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[MetalTiger411]

First off I want to say... Wow! Bots can seriously be tough on level 3 - well done, I am stoked to die endless times during the campaign on the highest difficulty and I have actually learned new techniques by fighting level 3 bots, they can be very helpful for becoming a better player.

I don't know how often other players use either the Custom Match or How to Play options but I love them, either for practice or fun games with friends though I am disappointed in how they are set up.

Currently to practice against any hero bot of any level you must do a custom match, no big deal here, it isn't too hard to set a duel match with 99 rounds, each being 10 minutes, low damage, no gear stats/revenge but it could be better (removing the in-between round wait, round length limits, and loading times/screens to change opponents/settings). The 'How to Play (duel)' option currently pits you against your choice of a level 0 or 1 bot faction leader of the hero you choose (If you choose a Viking you fight the Raider, if you choose a knight you fight the knight faction leader, and so on). What makes this mode so amazing is that there is no match timer, no respawn time (or like 2 seconds), and just infinite spawning of yourself/enemy.

I'm sorry this is long winded, but I would love if when setting up a 'How to Play' duel you were given more options such as the following.
- Choose your opponent
- Choose to enable/disable gear stats
- Set damage modifiers (low/normal/high/lethal)
- Bot difficulty 1-3 (instead of current 0-1)
- Potential selection of removing certain attacks (This is a low priority for me but I know others would like it - ex: enemy only guard breaks and attacks from the left)

- Other awesome features would be to change the opponent/difficulty while in the match. Or any other options like damage/stats/revenge.
- Being able to add in additional opponents (any hero/level) at any point during the match as well to practice outnumbered situations

I hope this made sense, let me know if I can clarify better.

[MetalTiger411]

Are we allowed to bump?

[T0NKA47]

Are we allowed to bump?

Won't matter. The game is complete, the beta was simply a dry run, they wont make significant changes.

[MetalTiger411]

Never hurts to suggest, and could be as simple as say adding an option of 'practice' into the custom match menus.

[shaomonksn]

This is a very well put piece of constructive feedback and I can confirm that myself and several people that I know would like to see these additions make it into the game at some point. Just look at how practice options are implemented in latest installments of fighting game genre (MKX, SF5 etc.). For honor has many common aspects to games of that genre and it would only make sense if practice options are equally elaborate for people that want to put an effort into improving themselves to perform better on the battlefield.