I heard (perhaps via in-game chat on /100?) that there was a server-side update to the game recently. If this fixed any publicly noted bugs it'd be cool to get notification... that way, those who experienced the bugs would be able to confirm their fix. Thx for the continued efforts, Guild.

All that changed was bot pathfinding behavior, which makes "crackbotting" less viable than before. The bots still occasionally get stuck doing dumb things though. That was the only "bug fix".

Oh, and I enhanced the race track script a bit, so times are announced when you finish a course, and best times are tracked separately for each type of ship you race with, and when you finish the course you can see where your time stands in the overall ranking, not just the top 5.

is it just me, or has the update also made regular botting alot harder?

If that's true, I might start playing more now...

I'm really excited about the Hive. All I want is Purpose :)

Driving bots from a sector sounds really fun!

No, it's all a blatant lie designed to trick you into giving away your moneys at an ever-increasing rate. Just look at the trend in raising the cost of the game.

Yes, the price has gone up 3/64 of a cent since release. Genka, I expect exact change from you.

Thanks devs for fixing the "where did they go?" message for bots. Now it's less tedious to find queens.

But with the bot AI changes the queens back off too fast (or do they just stop? I'm backing up so it looks like they back off) so energy weapons are much less effective (fast rate of fire makes them backup faster). Reloading missles/rockets is such a pain. Maybe this gripe should be it's own thread...