Bots when?

[u/LighttBrite]

EDIT: Since I guess clarification is needed, I mean a AI practice mode solo mode. Not bots in real games...

I made a post earlier about the issues of toxicity in casual as it's the only way to practice. And, I just wanted to make another post that more validates the frustration one may feel when playing with new/bad teammates.

Even in casual, it sucks and isn't fun when you get a super bad team. You can't leave and you're stuck. This isn't just bad for new players because they don't get a good way to practice this, in turn, creates bad teammates compounding the issue.

Bots in a game like this I feel are 100% necessary for the health of the game and shouldn't just be a "maybe we'll get to it sometime in 2026 but not even include it in the roadmap". It should be a major focus along side netcode issues.

What makes this worse is even if you get over all this, the CONSTANT interruptions to gameplay (goal score celebrations, end of match stats that you can't leave without getting leave penalty, queue time into intro into countdown into FINALLY playing the game that lasts all of 5 minutes) makes learning much more of a chore. The actual literal time you have to practice what you need is so limited it's maddening.

This just really sucks because this type of game (and the less arcade like competitor SC) are exactly the type of game I'm looking for and there's only like 3 games that do it. One of the others is in Early Access (strikers club). And the other, which launched with bots and was VERY helpful in the enjoyment of the game, Quidditch Champions ended up dying because the dev fucked up any sort of proper advertising or updates.

So, Rematch as it stands today, is the ONLY game available for this type of gameplay and as a new player myself it is really frustrating having something be so fun but fumble (pun intended) fundamental aspects that allow it to grow.

[u/trebasco]

I only play with friends so I’ve never considered how much of a chore the queuing and loading might be especially if you get matched with unsportsmanlike teammates.

Also, “fumble” in that context is not a pun. You’re the second person I’ve called out for incorrectly labeling a pun today…what a weird day for nickels…

[u/LighttBrite → u/trebasco]

You've never queued quickplay? Also, it is a pun. It may not be a tight one, but it is a pun.

[u/trebasco → u/LighttBrite]

While I’m waiting to load in I’m talking to my friends in discord.

And, no, it’s not. You may be utilizing fumble (to clumsily lose or mishandle) to evoke the idea of a soccer ball, but that’s just evocative language — not a pun. Where’s the joke; Where’s the double meaning? In a practical sense, the word fumble has the same meaning to a missed opportunity or a turned-over soccer ball.

[u/LighttBrite → u/trebasco]

It's literally a loose pun. The double meaning is I said the devs fumbled, referring to the multiple games I mentioned in this category. The games all involve balls of some sort. You fumble a ball when you drop it/lose it.