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Bots in ranked = ruined game
I just decided to come back to the game and had to make a new account which was fine I was looking forward to the climb in ranked again.
Until I realized every match until I hit expert 3 was all bots. There should never be bots in ranked. I would rather be the very first ranked level fighting against ultra ranked players and lose games instead of fighting against boring bots.
Also, you can tell many players advanced through ranked via bots because in the higher ranked levels the actual players are ridiculously lost. They seem to have no idea what to do or how to actually play because they got there by playing vs bots that I can beat literally using my feet to play, I tried it and I did it I’m not even kidding. It was absurd that I could win that way.
So it’s ruining the ranked matches when you finally do get actual other players because many of them play like it’s against the bots still and it’s incredibly frustrating.
This game has been ruined by bots in ranked and sadly instead of spending money on this game I’m making this post and washing my hands of the game until the remove bots from ranked entirely.
Bots in ranked. What a clown show 🤦♂️
