PGI Test Bots?

Wow this thread took off....

As much as the paronia is strong and amusing in this thread I just presumed it was a test run that went bad as there was no movement at all. Theres one extra thing that I didn't notice when I posted but did on reviewing the weekends stats....

The result did not appear in my competition results page or my profile in any form. It was literally like it didn't exist.

Spooky....

 

Yes i crafted myself 4 glorious tin foil helmets just i case..

Now that we know they have bots id like to see them work on them HEAVILY so they might give us singleplayer content some day. You know fuck it cos i know they are greedy freakin chumps i dont even care if they put it out as DLC content. How cool would it not be to be able to have SP stories in the same sense as Walking Dead game has put out seasons that follow different characters. i think that be awesome to see and follow a war from different sides and perspectives. Like lets say the Clan invasion, you could do it from different IS factions and different time periods as well (early invasion when the IS gets is ass kicked and then later when they start to push back)

 

This is how it starts... They will take over... Skynet is coming for us all.

 

In YOU instance they didn't move @Remarius but in other instances they did. Actually doing damage. Check the other images linked.

 

lol @Michael, it would not suprise me if you lived in a tin foil house with the amount of conspiring you believe PGI are up to.

I'm sure we will eventually find out what/who it was.

 

Is that just people running into them etc though as that unit is about as obnoxious and trollish as can be found in game?

 

You'd have to ask them. I don't know.

 

Not at all but I was a moderator for a couple of years of them and involved in other aspects of the game. I make my observations based upon first hand experiences.

 

well guys, I think this on reddit explains more...


http://www.reddit.com/r/OutreachHPG/comments/2wx636/pgitestbot/


Edit: PGI says its a group of players who created ALT accounts and are doing this. They know who it is, but thus far not sure why they did it as they don't appear to be trolling.

 

Is it a proxy smurf troll boxing a dozen clients?! xD

Wat da...

PLOT THICKENS

 

Right... Whatever.

 

Tin foil hats?

The only thing that actually works is armadillo helmets.

 

I KNEW IT!! Haha.

That said I do hope we see AI and bots in the future, #geifsingleplayermissionswithuniquerewardsthatcanbeusedinmultiplayernaow

 

Nothing from PvE should ever be usable in PvP in a game like this.

This isn't Borderlands, shiiiit...

Plus this dashed my hopes of seeing primitive AI that they could throw in testing grounds...

 

Buttttttttt. If I earn a new mech type/chassis I want to be able to drop in it in mutiplayer, segregation is lame. This is Mechwarrior Online anything that is earnt in a single player mode will only be worth while if it a) Enhances the multiplayer experiance or b) They plan to have a significant single player elements.

@Soy, what about if it was earnt in an online co-op environment, say dropping as a lance vs AI mechs/bases/tanks/infantry?

There are loads of games that have an offline element that can be used to gain new equipment/gear online.

 

No, dude.

Cuz then you put paywall in... you put pay to play [content] in... you put game balance ripple effect crossing over into multiplayer which is a huge hydra of potentially likely problems. This last bit is the crux. This is why coop would still muck things up when variables like items etc start spilling into multi.

I'm not saying I don't like the idea, or support it... but we need to be realistic with what PGI is able to do and be pragmatic about the current state of the game.

 

Perhaps you are correct. Maybe the rewards should just be defacto salvage (1 Machine Gun..) or mechs that already exist. No balance issues, no pay wall issues.

 

I'd just be happy if they left the goddamn drop location in the testing grounds alone.

But yes. That would be pretty cool.

 

I for one am completely willing to help train skynet in mech tactics. Worst case scenario it's awesome.

Seriously though, it might be a prelude for a single player campaign or some such, which would be good. Give the newbies something to hone their skills on before throwing them to the wolves. Maybe have a decent story to go along with it.

 

Head in the clouds, eh?