Marvel Rivals' Invisible Woman May Have An Unexpected Use: Hunting Down Bots
Earlier this month, Marvel Rivals added the Fantastic Four's Invisible Woman and Mr. Fantastic to the game as part of the Season 1 content. While both characters have been welcome additions to the lineup of heroes, Invisible Woman appears to have an unexpected way to expose enemy AI bots on the other team.As demonstrated in the clip below, Reddit user barky1616 revealed that by turning invisible, the Invisible Woman was able to block the other team's members simply by standing in front of them. The suspected bots were unable to come up with the simple idea of walking around her or attacking the Invisible Woman until she dropped her invisibility.Invisible Woman Hidden OP New Tech Discovered byu/barky1616 inmarvelrivals The perception that bots are commonplace in matches has become an issue in Marvel Rivals because many players don't want to be stuck in matches playing with or against AI teammates. If there are bots being used in this fashion, presumably NetEase is using them to keep players engaged with the game even if their skill levels can't keep up with players in the higher tiers. For now, the presence of bots is strongly suspected, but yet to be confirmed by NetEase. If this video really does show a way to expose bots, it's possible that NetEase could make the bots a little smarter so they don't fall for the same trick. But that wouldn't really address the anti-bot sentiment among some fans.Continue Reading at GameSpot
Earlier this month, Marvel Rivals added the Fantastic Four's Invisible Woman and Mr. Fantastic to the game as part of the Season 1 content. While both characters have been welcome additions to the lineup of heroes, Invisible Woman appears to have an unexpected way to expose enemy AI bots on the other team.
As demonstrated in the clip below, Reddit user barky1616 revealed that by turning invisible, the Invisible Woman was able to block the other team's members simply by standing in front of them. The suspected bots were unable to come up with the simple idea of walking around her or attacking the Invisible Woman until she dropped her invisibility.
The perception that bots are commonplace in matches has become an issue in Marvel Rivals because many players don't want to be stuck in matches playing with or against AI teammates. If there are bots being used in this fashion, presumably NetEase is using them to keep players engaged with the game even if their skill levels can't keep up with players in the higher tiers. For now, the presence of bots is strongly suspected, but yet to be confirmed by NetEase. If this video really does show a way to expose bots, it's possible that NetEase could make the bots a little smarter so they don't fall for the same trick. But that wouldn't really address the anti-bot sentiment among some fans.Continue Reading at GameSpot
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