Talk:Online Co-Op Missions/@comment-5728657-20160521204148

I wish we could do something about the bots. Allow me to explain.

I know they are progressively better, the better the average cost of the airplanes on the mission, due to rubberbanding AI.

But the bots always fly F18's (or Zeros) without any special weapons. How about we unlock something on the Research Tree that allows us to change the bot's plane and have any kind of targetable special weapons that can be loaded on that plane?

Say, I buy the ability to fly with F35B's as bots, and they will all carry 4AGM's as secondary weapons... I should be able to tell them through a Radio Message that authorizes them to use those special weapons on a set of targets or if there are attackable targets at all. (But planes with UGB's can't be used by the bots).

Thus, you could theoretically fly Bombers, and have the bots flying air cover with HPAA's or HVAA's in a team comprised of F-14's, which would make the game extremely interesting.

Or you could have that ability on the airplanes with COFFIN or airplanes that can be already be Botted, like the QFA44 Camilla - The Butterfly Master - but having FOUR of them flying FOR YOU. It should be noted that those botted planes should be made extremely expensive or requiring MISC slots from YOUR plane just to fit a remote AI director antenna transmitter, let's say.

It should be made clear on the Online Coop screen that somebody has the ability to command bots unlocked, and they wish to do so. If nobody opposes in a standard 60 seconds timer, the people with that ability should automatically gain the authority over the bots. More specifically, the HOST should allow that, since that single person is allowing bots in the first place. It could be set on the room limitations as well, along planes with 1500 cst and Piston Fighters excluded, for instance.

To make it fair, the score of the bots is already shared evenly between the teams. Or each team should be able to pick their own bots.

If 2 or more people have the ability and wish to use them on the same team, the best bot plane (Cst) should be automatically selected. If there is conflict over FIGHTER / MULTIROLE / ATTACKER proposals tied in Cst, the Multirole takes precedence, then the FIGHTER, THEN Attacker planes.

I believe that this deep but subtle change could spin new life into the game.