Bots in game?

[pavlo0007]

Are there bots in this game? I’m asking seriously. Looking at some of the decisions people make, I get the impression that they’re either complete morons or just trolls. Judging by their stats, they’ve played 200 games, yet they act as if it’s their very first time playing. Maybe I’m just stupid, but whenever we played Catan, the strategy was always to attack the best player—right? or you would raid a player who might have a large amount of the resources you need. In practically every game, someone places a thief next to me and robs me—even when I’m in 2nd or 3rd place. Or they’ll steal my level 1 knight, even though they could have chosen a level 2 knight belonging to another player instead. I won't even mention building roads without any sense. They think for a dozen seconds or so, then pass.

[zasfp]

There's a lot of reasons to not attack the player in the lead. The person in second could have a better set up for better winning chances despite not being in the lead currently, there could be a specific resource you are more likely to steal from a certain player, there could be an opportunity to cripple an opponent in cities and knights removing them from the competition, the person in the lead might have the resources to immediately send the knight straight back if ever attacked, or perhaps the player cares strongly about their elo and feels that their best bet is to compete for 2nd place rather than 1st if there is already a clear winner running away with the victory. There are surely other legitimate reasons to steal from someone other than the player in the lead, but those are just the ones I could think of off the top of my head. There could also be worse reasons such as not understanding how to play or perhaps teaming with another player that is known irl. Basically, getting attacked by a knight despite not being in 1st is not really grounds for suspected bot play especially on a website that already doesn't seem to have very in depth coding.

[FanfanAlicante]

Are there bots in this game? I’m asking seriously. Looking at some of the decisions people make, I get the impression that they’re either complete morons or just trolls. Judging by their stats, they’ve played 200 games, yet they act as if it’s their very first time playing. Maybe I’m just stupid, but whenever we played Catan, the strategy was always to attack the best player—right? or you would raid a player who might have a large amount of the resources you need. In practically every game, someone places a thief next to me and robs me—even when I’m in 2nd or 3rd place. Or they’ll steal my level 1 knight, even though they could have chosen a level 2 knight belonging to another player instead. I won't even mention building roads without any sense. They think for a dozen seconds or so, then pass.

I completly agree with you!

[haustlov]

People often get defensive when attacked when not in lead - I find it annoying with this questioning, because sometimes the strategy is to go for second, other times the strategy is to avoid a potential roadblock og competition for a spot - and I dont always feel like explaining why I am doing the things I am doing. If we are two 4-ps who are competing about a road or a spot, it might make sense to block the competitors wood, even though its not that obvious.