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Another idea for how to use AI to improve the game.
« on: October 10, 2026, 03:37:22 PM »
I'm sure Dale already is doing stuff like this. He's a smart feller!

But things like ENY.

I would love to see some kind of real data run on the effects of it on gameplay and  players either logging out, switching sides or sitting in the tower waiting for it to go away.

My feeling, based on nothing other than just my anecdotal evidence in my own personal feelings, are that people will sit in the tower for a while waiting for ENY to get less severe or go away, or if it persist for a long time they will log off.

Again.... Only my opinion and feeling, but I also feel that it does not fulfill its intended purpose in the way that is intended. Like it might actually balance the sides a little bit, but I feel that it does it at the expense of people logging off rather than switching size to equalize the numbers.


I would love to see statistics.


The other thing would be squads and how often people switch sides to balance numbers just on their own or whatever. How people use their perks. Like is loading up on perks something a lot of people do and they don't really use them a lot? Does it really incentivize people to get perks or is there another way?

There's lots of things that could be studied now probably easily with AI so that you can gather some really good information on how the game works and what effects what
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Re: Another idea for how to use AI to improve the game.
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2026, 03:45:46 PM »
Maybe an in game survey that could pop up for people sitting in the tower for a certain length of time. Not anything obtrusive or annoying...  but just to ask what they are doing and for what reason they are in the tower.

Looking for something to do
Searching for a fight
waiting for horde to go away
Waiting for ENY to change
Eating lunch
Playing with dolls


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Re: Another idea for how to use AI to improve the game.
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2026, 03:55:04 PM »

setting in the tower


For me it's not anything to do with ENY or anything about the game.It's usually because my wife called me to do something that she said was only going to take a couple of minutes, it turns into a three-hour project. And I eventually walked back to the computer and go...  well crap I was logged on the entire time.

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Re: Another idea for how to use AI to improve the game.
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2026, 04:01:11 PM »
Could balance out the arena with AI pilots. Who would know? Make 'em whine on 200 after getting shot down. Or gloat if they win.
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Re: Another idea for how to use AI to improve the game.
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2026, 04:09:45 PM »
Could balance out the arena with AI pilots. Who would know? Make 'em whine on 200 after getting shot down. Or gloat if they win.

It would be mostly gloating these days since I'm hanging around manned guns which AI would be smart enough not to target.   :rofl
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Re: Another idea for how to use AI to improve the game.
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2026, 04:52:21 PM »
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Re: Another idea for how to use AI to improve the game.
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2026, 06:38:26 PM »
Which dolls are acceptable to play with?

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Re: Another idea for how to use AI to improve the game.
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2026, 05:21:39 PM »


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