AI in 5 Year Plan

Hamma · 2012-03-06, 07:21 PM

Via Twitter:

Ok so the 5 year plan is to eventually add AI, but not at launch. #planetside2

Discuss - please keep discussion on this topic in one thread.

Also

We have LONG term plans to add AI in the form of a fourth faction, we'll see if that pans out, but it should be pretty cool. Auto-turrets are something we could do right now but we just aren't - we want defense to be player-active, not passive. Might change in the future if necessary.

Miir · 2012-03-06, 07:22 PM

Very interesting. Did they say what sort of AI they are discussing? I noticed they said something about an AI squad running with another live squad? Wonder if that's what they mean?

Atheosim · 2012-03-06, 07:22 PM

I don't understand what. I. Uh. Why?

NewSith · 2012-03-06, 07:22 PM

Originally Posted by DayOne

Depends completely on how they implement it.

I think a Squad of AI soldiers for Station Cash would be hilarious. I mean it's a bad thing, but it would be funny as hell!

Selling AI puppets, real good! They do things for money, real resourceful! Sex slavery included, real experienced!

WiteBeam · 2012-03-06, 07:23 PM

Originally Posted by DayOne

Depends completely on how they implement it.

Yea. What would be the point though? If the player pops are massive, why would we need bots?

Shogun · 2012-03-06, 07:24 PM

i don´t understand the reason why

they took away my beloved spitfires to enforce pure pvp and then they plan to add bots?
makes no sense to me

SuperMorto · 2012-03-06, 07:25 PM

Who is to say they mean soldiers?

Atheosim · 2012-03-06, 07:26 PM

Yeah, they could just mean janitors for the bases.

CidHighwind · 2012-03-06, 07:26 PM

My prediction is that they don't expect pops to remain that high for a full 5 years. Once pops begin to fall, they are likely counter-acting that with the ability to have AI. They learned their lesson from PS1 that a dead server is a dead game. For better or for worse, AI solves that problem.

Bags · 2012-03-06, 07:26 PM

But why? Why ruin Planetside2 with unecessary AI...

Death2All · 2012-03-06, 07:28 PM

Originally Posted by CidHighwind

My prediction is that they don't expect pops to remain that high for a full 5 years. Once pops begin to fall, they are likely counter-acting that with the ability to have AI. They learned their lesson from PS1 that a dead server is a dead game. For better or for worse, AI solves that problem.

That's a pretty shitty way to deal with a population problem.

It's an especially depressing 5 year plan...What they expect the game to completely dead in 5 years and AI having to be a necessity to keep populations up?

Zonna · 2012-03-06, 07:29 PM

maybe after capturing continent u gained AI guards at bases, to reinforce what u just captured so u could move forward n capture more....just a guess...these AI would be limited amount of npcs...few to no respawns....i think it would be cool.

NewSith · 2012-03-06, 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by DeeTwoEh

That's a pretty shitty way to deal with a population problem.

It's an especially depressing 5 year plan...What they expect the game to completely dead in 5 years and AI having to be a necessity to keep populations up?

In short:

Plans tend to change from time to time. Don't overreact.

IronMole · 2012-03-06, 07:31 PM

DRAGONS!

CidHighwind · 2012-03-06, 07:31 PM

Originally Posted by DeeTwoEh

That's a pretty shitty way to deal with a population problem.

It's an especially depressing 5 year plan...What they expect the game to completely dead in 5 years and AI having to be a necessity to keep populations up?

For one I'm sure its not the only aspect of solving it. It is likely a simple stop gap to ensure that platoons of 27 can still fill those last three spots. I agree, it's a bit sad, but I don't think its a completely illegitimate PART of the solution.