XBOT - How Have I Not Known About This?
I feel a bit stupid having only figured this out now
Perhaps one reason is that I haven't kept completely up to date with the developments going on in the Splinterlands universe. Then again, it is a dapp that isn't perhaps held in the best light; it is after all about automating (i.e. botting) gameplay. But we all know that these developments are going to happen - people will be building these things and it is up to the players to use them.
XBOT offers essentially two things:
- Automated gameplay
- Battle helper
It's a dapp that is completely disruptive because it helps the player to choose the best team available in a rule set and also does this automatically for the Wild League (since botting was banned in Modern). This means that it is only possible to win against it when one has better and higher level cards. This is obviously unfair. I have experienced this myself, I have often had streaks of losses in the lat months and always thought "ha, well why didn't I think of using this line up?". Well now I know: the other player was probably Xbotting...
So what do you do if you can't beat them?
You join them?! I honestly think this is the only way one can compete nowadays since manually playing the game has not only the disadvantage of choosing the worse team, but also costs time. Unless of course one actually enjoys playing the game. While I do like the game, I also do not want to spend 30 min or an hour a day playing it and losing half the the times. The rewards given out also do not really justify that time investment. My win rate changed from around 50-60% to like 90%:
2 Way Strategy
I think how I am going to integrate this with my gameplay is that I will use the automation feature into the wild ranked gameplay to get my focus and season reward chests. I can then use some more energy points in Modern League to focus on fewer battles but try to get some higher SPS rewards there. The battle helper doesn't seem to work atm, so I haven't tried that out. But obviously, it is also extremely unfair since one plays manually, but still gets the suggests from the bot to submit the best team. Therefore, I might not use it, since I can only play a handful of battles anyway - so I can just play for the "fun" of it.
Conclusion
XBOT is a curse and a blessing. It would be best if no one would be using these services to even the playing field. But since that won't happen, I think the best thing to do is to integrate it into one's gameplay without completely relying on it. Anyway, what's your take on it?
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I'm generally against using a battle helper as it defeats the point of playing yourself. But I guess there isn't much to be done about it. I saw that users now need to profit share some of their winnings now too, so will earn less than manual players.
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Maybe there is a possibility that splinterlands isn't fun to play.
I actually enjoy it, but not if I have to play dozens of battles a day
Ah, I see what you mean here now. It was enjoyable before the bots.
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Xbot is a fantastic tool that allows regular users to access the same tools some of the whales have. You have always and will always face private bots and battle helpers. It's impossible to stop them. I'd rather everyone have access to these tools than only a select few.
I presume the Splinterlands team will ban people who use it I believe. Otherwise, you can expect the game to drop in value and more people might leave the ship.
What is the point of automating your gameplay?
I think the problem is that it's impossible to stop it. The whole industry faces this challenge.
I use the ArchmageB bot which doesn't come with a battle assistant, so when I attack in brawl I have to do it manually. That a person has a battle assistant will not necessarily be better, certainly as already described before the level of the cards influences more; So there are several reasons that should be taken into account. Now if 2 people with the same level and the same cards face each other, the one who uses battle assistant will have a better chance of winning.
Reviewing the internet, it has already been seen that when facing a computer with all the registered data against a world chess champion, the tendency is for the human to win, since the latter can continue generating new strategies during a game and a computer only uses the ones that has scheduled. Perhaps it is not exactly the same in splinterlands, since there is a probability of missing an attack, but it seems to me that it is easier to beat a bot than a real person, at least it has happened to me.