We can always count on you for some anti-RL righteous indignation.In a PvP area people expect other people and not a bot that fights and empties your GT stash. Even less so without any announcement from the responsibles.(Opponents dont empty your GT stash... you do. The choice is always yours). Like justinman though, it doesnt really bother (or surprise) me if its a bot. I play a few other games with company bots that are clearly there but NEVER officially announced (some ZeptoLab games). Nobody else on their forums is worked up about them either.... the players just go with it.
As per link given a few comments above, if they exist, Captain Wheelie wasnt aware of bots back in Feb 2017. Thats quite a few months ago, and things might have changed. And Capn Wheelie is a Community Manager, not a developer; they dont keep him in the loop on everything . . . it wouldnt be the first time we spotted something the Community Manager didnt know. Heck, we've had a few CMs over the years who didnt even play the game...
I suppose it could simply be a hacked player, but if so its hella specific. Everything about BunkerDonkey sure looks like a bot to me too.RL might not have announced it because they currently might be experimenting with the algorithms (ANBAs algorithm really sucked in the beginning). Take note that he exists on IOS and Android, and only has the 3 tracks on both, and otherwise appears identical:
http://trials.bonxy.net/search/BunkerDonkey
(PS: he has the same 3 tracks on Donkey on both platforms too.. plus The Cave as well. Interesting.... anyone seen him with The Cave?)
Its not too surprising Frontier might have them when you acknowledge the main purpose of them. As player base declines, games like Frontier cant afford to let you wait long times for matches; thats the kind of thing that makes people leave faster. So they toss in some bots to keep up the appearance of an active player-base....
(I believe bunker player-base IS declining.. note the decline in folks getting legends over the past 2 years.. if its dropping for legends its dropping overall):
http://trials.bonxy.net/the-bunker
A well-written Bunker bot would be almost impossible to detect if they changed the names/tracks. The fact that they keep the same name and tracks in THIS case indicates that whatever it is, they arent really trying to hide this one. If bots are around, it wouldnt surprise me if there were already others that were less... aggressive.
I agree with justinman; if there was such a thing as a "useful" bot, this guy is it (without him its a LOT harder to get a chance to improve those3 bunker-only track times). If I got him, I'd be spending a good bunch of MY hard-earned tickets to improve my times on all three, and I wouldnt even notice/care if I was winning/losing.Its all about the track time improvement to me.... and hey, in the end if this is a bot and the equivalent of ANBA (must try and beat him)... then just snipe him as you described above... no big deal. I spent much of my frontier game sniping ANBA for mega-coin...
... so now that we are aware, this looks like a freebie to me. Overall, the Bunker bored me silly after I made legend 5-6 times when it came out; if this thing provides an occasional challenge its welcome, IMO.![]()
If you really think bunker bots are bad for the game, then make a poll topic and we'll see if the rest of the community is as concerned as you. It cant hurt to generate some constructive feedback to give back to RL.
LOLOriginally Posted by metjammer Go to original post
Dude, literally no one here likes you
The first post I saw from you was like you "speaking for everyone" when literally no one agreed with you. GG.
Glad I could get under your skin so much with my comments though. None of which were aimed at you, or meant to be harmful to other riders lol. BunkerDonkey is helping people. You are not.
@justinman or whatever.
LMAO! How can u even speak out for riders here like nobody likes metjammer?
Not true.
Metjammer speaks the truth.
justinman or whatever always comes through as f*ckin lame with wack emo boi comments around here.
So... GTFOH son
Ya boi🌿
BunkerDonkey might be a bot? He wasnt that hard for me to beat.
+1 justinman114
You are not alone bro; us oldtimers remember better days and gotta stick together!This was written to support all I've seen you say this last year:
https://forums.ubi.com/showthread.ph...tier-Community!
@ya boi or whateverOriginally Posted by MOB_Mafioso83 Go to original post
Well, I take it back. You seem to like him![]()
Hahaha, yeaahh booiii!! Take that! Hahaha I almost pissed myself laughing so hard after reading snoop dogs comment from the nose bleeds of the peanut gallery hahahaha! Werd to ya mama! Hahaha
I re read justinmans post several times and can't figure out why anyone would take it so personally hahaha. I don't know about all the other insults directed at him, but atleast he's not insecure lol
Riders, BunkerDonkey wasn’t a bot. It was a hacked account that is blocked now. I can assure you that there haven’t been bots in the game in the past. There may have been cheaters with speed-hacks but no bots – and none definitely placed by us.
I get that you all were happy with the availability of more “Bunker-only” tracks in the Bunker. We’ll see if we can have more probability of having these tracks for Showdowns.
Riders, BunkerDonkey wasn’t a bot. It was a hacked account that is blocked now. I can assure you that there haven’t been bots in the game in the past. There may have been cheaters with speed-hacks but no bots – and none definitely placed by us.
I get that you all were happy with the availability of more “Bunker-only” tracks in the Bunker. We’ll see if we can have more probability of having these tracks for Showdowns.
Thanks for the confirmation of no bots; and after all my convincing myself it was one, too!Originally Posted by CaptainWeelie Go to original postI am glad you guys might increase the percentage chance of bunker-only tracks.... if so this hacker served a good purpose after all!
(In the meantime I am back to bunker-grinding for Rigged Roadway/Donkey.....)![]()
i got of 100 showdowns one time the rigged roadway with phantom.
no hope for gettin this with donkey
but we will see.
cheers and thanks for the new bunker track.