No, I dont think so, I think it got harder a few months ago, when they changed how they dodged.

I guess a lot have been leveling alts in cracks, or just not botting at all, and didnt notice that change, but did the recent pathfinding fix (you just turned it back on right?) change how bots are in combat? I dont think so.

I DID use a bot crack for a very short amount of time(to fix a standing, after i was already 10 combat), but have recently botted up TWO alts faster than it took to do my main.

Is it just me, or is botting actually as easy as it always has been? Or are people just missing the only real cheat vendetta has had since release?

Actually botting has gotten somewhat harder...

I've been leveling 3 alts recently, and I was botting for days, when one day all of the sudden I started getting hammered. I had to change my tactics and later found out the bots were updated.

Whats the cheat? im a 0 in everything.

I find it harder now to shake the bots off, but yeah, they became harder since the time they upgraded their combat AI. Now, they're just harder to trick.

Same trick works on them.

The queens definately have changed tactics since the crackbot fix. They slow/stop advancing much quicker whenever you shoot at them, so a fast-firing weapon will get them to back off very quickly now. Missle & rocket users won't notice a difference, but it's night & day different when using energy weapons. It certainly takes a lot longer to kill them if they keep backing up to 500m every time you fire neuts at them. Harder? No. Annoying? Yes. It just requires new strategies and a lot more patients.