The latest patch may have brought a few issues but here's a small thanks note for the new AI used by the bots for combat.

I haven't had so much fun botting ever. I've even used the advance combat mission for the first time in months.

Ditto.

Agreed. Thanks, devs.

Yup, its fun, and even if it was the only good thing to come out of this patch so far, twas worth it :) Thanks :)

Hee Hee!
Arklan guardians are now like "You wanna piece 'o ME?" All in your face with the AGT. Eeek!

Yeah, I LOVE the "furball" mentality of the new bots. Especially the guardians. Awesome.

What everyone else is saying.

It's a good way to practice against multiple opponents as well...

as far as Furballing... yeah... my centaur was literally in grapple combat with a fennus guardian... hehe... so fun

Yes I too love the new AI, well done Devs.

GREAT NEW AI! Much more like PvP than old model. Great practice in dealing with multiple targets. Never had so much fun killing 239 Tycorps in one sitting.

Jump on this band waggon...

The new AI is quite awesome. I've been botting all week, nothing else, and have hardly noticed it (not bored in the least). Who ever wrote the code on that I have to give major props to!! No more stale combat!! WOOHOO!!!

Just out of curiosity, when do you guys plan to "release" the hive on the universe??

Yeah, just beautiful. Finally some immersion.

Wooooo....

Thanks Devs

--Harpo

Thankye Devs

-Black 2

i agree the new AI is fun- but to me there is a bit of awkwardness to it-
some guardians i encountered did more damage by running in to me rather than their weapons- i was actually minin one day and let a guardian get all up in my grill- but he didnt do anything- and he was too close to fire on me--so i jsut kept on mining :)
maybe they are getting too close- which is not a benefit to them? just wondering- maybe it was a freak incident-
either way- the prossus are nastier than ever---love it

That's great, guys. I uh, didn't even mean to change it. The whole thing stems from me changing two numbers in the "approach" behavior - proportional constant (0.010 to 0.0001) and differential constant (0.015 to 0.010). The only reason I changed them was to make bots better able to dock. I guess I'll be sure to leave those alone now...

This -isn't- the reinforcement learning AI?

Nope. Same ol' same ol'.

LOL!!!!
Well it rocks now a1k0n.

Just think, AI this good was hidden under 2 mistuned configuration variables. Imagine how good the real new AI will be...

Prosus nastier now? 0_o More fun yes, harder in any way, no, but still difficult.

If this isn't the update to the AI, wow, what can we expect to see from them when it is introduced??