, currently. Even Spartan bots will get absolutely destroyed in Diamond or Onyx ranked, which is where most ranked players will be.
If I’m playing ranked slayer I’m genuinely better off without them feeding the enemy team
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Absolutely not. They become feeders in Slayer and I’ve witnessed bits grab the Ball and run into the open hand it over to the opposing team.
Genuinely would like to know why you thought that would be a good idea !
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probably because the bots in qp/team slayer are, what i assume, marine level.
and even if they’re feeders of kills… the quicker the game, the better i’d say when it’s a 4v1 on ranked -v-
again, personaly, i’d prefer some sort of help rather than not at all, even if said help isn’t really helpful. and again, quicker the game will end if they’re just feeding. don’t wanna leave
Nah bots don’t belong in ranked. I like them in social as it gets a spoiled game over quicker. Generally I will not quit games, however if it’s 4v1 with 6+ mins or 20+ kills left, I’m leaving. The enemy team shouldn’t have to sit through that.
However that is few and far between, players generally don’t leave until a certain point in the game anyway. Most of the time someone leaves because they’re losing. Fortunately I don’t see this too often at my rank.
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LOL jus like no, I warm up a lot in quick play before I play ranked. Usually people leave and bots fill in. They’ll throw the game away easily. Idc cuz it’s social but in ranked, that’s the dumbest thing you could thing of
I don’t know about adding bots for the reasons people have mentioned here. But I do think if someone leaves/gets disconnected before the March starts the system should find another player. I’m tired of 2v4 or 3v4 strongholds.
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exactly! in ranked, a full team matters. no matter if they’re feeding or not, help is help. good to see i’m not the only one experiencing players leaving. be it for ctf, stronghold, or slayer
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NOOOOOOOOOOOO
NOOOOOOOOOOOO
NEVER. no bots in ranked. It’s bad enough that they are in MULTIPLAYER at all
No they don’t at all, I’ll take a 3v4 over a bot supplement any day, any time.
REJOIN needs to be added to ranked. I’d bet a month of storefront items that 80% of “leavers” would rejoin the match if they had the choice.
And on that note, Ranked exclusive challenges need to be thrown in a cremator. Literally asking for trouble with those.
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Maybe an alternative to adding bots would be for it to work like this:
If 2-3 team members quit before the match is halfway through, the match ends, and neither team has their rank affected.
Have you played against Spartan bots?
I played Tactical Slayer in custom games using Spartan bots, and they were often able to headshot me before I could even see them.
The bots have issues, but they’re good enough to not lag behind.
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If the game starts off at 3 vs 4, or someone leaves or lags out, i think the game should just end, it wouldnt be a fair ranked game anymore, so why level anyone up or down if its not fair.
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The only problem with that and what I mentioned is that people might leave on purpose when they’re losing, which means you would almost never win any games when people like that are on the enemy team.
Yeah, i didnt specify, thats usually what i think should happen if its within the start of the game maybe a few minutes, but if someone leaves mid-way or right as it ends then that person should be the only one penalized.
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Nope.
If your team has the bots and loses - you’ll blame the bots.
If your team has the bots and wins - they’ll say the bots won it for you.
(((Hopefully still))) the ranking takes into account leavers and uneven games which is far better than arguing about a bot’s performance.
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I hadn’t thought of that. 
If they end the match and punish those who leave by lowering their rank by a certain amount, people might leave the matches less often.
That only leaves the issue of how to differentiate people leaving on purpose and people who didn’t try to leave.
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If they add bots they get over shields and unlimited grenades. I am cool with that.
In my experience, a lot of bots are already playing ranked
(Sips tea)
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Woke up and chose violence
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Yes, at least in H5, the person that left got punished but I was more suggesting the people that were left behind on that team were punished less if lost but rewarded more if won a man down.
However, the things that 343 learned from H5 and previous titles, and have changed in infinite, such as death cams in FFA, make me question if that ranking tweaking is in infinit
They can’t even program a scoreboard correctly, I think knowing if the connection dropped or I pulled the cable is asking a bit much of them 
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