Do you use the bots?

I tried them a few times with the new killer.

They seem much better than some actual survivors. They will 'hold W' the moment you start heading in their direction, and it makes chases last forever. They're not overly efficient on gens but they're competent with them. They very occasionally get stuck in a vaulting loop, where they will run to a window on a very short unsafe wall, and just hide on one side, slow-vaulting when you move around it.

So basically you have to commit to a long chase, and then eventually catch them out on a stupid unsafe tile. It's not the most riveting gameplay, and the games aren't fast.

I've used bots mainly to practice drift billy before going into real matches.

Yes, I use them when I don't feel like playing against real people, especially when I'm first timing a new killer or testing out new builds.

They're competent enough to give me (admittedly a new player) a run for my money but they're also not overly punishing either, there are a few odd quirks with their pathing and a few other things that are more than a little challenging. Such as them having an ESP with stealth killers, which is a pain in the ass when trying to practise Sadako and Ghost Face, they also seem to know when killers like Legion activate their power and can dodge like pros when against Trickster or Huntress. But I suppose that's the beauty of the bots, is that they couldn't be too dumb that they offer no challenger or super mega smart terminators that would suck all of the fun and chance to learn out of the game.

I use them to practice Billy sometimes as I find him impossible to play as he is so going into live matches would be miserable. I also have used them to learn the basics of killer powers as I am finally getting around to playing all the killers I own but never played.

They are a useful tool for learning basics but no match for human opponents and I could never only play against them over real opponents. You learn their quirks pretty quickly and it becomes only useful for getting used to basic mechanics rather than mastery of a killer

I do for:

- Trying killers like hillbilly to understand some collisions

- Testing some perk combinations

- Understanding add-ons I've never used

- Playing killer at times where killer queues take too long and I really don't feel like waiting

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I like them, the only think I dislike is when they go to the edges of the map and always behave the same at those windows 🤣

I find some killers like ghostface particularly annoying against bots tho, they always seem to look at you and reveal you from distances and angles that i rarely experience when versing players lol.

Nope. Used it on the PTR, didn't like how bad the bots were. Legit running to the corners of the map and running around a wall with a window, vaulting back and forth through it, etc.

I also just typically prefer real interactions with real people, but I do see the incentive for people who want to learn a new killer or practice without any stress.

Its a nice addition and maybe the AI has been improved but its not really for me, per say. Enjoy though.

Yeah sometimes. More to get used to maps and to try out builds. Using bots will never replace actual human brain and reflexes, but can be entertaining to a degree. But I've said before, these guys are skittish, playing as GF or Pig and if you crouch, the second you're in the general area of a bot, they book it to the edge of the map.

I play against the bots when I'm at work and using cloud gaming.

The bots can be incredibly realistic. As an example, to see what they would do I stayed close by a hook on the second last bot. The last bot only got of his locker and ran for hatch after the bot sacrificed its teammate for a better chance to get hatch. What better imitation of at least a quarter of solo queue could you get?