Played a game of Lone Fighters ,killed hordes of bots , more and faster than in squads, didnt die with my first soldier the whole game, made me cry
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Which campaign and which side did you play with?
This is why I fear a hardcore lone fighter mode will be a total mismatch between player base and game mode: if bots don’t get removed/matchmaking will not get modified to ensure both sides have more players than bots, it will just not work in the end.
There’s bots in lone fighters? Lame as fuckkk
There are bots due to lack of players, no players obv mean it will be filled with bots
This is, because not many ppl play that mode.
Of course there are ppl that want to sell us something else.
Without bots you would need to wait a long time to get a battle. Oh yes, you wouldnt mind to wait a long time, but I bet the soul of my grandma that you are alone with that. Most ppl will cancel wait queue and play something else.
So in my opinion rename it to “Better play Battlefield or come to the squad party”.
There was a “Domination” game mode proposal with a single point to capture. I don’t think it is good to push my ideas repeatedly but just one more time this week: earlier I suggested essentially the same: make a single capture point map with no arty/no bomber/maybe less tanks gameplay as a waiting lobby for the Lone Fighter mode.
- one soldier/player as in lone fighter
- one capture point so no rushing from place to place
- as long as someone sits in the captured position he earns some XP to reward patience
- initially it could contain bots as well but idea is that those should be replaced by players, so rather 8 vs. 5 than 20 vs. 20 but 70% bots, and proportionally more enemies increase the worth of kills, or alternatively somewhat longer spawn delays for the over-represented team and suggestion to change sides if too many people play in one or another team and keep winning
- no/less open fields around (not a sniper’s paradise)
- display the number of players already waiting to see whether it’s a lost cause or not to gather enough manpower; if over 50% of players in both teams separately say start - start without waiting for other limits to be fulfilled
- display the upcoming lone fighter map so those waiting know exactly what to expect and will not quit on start
…or something like that. 5 minutes in this mode would not be an empty wait, would earn you XP and as you are not facing bombs and artillery constantly, it could be a fun way of spending time, if not lasting too long. Some big buildings in the Pokrovskoye city, the multi-level building of the Monastery village invasion, the Monastery’s conquest capture point A etc. for Moscow, oh and also Fortified District’s B bunker… the other campaigns I haven’t played, but Berlin is 100% compatible with this.
Now that I read it though again, maybe it’s somewhat Counter Strike’s playstyle for waiting in the lobby just without bombs to be planted. 
A lobby game is quite a nice idea, but how do you handle rewards?
If you give something you need to tweak it. If you give nothing than ppl could leave that queue game, because it could feel like a waste of time.
A middle way:
Start a game with bots early. Let ppl later join the game by removing bots.
If enough ppl gathered in this “bot” game start a new round with humans.
Full rewards, extended with these as I wrote:
Under this last sentence I mean if we are greatly outnumbered and I achieve a frag, that should worth more than their kills. (I think - being sniped from 3 different directions simultaneously is not so good unless compensated.)
This could also work. Also I think it happens partially so already, I join already running fights sometimes. But it seems harder to determine when is it better to restart the same map than when to finish off the lobby, e.g. what if the first cap point is already taken but the attackers are outnumbered 2 to 1? The lobby can be designed with small amount of players and infantry in mind and attacking/defending the same position ensures more even playfield, so a much better team is quickly recognized by the participants. On the other hand being thrown to a different map afterwards is worse than your idea.
I feel superhuman now! (Not.)
No Bots 4 teh winz…
Bots should not be in Lone Fighters.
I only play Lone Fighters.
I want to play against people, not bots, Squads is ok for some but the fact is it’s a real mess (imho).
A server browser might help.
I like the way the game plays, even though there are advantages that make a balanced game impossible with different weapon perks and player upgrades.
However, we are all equal, it’s just that some are more equal than others 
Remove bots from Lone Fighters.
Add a server browser so players can seed a server.
Good game so far and I believe will improve with time( not sure about the bots though).
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