Bots with names?

[saint1d]

I recently had an inc mob with a regular name, yet when I hovered my cursor over it, it said this "This ID is a bot". When I clicked on it the player detals showed a bot pic the same as a regular bot.

Is this an error?

 

[Azzer]

Nope, since Christmas time bots have been able to spawn with real names (they go through the database ID history and pick a random name from the past that a player has previously used), to add a bit of variety but mainly so that there were bots that weren't always "over-farmed" like the standard bots are (ie people might "discover" a bot that's never been hit and get a jicy land grab, by looking around).

These bots also operate a bit different to the "standard" ones - make slightly more intelligent attacks, and are a little less likely to run away from incomings ;P

 

[saint1d]

Ah ok, so I'm a bit behind the times

Nice idea, I remember you saying this a while back but hadnt realised it had been implemented.

 

[Elevnos]

He's just trying to make the playerbase look bigger 0.o

 

[Cheese]

with 20-30 hidden bots he most certainly is...

 

[Charlie_B]

Yeah, because 1185 is SO MUCH BIGGER than 1155...

 

[avash]

I actually reckon theres alot more bots than that. Also how far back does the name picking go lol.