Make a tutorial that actually shows them how to play the game against bots in HoTH with explanations of how the mode works and how characters work. They ruin regular games and it's not their fault. I'm pretty sure the lack of understanding is why a lot of people try the game and leave. As of now, they just run around until they run into the enemy team die and then AFK. I can understand that people with no patience would uninstall and never come back.
External link →and make them do the tutorial on the acutual map not a tutorial center. Have a voice say "shoot this plant... it makes you..." "Take control of this harvester... the more harvesters you have versus your opponents..." "Look Out! An event has started... Check your map for the icon and let's go..." "If you get this amplifier it causes..." "Oh no! The hive has spawned... wen need to..."
Bots are something we've talked about and would like to do in the future, but it's not in our current 2-phase roadmap.
As part of our "New Player Experience" efforts, we're working on a hint/game guide system that does a bit of what you're describing above (giving players context-specific tips during gameplay). There main difference is that it will happen during normal matches (and not bot matches like proposed above).
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