It's time to raise the matchmaking bot difficulty

Games Halo Infinite
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Right now the bot bootcamp is way too easy to serve any purpose it was intended for, whether for practice, warmup, or just pve fun. I see a few different solutions for this to be implemented to work as the game continues to exist.

  1. Monitor how your average bot match goes manually, and keep the difficulty of the bots in matchmaking at a level where matches are a proper winnable challenge. I’m not a fan of this since it takes more consistent work on the devs’ part.
  2. Create different playlists for different difficulties of bots so people can choose what they want to play against. The best solution on paper, but could end up splitting players across different playlists making it harder to find bot games.
  3. Create a SBMM-esque system for the bot mode that checks your win/loss ratio for the playlist, and matches you against harder bots relevant to your skill level, with flexibility for higher or lower difficulty bots if it has trouble finding games.
  4. A mix of 2 and 3. Being able to select the difficulty you want, but having the matchmaking system expand the search to different difficulties if it can’t find a match.

Also as an aside, I hope we get bot AI updates to use vehicles, and a playlist for bot BTB.

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I’m not really keen on the idea of making the bot playlist more …competitive, it’d be nice if every now and then bots would increase/decrease difficulty, but the mode exists for people to take it easy & practice.

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I agree, but matches are no fun when every single game is a steaktacular. CTF games are a literal flag train. I dont think the SBMM system should be tuned to the point where bots are ALWAYS a challenge, but at least to a point where they dont get steamrolled every time. I like the #4 option the most for that reason. You pick if you want a challenge or not.

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I would say the solution to that is to go play ranked if you wish for a challenge (★‿★)

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that is no solution at all, don’t be facetious, some people just prefer pve, and currently infinite has none besides bot mode

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